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HISTORY 



TOWN OF UNION, 



IN THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN, MAINE, 



THE MIDDLE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; 



FAMILY REGISTER 



SETTLERS BEFORE THE YEAR 1800, AND OF THEIR DESCENDANTS. 



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BY . 



JOHN LANGDON SEBLEY, 



MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETr. 



" E minimis maxima." 



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BOSTON 



BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY AND CO. 
1851. 



BOSTON : 

PRINTED BY JOHN ^\^KSON AND SON, 

No. 22, SCHOOL-STKEET. 






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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. P,g,. 

Geographt. — Situation. Boundaries. Rivers and Brooks. Ponds. Soil. 
Climate. Freshets. Hail and Frogs. Lightning. Health and Longevity. 
Scenery 1 

CHAPTER II. 

Ante-plantation History. — Muscongus or Waldo Patent. Disputed Terri- 
tory. St. George's River proposed as a Boundary. Indians. Hart's and 
Boggs's Escape from them. Dick6 and the Comet 22 

CHAPTER III. 

Plantation History. — 1772, 1773: First Settlers. The Anderson Party. 
1774, Plan of Anderson's Lot. Purchase of the Township by Dr. John 
Taylor. His Arrival with the Butlers and others. First Public Act of Devo- 
tion. Frightened Moose. Occupation of the Anderson Camp. Clearing 
commenced. High Words with the Anderson Party. Taylor's Return to 
Massachusetts. Deed to Taylor. 1775 : Taylor in Congress. Butlers again 
at Work. First Rye sowed. Butlers go West. Taylor comes back and labors. 
Butlers return : are hired out to Benjamin Packard. Packard's Log-house. 
Timber for Taylor's Buildings. Privations. Butler and the Bear. . . 27 

CHAPTER IV. 

Plantation History, continued. — 1776: Philip Robbins's Purchase. David 
Robbins's the first Family. Richard Cummings. Taylor again. First Frame 
House. First Crop of Rye. Raising of a Barn. Log-houses of Richard 
Cummings and David Robbins. Arrival of the Families of Philip Robbins 
and Richard Cummings. Crowded House. Timber House. Barn. Tay- 
lor's Mills 36 

CHAPTER V. 

Plantation History, continued. — 1777: Phinehas Butler enters the Army. 
Purchases by Abijah Hawes ; by Ezra Bowen ; by Jonathan Araory ; by 
Joel Adams, Jason Ware, and Matthias Hawes. Settlement of John Butler. 
1778 : Suchfort the Hessian. Blacksmithing. Calamitous Fire. Suffering 
for Food 41 



IV CONTENTS. 

CHAPTER VL Page. 

Plantation History, continued. — 1779: Wheaton's Purchase. Settlement of 
Joel Adams, Matthias Ilavves, and Jason Ware. Woodward. Fairbanks. 
Settlement of Moses Hawes. Ebenezer Robhins. 1780 : Jennison's Pur- 
chase. 1781 : First Wedding. Jessa Kobbins. 1782 : Settlement of Phinelias 
Butler. Elisha Partridge. Taylor's Conveyance to Reed 45 

CHAPTER VII. 

Plantation Histoky, concluded. — 1783 : Log-house. Bride. Bride's Dower. 
Jessa Robbins. 1784 : Amariah Mero. 1785 : Josiah Robbins. Gillinor. Cat- 
and-clay Chimney. Royal Grinnell, Elijah Holmes. 1786: Arrival of the 
Families of Josiah Robbins ; of Samuel Hills. Samuel Martin. Organiza- 
tion of the Plantation. 51 

CHAPTER VIII. 

Incorporation History. — 178G, Petition for Incorporation. Act of Incorpo- 
ration. Number and Names of tlie Inhabitants 60 

CHAPTER IX. 

Settlers after the Incorporation. — 1787: Levi Morse. Oliver Leland. 
William Hart. 1788 : The Maxcys. 1789 : The Daggetts. Seth Lace. Chris- 
topher Butler. Ichabod Irish. Barnabas Webb. 1793 : Casualty to the 
Maxcy Family. Remarks on the Early Settlers 64 

CHAPTER X. 

Population. — Census, Aug. 1, 1790. Abstracts from Censuses. Hawes's 
Census in 1826. State Census, March 1, 1837 73 

CHAPTER XL 

Population in 1850. — Census, June 1, Iti-TO, with Names and Ages. . . 77 

CHAPTER XII. 

Mineral and Arroral Products. — Minerals. Timber. Felling of Trees. 
Burning of Cut-downs. Shingles. Benjamin Speed. Lakin. Boards and 
Saw-mills. Lime-casks 97 

CHAPTER XIII, 

Agricultural and Horticultural Products. — Barley and Rye. Indian 
Corn. Wheat. Potatoes. Fruit. Peaches and Plums. Apples. . . 105 

CHAPTER XIV. 

MANUFACTrREs AND Trade. — Spinning Wheels. Looms. Home-made Cloth- 
ing. Fulling Mills. Carding IMacliines. Factories. Paper Mills. Tan- 
neries. Potash. Iron Works. Fossetts' Mills. Stores. Carting Goods to 
Boston in the War of 1812. Canals 108 



CONTENTS. V 

CHAPTER XV. Page. 

Municipal History. — Town Meetings. Notificationa. Places of holding them. 
Town Officers. Oath of Office in 1787. Town Clerks. Selectmen. Assess- 
ors. Constables. Collectors. Treasurers. Tithingmen. Fish Wardens. . 114 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Topographical History First Burial Place. Old Burying Ground. First 

Private Burying Ground. Second Private Burying Ground. East Union 
Burying Ground. Hearses. Common. Pound. Town House. . . . 130 

CHAPTER XVII. 

First Meeting-house. — Early Efforts for a Meeting-house. Spot selected. 
Location changed. Contracted for. Porch. Raising. Enclosed. Pillars. 
Pulpit Window. Outside to be finished. Temporary Seats. Pews. Roof 
to be painted. Sale of Pews. Names of Owners. Lock voted. Descrip- 
tion of the House. Pews built in the Gallery. Repairs. Stove. Decay 
and Desecration of the House. Taken down. Associations with it. Cus- 
toms. Marriage Publishments. Dogs and Dog Whippers 143 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

Ecclesiastical History. — 1779 to 1806: Going to Meeting at St. George's. 
John Urquhart. Isaac Case. Nine Pounds raised for Preaching. William 
Riddel called. Aaron Humphrey. Two hundred Dollars raised. Mode of 
dividing the Money. Abraham Gushee called. Jabez Pond Fisher called. 
Jonathan Gilmore. Henry True called and settled 161 

CHAPTER XIX. 

Ecclesiastical History, continued. — Organization of the First Congrega- 
tional Church. Mr. Huse's Account of the Proceedings. Conduct of 
Samuel Hills and the Rev. Messrs. Sewall, Bayley, and others. Articles 
of Faith. Covenant. Signers' Names. Opposition by the Hills Party. 
Hills's " E.x Parte " Council, Sept. 10, 1806. Conduct of the Hills Party 
about the Ordination. Hills censured. Council, June 29, 1808. Hills's 
" Ex Parte " Council, Feb. 15, 1809. Second Congregational Church or- 
ganized. Mr, Huse's Letter concluded 171 

CHAPTER XX. 

Ecclesiastical History, continued. — 1807 to 1819: Proceedings of the Town 
to pay Mr. True. Remission of Ministerial Taxes. Signers to the Metho- 
dists; to the Friends; to the Baptists. Movements to dissolve the Town's 
Contract with Mr. True. Incorporation of the First Congregational Society. 
Dissolution of the Town's Contract. 192 

CHAPTER XXI. 

Ecclesiastical History, continued. — 1816 to 1825 : Attempts to raise Money. 
Dissolution of Mr. True's Pastoral Connection with the Church and Society. 



VI CONTENTS. 

Page. 
Result of the Council. Proposals for uniting the Congregational Churches. 
Obstacles to a Union. Union effected 204 

CHAPTER XXII. 

Ecclesiastical History, continued. — 1825 to 1850 : Preachers after the Union. 
Freeman Parker. George W. Fargo. Ordination and Dismission of Oren 
Sikes, Meeting-house. Ordination and Dismission of Uriah Balkam. 
Samuel Bowker's Ordination 214 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

Ecclesiastical History, continued. — Methodists and Baptists. — Metho- 
dist Church and .Society. First Methodist Preaching. Circuits and Dis- 
tricts. Organization. Places of Worship. Meeting-house, (-'amp Meetings. 
Parsonage. Preachers. Baptist Church and Society. Central Baptist Church. 217 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

Ecclesiastical History, concluded. — Universalists. — First Universalist 
Preaching. Organization. Maine Association. John Bovee Dods. Con- 
stitution. Preachers. Meeting-house. Bell. 222 

CHAPTER XXV. 

Delusions and Superstitions. — Signs and Omens. Witchcraft. Bewitched 
Horse.- 227 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

Political History. — Voting. Separation of Maine from Massachusetts. 
Harmony and Diversity of Sentiment. Embargo. Petition to the President 
of the United States. Reply. Remonstrance. Petition to the Legislature of 
Massachusetts. Celebration, July 4, 1810. Celebration in 1814. Ode and 
Hymn 230 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

Political II istohy, concluded. — Members of Congress. Governors. Lieute- 
nant-Governors. Town Representatives. Justices of the Peace. Coroners. 
Post Offices and Postmasters 239 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

Financial History. — Taxes. Early Apportionment of Ta.xes. Controversy 
with Warren. Petition to the Legislature in 1780. Petition to the LegisLi- 
ture in 1783. Plantation Taxes. Taxes since the Incorporation. Taxes 
paid in Produce. Exemption of Philip Bobbins, jiin. Table. Adams's 
Petition to the Legislature in 1794. State of the Finances in 1795. Dollars 
and Cents. Taking the Valuation. Payment of Taxes 256 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

Financial History, cone/ udcd. — Reed's Case. Surplus Revenue. Paupers. 
Warning out of Town. Maintenance of the Poor 2C6 



CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTEK XXX, Page. 

HiGHWAys. — Early DifRculties in Travelling. Moss. Paths. Spotted Trees. 
Exposure of Matthias Hawes. First Roads. First Highway Districts. 
Character of the Roads. Corduroy Roads. Boating and Visiting. Ox 
Sleds. First Teaming to Neighboring Towns 273 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

HrcHWATs, concluded. — Surveyors and Commissioners. Taxes. Compensa- 
tion. Time for doing the Work. Breaking Roads in Winter. Comparative 
Value of Money and Labor 979 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

Bridges. — Log Bridges. Lo\fer, or True's Bridge. Middle Bridge, at Bache- 
lor's Mills. South Union Bridge. Upper Bridge, at Hills' Mills. Report on 
Bridges in 1805. Appropriations 287 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

Educational Historv. — Earliest Schools and Teachers. Schools at a later 
Period. School (^hildren in Summer. Drink. Recess. Josiah. Com- 
plaints and Punishments. Girls' Work in School. Reading. Spelling. 
Noontime and Dinners. Winter Schools. Severer Punishments. Intermis- 
sions in Winter. Studies. Evening Schools. ...... 294 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

Educational Hjsrony, concluded. — School Districts. School Houses. School 
Committees. School Agents. School Children. School Money. High 
Schools. Lyceum. Libraries 302 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

Professional History. — College Graduates. Lawyers. Physicians. Indian 
Doctor. Urine Doctor. Singing Masters and Singing Scliools. Brass Band. 318 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

Military History. — Revolutionary Soldiers. Loyalist. Incidents in the 
Revolutionary War. French War. Military Appropriations. Powder 
House. Military Spirit 327 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

Military History, continued. — Infantry Officers. Light Infantry. Its Or- 
ganization and Dress. Its Officers. Rifle Company. Its Organization and 
Dress. Rifles. Its Officers. Disbandment 338 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

Military History, continued. — War of 1812. Pay voted by the Town. 
Drafts. Alarm. Companies ordered out. Parade on Sunday. March to 



Vm CONTENTS. 

Page. 
Camden. Peace. Soldiers from Union in the Army. Texan War. Mexi- 
can War 343 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

Military History, continued. — Difficulty with the Waldonian Officers. The 
Dinner. Waldonian Influence in the Field. Election of Lieut.-Col. 
Bacheldcr. Precedence of Rank on the Field. Remoteness of Musters. 
Pecuniary Considerations. Indignation at a Military Election.^ Acts of the 
Legislature. Excitement. 350 

CHAPTER XL. 

Military History, continued. — Violent Rain-storm. The Companies at 
Waldohorough Meeting-house. Uncomfortable Feelings., Burial of the 
Colonel under Arms. Uneasiness. Anecdotes. Line formed. Irregular 
March to the Muster-field. Rogue's March. Unsuccessful Attempt to 
stop tlie Music. Orders misunderstood. Confusion. Desertion. Hur- 
rah 354 

CHAPTER- XLI. 

Military History, continued. — Col. Avery Rawson. Charges against him 
stopped. Charges against Officers in Union. Trial of Lieut.-Col. John 
Bachelder. Trial of Capt. Lewis Bachelder 3CI 

CHAPTER XLII. 

Military History, continued. — Trial of Capt. John P. Robbins. Objections 
and Protest. Charges and Specifications. Result. SCO 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

Military History, continued. — Evasion of the l<aws. John Chapman Rob- 
bins becomes Clerk. Loss of the Company Roll. Muster near Trow- 
bridge's, in Warren. Lieut. Ebenezer Cobb. " A good time." Horsemen 
ride about the Muster-field. Robbins gives Orders. Unsuccessful Attempts 
to arrest him. Notes for Fines burnt as Wadding. 370 

CHAPTER XLIV. 

Military History, continued. — Orders to elect Officers. Movements to Re- 
elect Capts. Bachelder and Robbins. Natlian Bacheldcr chosen Captain. 
Pardon Robbins and tlie Cabbage. Re-election of Capt. Noah Rice. He is 
cashiered. Voluntary Trainings and Muster. Aroostook War. Rifle Com- 
pany disbanded. Philo Thurston. Ebenezer Ward Adams chosen Captain. 
His Trial and Imprisonment 373 

CHAPTER XLV. 

Military History, continued. — Two Companies of Infantry. Election of 
Officers at Amos Walker's. March to the Common 379 



CONTENTS. IX 



* CHAPTER XL VI. Page, 

Military Uistory, concluded. — Qualifying Remarks. Extension of the Un- 
military Spirit. Change of Public Sentiment. INlilitary Musters. . . . 382 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

Zoological History. — Early Hunting and Hunters. Boggs. Anderson. 
Davis and the Tortoise. Dick6. The dogs Tuner and Lion. Laws about 
Deer and Moose and Deer-reeves. Deers. Moose. Their Haunts. Time 
and Manner of hunting them. Their Yards. Transportation of Moose Beef. 
Dressing and cooking it. Moose in Summer. One killed in Seven-tree Pond. 386 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 

Zoological History, confi'nitcd. — Bears. Bear Traps. Setting Guns. Bears 
caught by David Robbins and Jessa Bobbins. Baited and killed by Ezekiel 
Hagar. Love Rum. Taken to Boston and shot. Encounters on Seven- 
tree Pond; on Hart's Hill; on Hills Point; on Simnions's Hill; on the 
Robbins Neck. Adam Martin. Jason Ware and his Dog Sambo. Fate of 
Sambo. Mrs. Hart and the Bear Trap 395 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

Zoological Uistob.y, continued. — Wolves. Wolf-hunt. Cat-vaughan. Foxes. 
Personal Experience. Fox seized by Asa Messer. Beavers. Raccoons. 
Musquash. Minks, Sables, and Loup-cervier. Weasel 406 

CHAPTER L. 

Zoological History, continued. — Ducks. Wild Pigeons. Loons. Crows 

and Blackbirds. Hunting Matches 413 

CHAPTER LI. 

Zoological History, concluded. — Fish Laws. Salmon. Alewives. Fish- 
hawks and Eagles. Eels. Smelts. Trout and Pickerel. Other Fish. . 418 

CHAPTER LIL 

Conclusion Design. Sources of Information. Changes since the Settle- 
ment. Possibilities and Responsibilities. 425 



Family Register 429 

General Index 519 



ERRATA. 



On pages 2 and 20, for 1707 read 1G07 ; p. 9, for " July " read May ; p. 11], for 
" bolt " read ioZ/£r ; p. 133, for "Jane" read James; p. 318, for "Freeman Luce 
Daggett " read John S. Daggett; p. 323 for "John Hawes" read John Brown; 
p. 3()0, for " sergeant-major " read major ; p. 390, for " ^ndward " read leeward. 

The inaccuracy of the different records which have been transcribed has led to 
inconsistency in regard to several names ; the middle name of the same individual 
in some instances being omitted, and in others retained. 



HISTORY OF UNION. 



HISTORY OF UNION. 



CHAPTER I. 

GEOGRAPHY. 

Situation. — Boundaries. — Rivers and Brooks. — Ponds. — Soil. — 
Climate. — Freshets. — Hail and Frogs. — Lightning. — Health 
and Longevity. — Scenery. 

SITUATION. 

The town of Union, in the county of Lincoln and 
State of Maine, is situated in about 44° 15' north 
latitude, and 7° 50' east longitude from the city of 
Washington. The Common, or principal village, is 
twenty-eight miles east-south-east of Augusta, eight 
miles from the head of the tide-waters of St. George's 
River at Warren, and twelve miles from the State 
Prison in Thomaston. 

BOUNDARIES. 
The town is bounded on the south and south-west 
by Warren and Waldoborough ; on the west by Medo- 
mac River, which separates it from Washington ; and 
on the north and north-east by Appleton and Hope 
and Camden, till at its eastern extremity it makes 
with Camden and Warren an angle on the north-west 
side of Mount Pleasant, near its summit. 

RIVERS AND BROOKS. 

St. George's River, formerly the Segochet, Segoh- 
quet, or Segocket, enters the town through Sunnybec 
Pond on the north. After running about a mile and 
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2 GEOGRAPHY. 

a half, in which it passes Hills' Mills and Bachelor's 
Mills, it flows in a westerly and southerly dh-cction 
into Round Pond. Thence it runs east into Seven-tree 
Pond. Its course afterwards is southerly through 
Warren, towards the Atlantic Ocean.^ 

The Pettengill Stream runs from the Cedar 
Swamp in Appleton, across a corner of Union, by 

' Belonging to the splendid library of John Carter Brown, of Pro- 
vidence, R.I. is a manxiscript, copied from the " Mus. Brit. Bibl. Sloan. 
No. 1622." It is the " historic of Trauailo into Virginia Britania .... 
gathered & observed as -well by those who went first thither, as col- 
lected by William Strachey, Gent." In a detailed account of the 
unsuccessful attempt to plant a colony at " Sachadehoc," the name 
of this river is incidentally introduced and spelled Scgohquet. Capt. 
John Smith, in his " Generall Historic," spells it Segocket. David 
Crockett, Esq. of Rockland, who has had much intercourse with the 
Penobscot Indians for sixty or seventy years, thinks they did not give 
the name Segocket to any part but the branch which rises in Cush- 
ing, and, pursuing a north and west course, joins the main river near 
the dividing line of Union and Warren. He says, moreover, that 
Governor Neptune, of the Penobscots, told him Jorgis, or Chorchis, 
as the word is pronounced by them, is the Indian word for George's, 
and that the meaning is " delightsome " or " delightful." Governor 
Sullivan, in a Topographical Description of Thomaston, in the Col- 
lections of the ^lassachusotts Historical Society, vol. iv. says " its 
Indian name was Gcorgekee, from whence Avas probably derived its 
present name of George's." ^lay not the governor be mistaken in 
spelling the word Gcorgekee, instead of Georgekeag ; and the termi- 
nal sj'Uable have been used to mean the same as in Wessawcskcag, 
another place in the vicinity ; and the Indians have prefixed the word 
George's, which was in use by the whites after tlie river was dis- 
covered ? 

In IGOo, Capt. George Weymouth, probably in honor of the patron- 
saint of England, gave the name St. George's to an island, wlrich, 
according to Hosier's description, agrees with Monhegan. St. George's 
now is the name of a cluster of islands. St. George's Island Harbor, 
at the mouth of St. George's llivcr, is probably the place which 
Weymoutli visited, and named Pentecost Harbor. There can be but 
little doubt that the river derived its name from the island mentioned 
bj' Rosier. The five Indians seized and carried off by Weymouth, it 
is supposed, were taken from this river. That there was an Indian 
village on the river seems probable from Capt. John Smith's map, on 
which he assigns to a village the name Norwicli, given by Prince 
Charles, afterward King Charles the First. May not this village have 
been at tlie fishing-ground by the head of the tide in Warren r 

The Strachey MS. states, that, when Popham was on the way to 
Sagadahock in 1707, he anchored near- " St. George his Island," and 
«' found a Crosse sett vp, one of the same w'^'^ Capt. George Weymou 
.... left upon tliis Island." On Sunday, Aug. 7, " the chief of both 



RIVERS AND BROOKS. 6 

Fossett's Mills ; and enters Medomac River, about 
two miles southerly of the north-west corner of the 
town. 

INIuDDY Brook conveys the water of Muddy Pond 
from the north-west into Round Pond. It carries a 
stave-mill. 

BowKER Brook, or Cashman Brook, as it is fre- 
quently called from a family which resided near it 
early in the nineteenth century, runs southerly, and 
enters St. George's River about half a mile above 
Round Pond. 

Seven Brook rises in Appleton, east of Sunnybec 
Pond, and enters Seven-tree Pond at its north end. 

Crawford's River, commonly called the Mill 
Stream by the early settlers, and afterward Maxcy's 
Mill Stream, runs west from Crawford's Pond to 
Seven-tree Pond. Its water is comparatively warm 
in winter, and, being uncommonly pure, is very valua- 
ble for manufacturing purposes. The Indian name, 
which was known to the early settlers, is lost. On 
this stream is the village of South Union. 

Miller's Brook, sometimes called the Daniels 
Brook, rises in Hope, and, taking a southerly dh'ection, 
passes through the farms of John Payson, Nathan 
Daniels, and others, and enters Crawford's Pond near 
Miller's Point. 

Eastern Stream, sometimes called Lermond's 
Stream, rises in Hope, passes through " The Lakes," 
and, after a south-south-west course, in which it car- 
ries several mills, flows into Crawford's Pond. 

Fish's Stream, rising in Barrett's Pond near Hope 
Corner, runs in a southerly dh-ection, and passes 

the shipps ■«■**> the greatest part of all the Company landed on the 
Island -where the Crosse stood .... and heard a Sermon delivered 
unto them by Mr Ri: Seymour." 

Hosier's account of Weymouth's Voyage in " Purchas his Pil- 
grimos," iv. 1G59, and Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. 3d series, viii. Holmes's 
Annals, i. 123. Map in Smith's Description of New England. Smith's 
" Generall Historie of Virginia," &c. 205. Belknap's American Bio- 
graphy, ii. 137, U6. Williamson's History of the State of Maine, 
i. 192. 



4 GEOGRAPHY. 

through Fish's Pond. There is another stream, which 
rises in Grassy Pond, and runs south-south-westerly. 
These tw^o unite in Crawford's Meadow, whence their 
waters flow by Hilt's Mills, and enter Crawford's Pond 
at its south-east corner. Both streams carry mills be- 
fore and after they are united. 

Some of the small streams. Seven Brook for in- 
stance, are occasionally dry or nearly so in summer, 
though it was not the case when the town was first 
settled. Some persons think this is caused by the soil 
washed in from the ploughed and cultivated banks, 
and by the clearing up of the forests, which overhung 
the springs by which they were fed. 

PONDS. 

SiNNYBEc Pond, situated partly in Hope and partly 
in Union, is 198 rods wide, on the Hope and Union 
line. There is a tradition, that several Indians came 
from the East on a hunting and fishing excursion. 
At the harbor in Lincolnville they caught some ducks, 
and called the place Duck Trap. They proceeded 
with then- ducks to Camden, which they called Me- 
gun-ti-cook,^ because there they began to cook them. 
On arriving at Friendship, they broke then* cook- 
ing pot, and called the place Me-dun-cook.^ Pro- 
ceeding up the St. George's, they came to Sunnybec 
Pond, which they named Sunny-bake, because they 
were obliged to cook then* fish and food in the sun on 
the rocks. In the earliest document in which it is 
mentioned, it is spelled Sunnyback. If Sunnyback be 
the correct orthogi'aphy, there is room for conjecture 
that it was so called because the sidehill back of tiie 
pond is particularly ex])osed to the rays of the sun. 
Vegetation there comes forward much earlier than in 

^ It is more probable that the word Is Indian, and means lai-gc bay, 
or place of great swells of the sea. 

- By some said to moan "a sandy, gravelly, poor place, or poor 
country." D. Crocket says, cook, in a compound word, means haven 
or harbor ; and the other j^art of the compound word designates some- 
thing which is peeidiar or distinctive in the harbor. 



PONDS. O 

other places. Governor Neptune, and some others of 
the Penobscot tribe of Indians, are not able to give the 
meaning of the word Sennebec. A year or two ago, 
David Crocket suggested, ditiidently, that Soony-bach 
or Soony-bech might mean the appearance presented 
by an enclosure of water, or of water almost sur- 
rounded with woods and hills ; and that, from this 
general appearance, the name may have been derived. 
Recently, he made inquiries of the Indian doctor of 
the Penobscot tribe, who intimated that " soony meant 
shady, and that bee meant a place where other water 
comes in across the main channel," as the Androscog- 
gin, or, more properly speaking, the Ameriscoggin, 
comes into the KenneZ^ec, and thus fm-nishes part of 
the name to the latter river. Perhaps one or more 
of the streams which enter the pond were much larger, 
and the entrance more noticeable by the Indians, when 
the whole town was covered with a forest than since 
it has been cleared. 

Round Pond, which is about three quarters of a mile 
in diameter, is called Little Pond on a plan of a sur- 
vey of the jVIill Farm, at South Union, dated May 13, 
1774. It probably derives its present name from its 
cu'cular shape. If a person stands on the ice in the 
middle of it, he will hardly perceive a difference in 
the distance to any part of the shore. 

JMuddy Pond, covering from fifty to one hundred 
acres, and having a cranberry meadow, is situated a 
little more than a mile north-west of Round Pond. 

Seven-tree Pond is about three miles long, and 
extends into Warren. It derives its name from seven 
trees, which gi-ew on the only island in it when the first 
settlers came to the place. Several of these trees ^vere 
standing thirty or forty years ago. They have faUen, 
till now only one of the smaller of them remains. 
They were very large, and must have derived their 
nourishment mainly from the water, ^\-hich was 
reached by the fibres of the roots extending down to it 
through the crevices of tlie rocks. The island has so 
1* 



6 GEOORAPIIY. 

little soil, that it is doubtful whether ti'ces, if planted, 
could now be made to live. 

Crawford's Poxd, situated in the south-easterly 
part of Union and in WaiTen, is 150 rods wdde where 
it is crossed by the line which divides the towns. It 
derives its name from John Crawford, a native of 
Stirling in Scotland, who lived about a quarter of 
a mile above the village in Warren. Col. Samuel 
Waldo, son of the Brigadier- General, gave to the 
Scotch settlers the use of all the meadows in the vici- 
nity, which had not been previously laid out for the 
inhabitants of Warren. Crawford took the meadow 
on the east side of the pond which bears his name. 
Having cleared a sled-road to it about the year 1764, 
he went to Thomaston, made application to Waldo 
for the meadow, and called for a bowl of punch on the 
occasion. Waldo took a ch-aught " To Crawford's 
Meadow," and told him that it should thenceforth 
bear that name.^ 

SOIL. 

By competent judges, the soil of Union is considered 
as good as that of Farmington and Winthrop, wdiich 
are generally regarded as the best farming towns in 
the State. Some persons think it superior. For 
many years after the settlement, there was early in 
summer a luxiuiance of vegetation and a beauty nn- 
surpassed in the county. The primitive soil had not 
been worn. It consisted of leaves and vegetable 
mould, which had been accumulating for centuries. 
Perhaps one of the richest spots in towni is on the 
north side of Crawford's River, near the outlet. It is 
said to be the only place where any corn ripened in 
the cold season of 1816. Immense quantities of 
alewives had been carted on for manure, the situation 
was warm, there was a good crop, and the inhabitants 
went to the owner to procure the corn for seed the 
next year. 

' D. Dicke, of Warren. 



CLIMATE. 7 

CLIMATE. 

Of course there is no essential difference bet^veen 
the climate of Union and that of Maine in general. 
The warm season commonly begins two or three weeks 
later, and the cold weather a little earlier, than in Mas- 
sachusetts. In an old account-book^ of Matthias 
Hawes are various memoranda ; and, to gratify those 
who are cm-ious to make comparisons between the 
weather many years ago and at the present time, 
the following are extracted : — " 1780, March 5. Mode- 
rate weather, and wind southwardly. The ponds 
begin to break up at the edges. April 16. The first of 
om* going down the river by water. April 23. The 
river is almost broke up. 1781, Nov. 9. The fu'st 
snow this fall. 1782, June 7. A frost which killed 
some of our sauce. Sept. 1. Last week a light frost. 
Sept. 12. The fii-st frost this faU. Oct. 31. The first 
snow. Nov. 17. A slight snow on the ground. 1783, 
April 2. The river open so as to pass with a float. 
1784, April 17. The snow almost gone in open land. 
The pond broken up at the edges. 1785, April 2. 
Snow three feet deep. 1786, April 2. Snow came 
knee deep. Last Sunday the river open so as to pass 
down to Mr. Philip Robbins's. At that time the snow 
almost gone in open lands." 

Josiah Robbins harvested rye in July, 1786. The 
crop was raised on new burnt ground, south and east 
of the Old Burying Ground. It was protected by the 
forest on the summit of the hill, and the sun pom'ed 
its rays into the blackened field. But it was the only 
time that Robbins or any man has ever been able to 
do it in July. 

Governor Sullivan writes in 1794, for the " Collec- 
tions of the Massachusetts Historical Society," vol. iv. : 
" The prevailing winds, dming the w^inter season, are 
from the north-west. Snows generally fall on a level 
to the depth of three or foiu feet. Frosts are fre- 

^ For the loan and free use of this book, the -wi-iter is indebted to 
the kindness of ilr. Noycs P. Ilawes, of California. 



8 GlTOGRArHY. 

quently discoverable in September, and in October ice 
in considerable quantities is made. The snow and 
ice generally lie till April, when the snn is so high as 
to melt and carry it away. ... In July and August, 
the heat is oftentimes more intense than in Boston ; 
but the evenings and mornings are much cooler." 

Gen. Knox, in his " Advertisement of Land for 
Sale," dated June 15, 1799, says : " The gi-ound is 
generally covered with snow from the middle of De- 
cember to the last of March. . . . Although the spring 
season may be rather later, the winters do not set in 
earlier than at Boston." 

Samuel Hills^ wi'ote : " 28 January, 1797, rain the first 
time since November 22d, being sixty-seven days, and 
very cold, there being but three days that it thawed out 
of the sun. . . . Oct. 26, 1827. Seven-tree Pond crossed 
on the ice, believed to be the earliest for forty years past. 
. . . Pond open between the Eyes, 15 March, 1828. Pond 
open down to David Robbins, 1 April, 1828. Seven- 
tree Pond free of ice on the 4th, if not on the 5th." 

Forty yoke of oxen hauled a one and a half story 
dwelling-house from the Colonel Hawes Place across 
Seven-tree Pond on the ice to the hill south of South 
Union, April 4, 1844. The pond broke up three days 
aftenvard. The circumstance that the ice was so 
strong, and continued so late in the season, was a sub- 
ject of much remark. Some of the old inhabitants did 
not recollect that it had ever occm-red before, (^nce 
in the present century, the winter set in on the 23d of 
November. 

It is generally thought that there has been consider- 
able change in the climate since the first settlement. 
The wind, since the hills have been laid bare, may be 
as bleak, and the snows nearly as deep, as they were 
seventy-five years ago ; but, since the forests have 

^ As Samuel Hills kept a journal, and made copious notes during 
his lifetime respecting nearly all the important events in town, it is 
greatly regretted that they were not preserved. Most of liis jiapcrs 
were placed in a garret to which children had access, and all except a 
few fragments of interleaved almanacs were destroyed. 



FRESHETS. 9 

been cleared and the land cultivated, the average tem- 
peratvure, it is said, has become milder. Snows are 
less frequent ; and, instead of remaining on the ground 
as formerly, and maldng good sledding for months in 
succession, their diu-ation is uncertain. In some win- 
ters, but little snow falls, sometimes hardly enough to 
enable the farmer to do by sledding the work appro- 
priate to the season ; though, early in January, 1851, 
the snow on an average was about two and a half 
feet deep. The fathers of the town speak in strong 
language of the severity of the early winters. As, 
however, a series of metereological observations has 
never been made here, the truth as to change of cli- 
mate cannot be settled by incontestable data. It is 
not known that there are in existence any memoranda 
of consequence on the subject, except those which 
have been given ; and they are very incomplete and 
unsatisfactory. 

FEESHETS, 

In the spring of 1832, the town was visited by heavy 
rains. " From the 18th of July to the 10th of June, 
we had not one fair day. The sun would appear but 
for an hour or tw^o in the middle of the day, when it 
appeared at all ; and then it would be obscured by 
thick clouds. Most of the days during this time, it 
was not seen : when it did shine, it produced but little 
effect, being obstructed by fog and broken clouds. On 
the 19th, 20th, and 21st days of May, it rained. On the 
20th (Sunday and Sunday night), it fell in cataracts. 
The rain was terrible : it came down as though the 
' windows of heaven were opened.' Our roads were 
like rivers, and the natural rivers overflowed then- 
banks like the Nile. There were bayous or sluices 
which carried off the water from the main channel of 
the river into the valleys. The view at Bachelor's 
Bridge w^as awfuUy grand. The face of the earth 
looked as if the fountains of the gi-eat deep were 
broken up. An avalanche slipped off" the mountain 
near om* powder-house, in a south-west direction, 



10 GEOGRAPHY. 

carrying rocks with it weighing several tons. A rivu- 
let of running water followed after. In this town the 
water was higher than ever it was known to be before 
by our oldest inhabitants. There was a ferry-boat 
plying over the lowlands between Waldoborough and 
Wan*en. Great damages have been sustained in this 
counti-y from the loss of bridges, mills, &c. In this town, 
two principal bridges over the St. George's River have 
been carried away, together with one saw-mill, one 
bark-mill, the old factory, and several other buildings, 
great and small. Many of our farmers have ploughed 
up their cornfields, and sowed them with barley and 
oats. Now the season seems to be favorable for all 
things, except corn." ^ 

On the east side of the stone dam at the Middle 
Bridge was a saw-mill, and over it a machine-shop. 
The bulkhead of the Hume, being rotten, gave way ; 
and, consequently, the lower end of the saw-miU tipped 
down. The dam was washed off, and the stones were 
deposited a short distance below in the eddy, the bot- 
tom of which previously could not be reached with a 
long pilvc-pole. The roof of the saw-mill having been 
tipped under the bridge, it carried it off on its back, 
stopped with it about thuty rods below, and laid it 
across the fence on the line between Robbins and 
Gillmor. The saw-mill and machine-shop went twenty- 
five or thirty rods fm-ther, and landed near the pine- 
tree on Robbins's corn-land. So quietly were they 
carried down, that th(^ chimney and bricks in the 
machine-shop were undisturbed, and the gouges and 
chisels lay on the turning-lathe, ready for use. 

During this freshet, the water crowded into the 
Robbins Meadow. Little's Meadow, at the head of 
Seven-tree Pond, was also flooded. The water ])ressed 
so hard from the Robbins Meadow, that a little dig- 
ging, perhaps fifteen minutes', would have opened a 
passage across the road, where it was stopped mainly 
by the dirt crowded out of the ruts. Thus, from 

1 Dr. Sibley's Letter, June U, 1832. 



HAIL AND FROGS. 11 

Bachelor's Mills to the head of Seven-tree Pond, a 
new channel for the river might have been opened 
nearly in the course of the canal. 

HAIL AND FROGS. 

" July 21, 1820, there was a tremendous shower of 
hail at Sennebec. A few large ragged pieces of ice 
fell at my house. Hail fell during two hours, and it 
was thought by some that it would have been a foot 
deep, if it had not melted on the gi-ound. The crop 
of corn is entirely destroyed. Grain, potatoes, and 
other articles much injm-ed. Ninety squares of glass 
were broken in Esqune M' Lean's house, and as many 
more in Lemuel Lincoln's house. Yesterday morn- 
ing, the pastures on the east side of Appleton Ridge 
appeared white with ice, when viewed by the inhabi- 
tants of the town of Hope. Last night, a man told 
me that he dug down through the hail where it had 
rolled in a heap under the fence near Andi'ew Such- 
fort's (thu'ty hours after it had fallen), and found it 
ten inches deep. I have my information from the suf- 
ferers ; but I think some allowance ought to be made 
for their injured feelings. 

" August 6th. Seventy-two hours after the hail, I 
visited the place to see the ruins. I passed from Sen- 
nebec Pond to Appleton Ridge, where the hail had 
made the greatest havoc. The whole face of natm'e 
was changed. The verdure of the fields was taken 
away, and the earth appeared as though it had been 
covered several days with snow. The corn, grain, 
beans, peas, and garden vegetables, were totally 
destroyed, and there was but a small hope of potatoes. 
The people were gathering up then- [corn ?] and mow- 
ing their wheat for fodder. A place was shown to me 
by the inhabitants where the hail had drifted by wind 
and ram to the top of a wall, and was supposed to 
have been four feet deep. It was not all melted. I 
saw a drift of hail in another place six inches deep, 
and ten or fifteen feet long on the north side of a wall, 
and have been told that it remained two or three davs 



12 GEOGRAPHY. 

longer before it wns melted. Much glass was broken. 
Some lierds of cattle fled to the woods, and whole 
broods of young geese and tiykeys were Idlled. The 
hailstones were shaped like a small watch, with the 
addition of what appeared to be small round hail- 
stones congealed to the edges of the larger ones. The 
circumference of one stone that had been measured 
was 5| inches. 

" No sooner was the hail dissolved than the frogs 
appeared. They were like the grasshoppers for multi- 
tude. Various were the conjectures of the people 
about their origin. Some supposed that they fell from 
the clouds with the hail. Others accounted for them 
different ways ; but their origin is now clearly ascer- 
tained to have been a mill-pond in Cedar Swamp, 
west of Applcton Ridge. An old Quaker told me 
that he was at the mill-pond, piling up boards, about 
tlie first of July, and that the shore was covered 'wiih 
small frogs, hatched the present year ; that the largest 
of them left the ^vater first, and that the smaller ones 
iollowed after ; that they travelled west of the pond 
into the wilderness, and east of the pond towards St. 
(leorge's River. The frogs that took an easterly 
dh-ection had to pass about half a mile through the 
woods (where they covered the ground) to the west end 
of the grass fields on Appleton Ridge. When they 
entered the cleared land, they fed on gi'asshoppers, and 
a]ipear(>d to travel fasten- than in tlie woods. 

"' The old C^uaker said he liked to have them come, 
as they did no harm at all, but evidently thinned oft" 
the grasshoppers where they went. These frogs 
pursued uniformly the coiu-se in which they set out. 
One man observed that they could not be whipped 
back again toward their mill-pond. On the 1st instant 
I was on Ap|)h"ton Ridg(\ The inhabitants have had 
a plantation meeting, and chosen a connnitt(^e to ap- 
])rize the damage done by the hail, and intend to apply 
to the neighboring towns, or to the Legis]atiu*e of the 
State, for means of subsistence through the winter. 
They have sown much turnip-seed and some buck- 



LIGHTNING. 13 

wheat in their corn-fields. The potatoes are sprouting 
up, and give hopes of a small crop. The apples 
which had not been beaten from the trees by the hail 
were so bruised on the upper side, that that side had 
ceased to grow ; while the other side gi'ew as fast as 
though there had been no hail. There was not a mess 
of green sauce to be had in all the neighborhood. I 
saw the frogs. They appeared to be pursuing an 
easterly course, and had progressed to within about 
fifty rods of St. George's River, where I saw many 
of them hopping on the west side of a wall, by w^hich 
they had been obstructed in their course. They were 
green and speckled, and of a small size. Yesterday, a 
man told me that their number was greatly diminished. 
He supposed they had died." ^ 

LIGHTNING. 

June 29, 1815. During a terrific thunder shower in 
the morning, James Lermond, aged about forty, living 
in the house with his brother William, at the east part 
of the town, was killed by lightning. Being at work on 
the highway, he went home to get shelter. After 
hanging up his hat, he stood at a table, with his face 
towards the window. The lightning came down the 
stud of the window about as low as his breast, then 
leaped to his breast, passed down his body, made a hole 
through the floor, and threw him backwards towards 
the fire. The ashes were scattered over his face. He 
was killed instantly. By the same stroke of lightning, 
the front door and the studs were thrown out, and the 
mouldings above and the window were thrown in. 
Glass in the several windows around the house was 
broken out. A stud from the w^est side was carried 
across the chamber, and hurled several rods through a 
window on the east side. The second story of the 
house was torn in pieces. The lightning ran in every 
direction. From careful observations, it was evident 
that its course had often been upward. 

" August 8, 1819. Fom- weeks ago, we had a fright- 

» Letter of Dr. J. Sibley. 



14 GEOGRAPHY. 

fill tempest. The lightning struck a large barn be- 
longing to Ephraim Boggs, in Warren^ (half a mile 
south of ]Moses Morse's), and burnt it to the ground. 
The same day the lightning struck a balm-of-Gilead 
tree near Moses Morse's house, and a stump in his 
fence, which it set on fire. William Hart's barn was 
also sti'uck at the same time, and Mr. Metcalf's^ cow- 
yard fence. The next Satiu'day after Mr. Boggs's barn 
was burnt, he had another barn of the same size on 
the same ground finished, doors all swinging; and I 
am told that thirty men dined together on the barn- 
floor. The old barn had in it about ten tons of old 
hay. The new barn was built almost entirely by 
charity. 

" Last Sunday, we had another shower ; the light- 
ning biu-nt Noah Rice's barn, containing much hay. 
Obadiah Morse's barn, with forty tons of hay, was set 
on fire by the lightning; but the fire was extin- 
guished.^ The same day, lightning struck in many 
places elsewhere. Last Monday, our people were all 
in motion, declaring that they would do equal to what 
Warren had done. Teams driving through all the 
town with timber and lumber for Capt. Rice. Wed- 
nesday, phoenix-like, the barn began to rise from the 
ashes, and before night it was covered with boards. It 
is very large, and makes a fine appearance. I am told 
it contains ten tons of hay, which has been given to 
Capt. Rice. 

" P. S. Aug. 9. Alas! this is not all. Yesterday, the 
lightning visited us again, and burnt a barn filled with 
hay for Lemuel Wentworth,- struck Christopher New- 
bit's house,- and killed a child belonging to Jotham 
Davis. 

" Within four weeks, I have seen three large barns 
with much hay burnt to the ground by lightning ; and 
the fii-e in another barn kindled by lightning has been 

^ Near Union line. " In Hope. 

' Mr. Morse hastened to the bani, rolled up the hay, and trod on it, 
and thus smothered the fire ; but his hands were badly burnt. 



LIGHTXING. 15 

extinguished, and a child killed, and all within three 
miles of the place where this is written. 

*' Lemuel Wentworth had a load of hay on his 
wagon to carry to Capt. Rice, when his barn was 
burnt. It stood in the old barn ; new barn burnt. 
Hay unloaded." 

'' On Sunday morning. May 25, 1823, at 5 o'clock, 
a chimney in the dwelling-house of Jason Ware was 
struck by lightning. The chimney and house were 
injm"ed, and a brick was removed from the hearth. 
]\Ii-s. Ware and a son, though sitting one in each 
corner of the fireplace, were not hurt. JMr. Ware, 
being in the act of placing a backlog, was struck on 
the head with the fluid, which bm-nt and broke the 
thick woollen coat on hi'^ right shoulder and arm, 
destroying the principal part of the sleeve above the 
elbow, setting on fire his cotton shirt, burning his flan- 
nel waistcoat, ripping both seams in the leg of the 
boot, and breaking and burning the foot of it. His 
hair and eyebrows were singed ; and the injury, which 
was of the compound nature of a bruise and a burn, 
extended down the right side of the neck, over the 
shoulder and arm, ancl down the thigh, leg, and foot 
[and perforated his boot near the heel]. He fell in- 
stantly, and was apparently dead. Cold water was 
thrown into his face [friction was resorted to], and he 
exhibited signs of life. He was then held erect, and 
cold water poured upon him profusely. Applications 
of poultices, and subsequently of plasters, were made 
to the wounded parts ; and shortly the skin, which to a 
considerable extent was entirely dead and black, was 
removed in large pieces. In a fortnight he w^as able 
to walk, and in a reasonable time recovered a comfort- 
able state of health, though not so good as before. 
The shock appeared to add something to the inlirmi- 
ties of age. 

" The same stroke of lightning tore a large timber 
from the roof of the barn of Matthias Hawes, about 
25 rods distant ; while several cattle in the stall below 
did not receive any injury. Some persons said they 



16 GEOGRAPHY. 

perceived, both at the house and the bam, a strong 
smell of brimstone ; others compared it to gunpow- 
der." 1 

Aug. 25, 1840. The lightning struck the store of 
Henry Fossett, in the north-west part of the town. 
Robert Rokes, of Appleton, sitting on the counter, was 
killed. On a bench below him, which was placed 
along against the counter, sat, on one side of him, John 
Rokes, of Hope. He was stunned, and so injured that 
he did not recover for many weeks. On the same 
bench, but on the other side of Robert Rokes, sat 
Jacob Sibley, leaning forward. He was stunned, and 
can-ied home in a wagon. His burns were so deep, 
that he did not become even tolerably well till the fol- 
lowing spring; and the state of his physical system, and 
the large scars and ridges, which resemble the twists in 
ropes, make it obvious that the effects will be seriously 
felt through Kfe. Thomas Fossett and Robert Pease 
were stunned, and slightly injured, but shortly reco- 
vered. Paul Lincoln was stunned, and so seriously 
injured, that for some time his life was despaired ol'; 
but after some months he recovered. Henry Fossett, 
the only person in the store who was not hurt, and but 
for whose escape the store and all the persons in it 
w^ould undoubtedly have been burnt, ^vas behind the 
counter at the time, and threw out the cotton batting 
which had been ignited. The wounds would not have 
been so deep, if, amid the confusion, water had been 
thrown upon the clothes, which continued to burn for 
a long time after the sufferers were struck down. 

HEALTH AND LONGEVITY. 

" People never die in Union " was the remark of a 
native of Tliomaston ; and ])r()bab]y there are not many 
towns in Maine, in which the deaths are fewer or the 
sickness less, in pro])ortion to tlie number of inhabi- 
tants. This, however, lilce other towns, has had sea- 
sons of extensive mortality. In 1792-3, the throat 

1 Dr. J. Siblcv's Letters. 



HEALTH AXD LONGEVITY. 



17 



distemper, as it was commonly called, earned oil" a 
very large number of the children, and spread a general 
mom*ning through the small population. In 1826 the 
dysentery was very prevalent and fatal. 

Consumption, too, has called ofi' one after another 
from some families, till but very few members remain 
to mom'n over the departed. In such cases, it is not 
unnatural for those who are fast wasting away, eagerly 
to adopt any suggestion for relief from the destroyer. 
Accordingly, in 1832 and 1833, a few persons put in 
practice the proverb, that the burning of the lungs of 
relatives who died of consumption would cm-e that 
disease in the living. One body was exhumed several 
months after death, and the vital parts were bvuned 
near the grave, which was in the Old Bmying Grround. 
The theory seemed to be, that the disease, being a 
family disease, would thus be burned out or extermi- 
nated. But death still claimed the fair and the beau- 
tiful as his own. 

Some idea of the general healthfulness of the place 
may be formed from the following memoranda by the 
Rev. Ml". True, which pm-port to notice all the deaths 
in town, inclusive of infants, for the several years to 
which they relate : — 



1807 


11 


1813 


9 


1819 


6 


1825 


18 


1808 


5 


1814 


9 


1820 


6 


1826 


25 


1809 


7 


1815 


11 


1821 


8 


1827 


9 


1810 


6 


1816 


11 


1822 


13 


1828 


21 


1811 


10 


1817 


9 


1823 


17 


1829 


16 


1812 


7 


1818 


3 


1824 


16 


1830 


22 



When the census was taken in 1830, there were 17 
males and 16 females above 70 years of age ; and in 
1840 there were 15 males and 24 females. In 1835 
there were 26 or more persons who were as much as 
75 years of age. It is thought that the oldest person 
who has died in tow^n was the widow Abigail Messer, 
probably 99. 

Without attempting an analysis of the causes of 
the healthfulness of the place, it may be observed, the 
2* 



18 GEOGRAPHY. 

water is in general imeommonly pure. The relative 
position of the hills and valleyf^ favors a brisk eircnla- 
tion of air through all parts of the town, and partieu- 
larly in the direction of north and south. Thougli the 
elevations are not mountainous, there is comparatively 
little low ground ; and the fog, which lies in the valleys 
and along the river almost every morning in summer, 
while it favors vegetation, is not found to produce 
debility or disease. The agricultural employments of 
the inhabitants are highly conducive to vigor and 
sti'ength. Indolence and luxury are almost unknown. 
Men, women, and children wear the hue of health. 
From thirty to forty years ago, it was a common 
remark of strangers, that there was more female beauty 
in Union than in any other town in the county or 
State. The fresh countenance, the clear or brilliant 
eye, the natural, uncompressed form, were testimonials 
to the generally good habits and customs of the people, 
as well as to the healthfulness of the town. 

SCENERY. 

It would be unjust to the town not to allude to its 
Scenery. By some visitors, at the season of the year 
when the earth is in its richest attire, it is said to be 
the most beautiful which they have ever beheld. Hills 
and valleys, ponds and streams, the romantic and the 
picturesque, are combined in the prospects. On a 
bright June morning, a ride in almost any direction 
affords a rich enjoyment to people of taste and ad- 
mirers of nature. One person might be pleased to 
leave the beaten road, and stroll along the river below 
the bridge at South Union, and watch the \vater tum- 
bling over and among the rocks overhung with bushes, 
and threading its way down to the pond. Another, 
of a more pensive turn, might stand by the large rock 
in the Old Burying (iround. On all sides are graves. 
There sleep the fathers and the mothers of the town, 
at rest from worldly anxiety, suffering, and toil. Around 
them are gathered many of their children and children's 
children. On the east lies a placid lake. To the 



SCENERY. 10 

north-west opens a bright, sunny landscape, winning 
the thoughts away from the clouds and storms and 
melancholy of this life, and directing them to higher 
and holier scenes. 

For a broader view, ascend the summit of the hill 
near the Common. About one hundred rods north of 
it is a snug house, almost hidden by trees ; and beyond 
it, for a long distance, the ground is nearly a plain, 
but varied with pleasing undulations. On the right, 
near the foot of the hill, glides Seven Brook ; and on 
the left, twenty or thirty rods distant, is St. George's 
River. Beyond these, and circumscribing them from 
the east around to the west, the rise of land is not 
unlike an elongated amphitheatre. On this extensive 
hillside may be seen farms above farms, covered with 
cattle and sheep, and dotted over with houses and 
barns. The rows of corn and potatoes, t\\^o or three 
miles distant, are so regular that with a good eye it 
seems as if they may be counted. Flitting clouds 
throw their racing shadows, and wave chases wave, 
over the surface of the bending fields of gi'ain. 

Immediately at the foot of the hill on the south is 
the green Common, surrounded with neatly painted 
houses and shops, which extend to the west till they 
meet the mills carried by the St. George's. On the 
rise of land 150 or 200 rods distant in the south-south- 
west, the back part of the Old Biuying Ground juts 
out from behind a hill, and exposes to view the mar- 
ble gravestones which have been placed there by the 
hands of friendship and affection. A little to the east 
of south lies Seven-tree Pond, so clear that in it may 
be seen mirrored, two or three miles distant, the trees 
and fields on its southern banks. And east of this 
pond is a moderate swell of land intersected by Craw- 
ford's River, which di'ives the spindles, the shuttles, 
the hammers, and the saws of the busy little village of 
South Union. 

There are still broader views. Barrett's Hill to the 
north-east, and the swell of land on the west, com- 
mand extensive prospects of Kennebec County ; and, 



20 GEOGRAPHY. 

ill very clear weather, a glimpse of the White Hills of 
New Hampshire, about one hundred miles distant. In 
the south-east part of the town is Mount Pleasant, the 
highest of the eminences, known to all seamen on 
the coast, for nearly three hundred years, as the Pe- 
nobscot or Camden Hills. From its summit, a short 
distance beyond the town-line, may be seen below, as 
on a map, a great part of Penobscot Bay with as 
many islands as there are days in the year ; and far to 
the east the apparently unbounded Atlantic Ocean. 
How often, before a European had removed trees for 
the first building-spot in the vast wUderness of New 
England, was this summit welcomed by Smith,^ Pop- 

^ In 1603, Martin. Pring, according to "Purchas his Pilgrimes," 
iv. 1654, "fell in with a mixltitudc of small Hands, in the latitude of 

43 degrees, the of June, which Hands were found very pleasant 

to behold. Here we found an excellent fishing for Cods. . . . We 
sayled to the South-west end of these Hands, and there rode with our 
ships vnder one of the greatest. One of them we named Foxe Hand, 
because we found those kind of beasts thereon. So passing through 
the rest ■v\ith our Boates to the mayne Land, which lieth for a good 
space North-cast and South-west, we found very safe riding among 
tliem in sixe, seven, eight, ten, and twelve fathomes. At length, com- 
ming to the Mayne in the latitude of 43 degrees and an halfe, we 
ranged the same to the South-west." 

in 1604, Champlain was for some time among the islands ; and, in 
September, went up the Penobscot River twenty-five leagues to a 
small stream, not far above which were falls. He speaks of Cape 
Bcdabedec, which, according to Jeffery's Atlas, is Owl's Head. He 
was probably the first white man who explored the river. He gives 
minute directions for entering it. The edition of his voyages ijublished 
by Jean Berjon at Paris, in 1G13, of which there is a copy in the 
library of Harvard University, contains many passages omitted in 
later editions. 

Rosier, in Weymouth's Voyage, already alluded to on page 2, states, 
that from " S. George's Hand we might discern the main land from 
the west-south-west to the east-north-east, and a great way (as it then 
seemed, and avc after found it) up into the main we might discern 
very high mountains, though the main seemed but low land," &c. 
Williamson, History of Maine, i. 193, states that the place where 
they went ashore and amused themselves in hunting, June 12, 1605, 
was Penobscot, now Camden, Hills. 

The Strachey MS. in the details of the voyage of the Popham party 
to Sagadahock, in 1707, states, " there be three high mouiitaynes that 
lie in on the Land, the Land called Scgohquet, necrc about the River 
of Penobscot," and gives drawings of their appearance from different 
points of view. 

In 1614, Capt. John Smith, whose history, in connection with 



SCEXERT. 21 

ham, Weymouth, Cliamplain, Pring, and the seamen, 
who, for half a century or more before them, sailed 
along the coast to fish and to trade Avith the Indians I 
How many thoughts crowd the mind respecting those 
times, and the changes which haA^e since taken place ! 
Though no thriUing events, to command the attention 
of the general reader, have ever occurred in the town, 
there are around it associations with olden time, which 
give additional interest to scenery which it would re- 
quire a poet and a painter properly to describe. 

Pocahontas, is familiar to exevy school- child, spent several months 
exploring the coast in an open boat with eight men. In 1616, he 
published his Description of New England, accompanied with a 
map. On page 24, he says, "North-west of Penobscot," meaning 
only Penobscot Jii\y, " is Mecaddacut, at the foot of a high mountain, 
a kind of fortresse against the Tarrantines, adjoining to the high 
mountaines of Pennobscot, against whose feet doth beat the Sea : But 
over all the Land, lies, or other impediments, you may well see them 
sixteen or eighteen leagues from their situation. Segocket is the next : 
then Nuscongus, Pcmmaquid," &c, ^Mecaddacut, on Smith's map, is 
called Dunbarton or Dunbarte. From its situation at the south of 
the range of hills and east- north- east of one or two other eminences, 
it is not improbable that Smith meant to locate the Indian village at 
Camden, on the ^legunticook, or perhaps a little further south. Indian 
territories were not distinctly bounded. Bcdabedec may have desig- 
nated the coast, and included the Penobscot Hills and Owl's Head. 
When it is considered that Indians, giving to the consonants a soft or 
obscure sound, do not enunciate them distinctly, that Smith gives the 
name as it sounded to his English cars, and Cliamplain as it sounded 
to the French, it is not improbable that Bedabedec and Medambattec 
and Mecaddaciit are meant to represent the same Indian word. 

It is somewhat remarkable that the accounts of the early explora- 
tions of the coast of Maine have not been more carefully examined. 
Many of the harbors, headlands, and islands, as laid down on Smith's 
map, are easily identified, by recurring to page 20o of his " Gencrall 
Historic of Virginia, New England," S:c. published in 1626, where the 
Indian names stand side by side with the English names given by 
Charles the Fu'st, while Prince Charles. Smith was here in the sum- 
mer. He speaks with enthusiasm of the country. In 1616 he pub- 
lished his book and his map, for the purpose of prevailing on people 
in England to form a colony. If his project had been carried out 
successfully, some spot in this vicinity, and not Plj'mouth, would 
have been chronicled as the birthplace of New England. The set- 
tlers, however, would have been adventurers in quest of pelf, rather 
than the sturdy pilgrims who tied from persecution to enjoy religious 
liberty. They probably would not have given the Pilgrim-leaven to 
the character of New England, and more or less to that of the whole 
world. And it may therefore be considered fortunate, perhaps, that 
his plan did not succeed. 



I 



22 ANTE-rLANTATION niSTORY. 

CHAPTEH 11. 

ANTE-PLANTATION HISTORY. 

Muscougus or "Waldo Patent. — Disputed Territory. — St. George's 
River proposed as a Boiindary. — Indians. — Hart's and Boggs's 
Escape from them. — Dicke and the Comet. 

MUSCONGUS OR WALDO PATENT. 

Union was part of the tract of land called the Muscou- 
gus Patent, which was a grant made March 2, 16|-|, 
by the Plymouth Council to John Beauchamp, of Lon- 
don ; and Thomas Leverett, then of Boston in Eng- 
land, and subsequently of Boston in New England. 
Afterwards this tract was called the Waldo Patent. 

DISPUTED TERRITORY. 

Union is in the territory over which, for more than a 
century, the French and the English alternately claimed 
jm'isdiction; and, if there had been any inhabitants, 
they woidd have been constantly harassed by the con- 
flicting parties and by the Indians. The ciianges of 
the governments, and the quarrels and hostilities con- 
nected therewith, do not claim special notice, as the 
beginning of a settlement on the soil of this town had 
not then been made. 

ST. GEORGE'S RIVER PROPOSED AS A BOUND.UIY. 

In 1711 or 1712, it was proposed to make St. 
George's River the boundary between the English and 
the French.^ If this had been effected, the inhabitants 

' Mcmoircs des Commissaircs du Roi ct dc Ceux do sa ^lajestc 
Britannique, sur les Possessions et Ics Droits rcspectifs des deux (Jou- 
ronnes en Amcritiue, ii. 382, 4to, Paris, 1755. ^lemorials of the 
English and Prcuch Commissaries concerning tlie lamits of Nova 
Scotia or Acadia, i. 420-5, 4to, I-ond. 1755. Remarks on the French 
Jlemorials concerning the Limits of Acadia, p. 58, 8vo, Loud. 1756. 
Ilistoire et Description Gcncralc dc la Nouvcllc France, &c. par le 



INDIANS. 23 

on the west side of the river might now have been 
subject to the President of the United States, and part 
have been doing homage to the Queen of England. 
On the one side of the river the fugitive slave would 
be liable to be returned to his master, while on the 
other he would be as secure as in Canada. 

INDIANS. 
There is no evidence that this was a place much 
resorted to by Indians, though the Wawenocks^ inha- 
bited the country from Sagadahock to St. George's 
River. It is obvious, however, that they were here oc- 
casionally. It is said that dmdng the French war 
several lived along Crawford's River, and between 
Seven-tree Pond and Round Pond, near the latter. 
Stone hatchets, chisels, and other Indian implements, 
have been found near the Upper Bridge, in the vicinity 
of which was a good place for fishing at the waterfall. 
About half-way between Nye's Corner and Sunnybec 
Pond, very near the spot where the school-house now 
stands, two Indian skeletons were ploughed up in 
repamng the road some twenty-five years since. 
Hatches, arro"w-heads, &c. were found by the early 
settlers near the mouth of Crawford's River. A brass 
kettle, as large as a pail, was also found there. At the 

P. De Charlevoix, ii. 236, 4to, Paris, 1744. [Jeffery's] Conduct of 
the French with Regard to Nova Scotia, p. 39, 8vo, Lond. 1754. 

In this connection may be inserted an extract from a letter of the 
historian, William Gordon, to Arthur Lee, then in Congress. It is 
dated at Jamaica Plain, in Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 2, 1783. 
It is among the manuscripts of Arthur Lee, in the library of Harvard 
University : — 

*' What may have been sent you from France, I know not ; but 
you may depend ixpon the following information. 

"The British would not allow the boundaries of Nova Scotia to 
terminate at St. Croix, but demanded Kennebec at first, and after- 
wards insisted upon Penobscot as their ultimatum, until Mr. Adams 
produced the records of the Massachusetts, and the authorities of 
Shu-ley, Pownal, Bernard, and Hutcliinson, as well as the original 
grant of Nova Scotia by James the Fust to Sir William Alexander, 
and in%'ited the British minister to state a written claim of Kennebec 
or Penobscot as the boundary of Nova Scotia, that it might be 
answered in writing, which brought him to reason." 
* Williamson's Maine, i. 468. 



24 ANTE-PLANTATION HISTORY. 

present day, various Indian implements are occasion- 
ally turned up by the plough on the farm of Joseph 
Gleason. There are holes on the Robbins Neck, near 
the outlet of Round Pond, and on the ridge near the 
head of Seven-tree Pond on its east side, and in other 
places. By some it is conjectured that Indians dug 
them for the purpose of burying their provisions, and 
by others for concealing, as far as practicable, fires 
which might be wanted for cooldng or for comfort. 
Another supposition is that they are Indian cellars. 

In the archives of the State of Massachusetts ^ is a 
journal of a scouting party, which may contain an 
allusion to the place when a wilderness. It has been 
suggested that it was probably the journal of Capt. 
Matthias Remely.^ " Oct. 13, 1757, 1 went out myself 
to a place called Sterling,^ which is about nineteen 
miles up the river, divided my men into small scouts ; 
some went up the river sundry miles, others towards 
the back of Broad Bay." 

David Dicke, of "Warren, says that an Indian was 

' MS. vol. 38, A, p. 297. 

* For this suggestion, and for important information, the reader is 
indebted to Cyrus Eaton, Esq. of Warren ; who, though laboring 
under the misfortune which called forth one of the most admirable 
apostrophes of Milton, has made a valuable collection of materials, 
which, bj' the assistance of a dutiful daughter in delicate health, have 
been put together so as to make an important work respecting the 
settlements on St. George's River, and particularly respecting the town 
of Warren. 

In the American Quarterly Register, xiii. 162, is an account of 
liUtherans in Waldoborough. There arc sketches of- some of the 
towns in Maine in different " Historical Collections." There are no 
town histories which make separate volumes but the followng : — 
William White's History of Belfast, 12mo ; Belfast, 1827, pp. 120. 
George Folsom's History of Saco and Biddeford, 12mo; Saco, 1830, 
pp. 331. William Willis's History of Portland, 2 vols. Svo ; Port- 
land, 1831 and 1833, pp. 243, 355. Jonathan D, Weston's History of 
Eastport and Vicinity, 8vo ; Boston, 1834, pp. 61. Chailes Brad- 
bury's History of Kennebunk Port, 12mo ; Kennebunk, 1837, pp. 301. 
Thomas Parker's History of Farmington, Svo ; Farmington, 1846, 
pp. 13(5. William Allen's History of Norridgewock, 12mo ; Nor- 
ridgewock, 1849, pp. 252. J. W^ Hanson's History of Norridgewock 
and Canaan, 12mo; Boston, 1849, pp. 372. 

' The Sterling here alluded to was part of Warren. 



INDIANS. 25 

biu'ied on Seven-tree Island, some time before the set- 
tlement of the town ; and because earth was scarce, or 
because he was an Indian of consequence, a mound 
or pile of stones, chiefly flat, was placed over the 
remains. The stones, he adds, were carried away, and 
used at South Union, in building a chimney or an oven, 
which was put up, either by the fii'st or the second 
party of settlers, for the purpose of cooking. Phinehas 
Butler, of Thomaston, has no recollection of it, and 
thinks it certainly could not have been so. 
• Not any Indians were living here when the first set- 
tlers came. They often visited the town afterwards, 
" hunted along almost every year," and were on friendly 
terms with the inhabitants. " The white children and 
the pappooses slid down hill and played together like 
school children." ^ The Indians sometimes solicited the 
whites to accompany them in hunting. Once, Philip 
Robbins went, in accordance with an Indian's request ; 
and they killed two old bears and either one or two 
cubs, which they found under the root of a tree that 
had been blown down. In the year 1777, a company 
of six encamped between Philip Robbins's and the 
river. " One of the Lidians punished his child for steal- 
ing (or carrying off from about the house where he had 
found it) the broken bowl of an iron spoon." ^ Samuel 
Boggs had been to Sunnybec to make tree-nails, and 
there his mare died in foaling. The Indians were ex- 
ceedingly straitened for food, and called the flesh very 
good moose-beef.^ They also brought away some of 
the foal, and it was aU the food they had when they 
came. 

During one winter, some Lidian families were en- 
camped near the head of Seven-tree Pond ; and during 
another there were several near the brook between 
Jessa Robbins and Moses Hawes. None, however, 
resided a long time in the town. 

• Itlrs. Dunton. ^ H. True, M.D. ' Jessa Robbins, 



26 ANTE-PLANTATION HISTORY. 



HART'S AXD BOGGS'S ESCxVPE. 

There is a story that Stephen Hart, uncle of William 
Hart, when stationed at the fort in Thomaston, was in 
a float with Samuel Boggs, trapping in Crawford's 
Pond. They discovered Indians on jMiller's Rocky 
Point at the north end of the Pond, and immediately 
directed their com'se homeward. The Indians, suppos- 
ing they would naturally go down the St. George's, 
ran to intercept them on their way to Seven-tree Pond. 
The hunters, anticipating this movement, instead of 
taking the route, hastened towards the south end 
of Crawford's Pond. As they passed the point at the 
extremity of the island, they saw seven Indians on 
the western shore. They plied then* paddles with in- 
creased vigor. Having thrown then- tra})s overboard, 
they landed on the south shore, and, with the adroit- 
ness of hunters, fled towards their home. The Indians, 
having discovered their mistake, pursued them. The 
parties crossed each other's tracks two or three times. 
Hart and his companion, however, succeeded in getting 
safely into the fort, though they were fned upon just 
before they arrived there. This adventure may have 
occurred in the Old French or Seven Years' War ; or 
it may have been later, as the Indians were jealous of 
the white hunters, and sometimes disposed, even in 
peace, to wreak vengeance on them as intruders.^ 

DICKE' AND THE COMET. 

The only other incident, known to have occiu'red 
here before the settlement by the whites, was commu- 
nicated in the following words: " Li 1769, William 
Dicke went up to Union alone to hunt for beaver. 
Night and storm coming on, he landed on Seven-tree 
Island, sheltered himself from the rain beneath his 
inverted float, and slept till the tempest abated and the 
clouds broke away. Then, looking out, he beheld for 
the first time the comet of that year, with its long, 
fiery, fan-shaped train, glaring in all its sublimity. 

' Fisher Hart and John P. Hart. 



FIRST COMERS. 27 

Beinff but seventeen years of age, quite illiterate, and 
wholly ignorant of the cause or even the existence of 
such phenomena, "sve may well imagine the surprise 
and terror it gave him. Being told it was a sign of 
war, and finding it verified by the revolutionary con- 
test, he became unalterably fixed in the belief; and, 
when a similar one appeared in 1811, he confidently 
and successfully predicted the war with Great Britain, 
which followed the next year." 



CHAPTER III. 

PLANTATION HISTORY, 1772—1775. 

1772, 1773, First Settlers. —The Anderson Party. — 1774, Plan of 
Anderson's Lot. — Purchase of the Township by Dr. John Tay- 
lor ; his Ai-rival %vith the Butlers and others. — First Public Act 
of Devotion. — Frightened Moose. — Occupation of the Anderson 
Camp. — Clearing commenced. — High Words with the Ander- 
son Party. — Taylor's Return to Massachusetts. — Deed to Tay- 
lor. — 177-5, Taylor in Congress. — Butlers again at Work. — 
First live sowed. — Butlers go West. — Taylor comes back and 
labors. — Butlers return : are hired out to Benjamin Packard. — 
Packard's Log-house. — Timber for Taylor's Buildings. — Priva- 
tions. — Butler and the Bear. 

1772, 1773. 

The fii'st white people who located themselves in 
town, probably came in September or October, 1772. 
Archibald Anderson and James Anderson, from the 
part of Warren called Sthiing ; ^ James Malcom, from 

' The name is derived from the Stiiding in Scotland, from which 
the settlers originated. Although the records commonly spell Ster- 
ling, Sterlington, and Sterlingtown, with an e, it is evidently -RTong, 
as the place in Scotland is spelt with an i. Lord Stirling, a general 
in the American army in the Revolution, who made claim to the earl- 
dom of Studing (which he was believed to have legally established, 
but against which the House of Lords decided), spelled his name 
in the same way. See Sedgwick's Life of William Livingston, 214, 



28 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

Gushing; and John Crawford, jun. from the upper 
part of Warren Village, ascended St. George's River, 
to " take up " land. All of them were natives of Scot- 
land, and came to this country in childhood with the 
Stirling colony which settled in Warren. In their 
hunting and lumbering excursions, they had undoubt- 
edly become well acquainted with the value of the 
lumber and the nature of the soil. On a knoll eight 
or ten rods from Seven-tree Pond, about forty rods 
west of the ledge in Joseph Gleason's field, and thkty 
rods north of the outlet of Crawford's River, from 
which the knoll was then separated by low, wet 
ground, they built a camp, the cellar belonging to 
which has been recently filled. On the top of the 
camp were a few boards which they brought from 
Warren. Here James Malcom and Archibald Ander- 
son intended to reside. James Anderson and John 
Crawford, jun. took possession of the Robbins Neck, 
and ran a possession-fence from the head of Seven- 
tree Pond to the St. George's, a short, distance below 
Bachelor's Mills. The four residents lived together in 
the camp.^ 

1774. 

There seems to have been some understanding 
between these men and Thomas Flucker, who repre- 
sented the Waldo heirs, that they should become 
owners of the Mill Farm on Crawford's River. The 
Mill Farm was surveyed, and on the plan it is called 
" Mr. Ai-chibald Anderson's Lot." The description 
which is \vi-itten on the plan contains names supposed 
by some to have been of later origin. It is probably 
the oldest document in existence, of which it can be 
said there is no doubt that it has particular reference 
to this town. 

and Sparks's Writings of Washington, iii. 235. It may bo added, 
that the claim was confirmed to tiic Stirling family aboiit the year 
1833. Before Union was incorporated, it was called Taylortown as 
often as Stirlington. 

' David Dicke, of Warren. 



Taylor's purchase. 29 

"Lincoln, ss. St. George's River, May 13th, 1774. — 
Then surveyed this lot of land for Mr. Archibald Anderson, 
at a place called Seven-tree Pond, on St. George's River, 
"without the bounds of any town ; but in the county of Lin- 
coln and province of the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
land ; beginning at a white oak-tree standing on the eastern 
side of said Seven-tree Pond, said tree marked on four sides ; 
and from thence running east two hundred and twenty 
poles to a red oak-tree marked on four sides ; and thence 
running south two hundred poles to a stake and heap of 
stones standing on the west side of Crawford's Great Pond, 
said stake is marked on four sides ; and then running west 
one hundred and eighty poles to an elm-tree standing on 
the east side of said Seven-tree Pond, said tree is marked 
on four sides; then running northerly by. the side of said 
pond, as the shore layeth to the bounds first mentioned : to 
contain two hundred and twenty-four acres and one hundred 
square poles, as ajjpears by this actual surA'ey taken by me, 
Nathaniel Mesarvy, sworn surveyor of lands." 

The plan, which is not very exact, is on a scale of 
forty poles to one inch. From the appearance of Seven- 
tree Pond, the survey seems to have been made when 
the loAV ground on its borders "was covered with water 
and frozen over. The south line of the mill-lot crosses 
Crawford's River from west to east near the falls, per- 
haps a very little south of them ; the north line appears 
to coincide nearly with the south line of John F. Harfs 
land. The Mill Farm, or mill-lot, included the farms 
now owned by Messrs. Vaughan, Mf-Guier, Daniels, 
and AJden, on the south side of Crawford's River, and 
on the north side all to John F. Hart's southern line. 

In the spring of 1774, when this survey purports to 
have been made. Dr. JohnJTaylor, of Lunenburg, 
Mass. entered into a negotiation with Flucker, for the 
entu'e gore of unappropriated land, of very iiTcgular 
shape, which lay between the lands belonging to the 
" Twenty Associates, called the Lincolnshire Com- 
pany," and the towns of Waldoborough, Warren, and 
Camden. Taylor raised the objection of pre-occu- 
pancy by the Anderson party. Flucker is said to have 
replied, that they had not fulfilled then* agreement ; 
3* 



30 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

they had been cutting lumber and making staves, but 
had not paid any thing, nor done any thing towards 
clearing the land or introducing settlers. In their jus- 
tification, it has been said they did not then know it 
was practicable to get a crop of rye or Indian corn 
from burnt ground. Flucker agreed to protect Tay- 
lor from harm ; and the bargain was concluded, as 
some of the aged inhabitants say, for about ninepence 
an acre. Dr. Taylor soon sailed to Sheepscot, with 
one Capt. Decker, "in a slaver so filthy that the smell 
was almost intolerable, as it had just retiu'ued from 
a voyage for negroes. He was accompanied by John 
Butler and Phinehas Butler,^ two young men who 
were bound out to him till they should be twenty- 
one years of age. For thek services they were to 
receive one every-day suit and one handsome suit of 
clothes, and one hundred acres of the land which Tay- 
lor had purchased. Besides these, were Thomas 
Wright, from Lunenburg, Samuel Searles, and Ste- 
phen Wyman. According to an agi-eement of Decker 
with the captain of a fishing-schooner, the party was 
carried to the St. George's, and landed at the Lower 
Rips, or IVIiller's Landing, on Satm-day, July 16, 1774. 
John Mlilntyi-e, who kept a feny, sold a feny-boat to 
Dr. Taylor. On Monday, the boat, baggage, provi- 
sions, axes, agiicultural implements, &c. were carried 
across the neck from Boggs's Landing to the river 
above Starrett's Bridge. The company rowed up the 
St. George's. They landed near the mouth of Craw- 
ford's River, on the north side of it, expecting to find 
and occupy the Anderson camp. But, as it was sun- 
set, and too late to search for it in a wilderness where 
they were all sti-angers, the boat was drawn up with a 
view to their camping down Avhere they were. Dr. 
Taylor then said to his companions, that, as they had 
been wonderfully preserved by a kind Providence 
during their voyage and journey, they ought to return 

' riiinohas Butler, of Thomaston, \y1io fiunislied a great part of the 
information in this chapter. 



Taylor's arrival. 31 

thanks for the protection of Heaven. Accordingly, he 
stood up by a majestic tree in this wilderness, and 
began his devotions. Suddenly, the party was started 
by the rustling of leaves and crackling of limbs. Their 
excitement was not diminished either by the awful 
stillness and solitude of the place, or by the darkness 
which was fast gathering around them. The doctor 
paused. Every one looked eagerly for the cause of the 
noise. Their fears, however, were soon quieted. There 
came rushing by them a frightened moose. The doctor 
resumed and finished the prayer. This was probably 
the first public act of devotion ever performed by a 
white man within the limits of the town. Such were 
the peculiar cucumstances and the spirit in which the 
pioneers began the arduous work of settling Union. The 
serious and the ludicrous were comically combined. 

Dr. Taylor and his companions passed the night in 
the open aii\ Early the next morning, they discovered 
the camp within a very fe^v rods of their resting-place. 
They took possession of it. It was the only shelter 
they had diuing the season. The same day, Tuesday, 
July 19, they began to cut down ti'ees near the ledge 
in Joseph Gleason's field. Accordingly, this may be 
regarded as the day on wdiich the fii'st blow was struck 
with a view to a settlement of the town. As the per- 
sons who came previously did not make a permanent 
establishment, this is the day which should be kept in 
remembrance for centennial celebrations. 

Before a week elapsed, the Anderson party came 
and claimed the place. High words passed between 
them and Taylor. The doctor told them he had 
bought the land, and should at all events make a set- 
tlement on the mill-lot, where he then was ; but that 
each of them might have a hundred-acre lot in any 
other part of his purchase. They indignantly rejected 
the offer, and went off". 

Dr. Taylor's party continued to labor through the 
season. They felled the trees on several acres, princi- 
pally on the north side of the river, beginning at 
Seven-tree Pond, and worldng towards Crawford's 



32 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

Pond. In the fall they went away. Taylor lih'ed out 
John Butler and Phinehas Butler in Thomaston, 
where they passed the winter. Upon going to Massa- 
chusetts, Taylor got the following deed^ executed : — 

"Kxow ALL MEX by tlicse presents, that wc, Thomas 
Fhicker, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, Esq. and Han- 
nah Flucker his wife, Isaac Winslow, of Iloxbury, in said 
county of Suffolk, Esq. and Francis Waldo, of Falmouth, 
in the county of Cumberland, Esq. all of tlie province of 
Massachusetts Bay, in New England, in consideration of the 
just sum of one thousand pounds, lawful money, to us in 
hand paid before the delivery hereof by John Taylor, of 
Lunenburg, in the county of Worcester and province of Mas- 
sachusetts Bay aforesaid, physician, the receipt whereof we 
do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, and 
sold, and do by these presents give, grant, bargain, sell, 
alien, and fully, freely, and absolutely convey and confirm 
unto him the said John Taylor, his heirs and assigns for 
ever, a certain tract or parcel of land lying on St. George's 
and Madomock Rivers, in the county of Lincoln and pro- 
vince aforesaid, being a township containing thirty-four 
thousand five hundred and sixty acres of good land, bad 
land, and water, butted and bounded as followeth : to wit, 
beginning at a birch-tree marked, which is the north-east 
corner of Waldoborough ; thence running south seven 
degrees east by said Waldoborough, two miles and an half 
to a hemlock-tree marked ; thence due east across Seven- 
tree Pond and Crawford's Pond, so called, six miles and 
two hundred and fifteen rods to a stake and stones at the 
line of the township called Camden, belonging to the Twenty 
Associates, called the Lincolnsliire Company ; thence north- 
west by north crossing Sunnyback Pond, so called, by the 
land of said Twenty Associates, eleven miles and eighty 
rods ; thence south-west by west- five miles and twenty-four 

' The copy of the deed, and several abstracts of other deeds, have 
been furnished through the kindness of the Rev. Uriah Balkam, of 
Wiscasset. 

- Among the papers of the late T. Tj^_JcJinison, M.D. of Cambridge, 
Maas. is a memorandum piirporting to be by David Fales, Esq. of 
Thomaston, " that the western line of Dr. Taylor's township was not 
run in its proper place when the town was laid out, and that the 
courses given in the deed were according to the direction of the mag- 
netic needle, and not on a true meridian." 



Taylor's labors. 33 

rods ; thence south three miles and two hundred and eighty- 
rods to a spruce-tree marked, which is the north-west corner 
of the town of Waldoborough ; thence easterly by said 
Waldoborough three miles and one hundred and sixty rods 
to the bound first mentioned. 

" To have and to hold the said granted and bargained 
premises, together with all their appurtenances, free of all 
encumbrances whatsoever, to him the said John Taylor, his 
heirs and assigns, as an absolute estate of inheritance in fee 
simple for ever. And we, the said Thomas Flucker, Hannah 
Flucker, Isaac Winslow, and Francis Waldo, for ourselves, 
our heirs, executors, and administrators, do hereby covenant 
to warrant and defend the afore-granted premises unto the 
said John Taylor, his heirs and assigns for ever, against 
the lawful claims and demands of all persons. 

" In witness whereof, we, the said Thomas Flucker, Han- 
nah Flucker, Isaac Winslow, and Francis Waldo, have 
hereunto set our hands and seals this thirtieth day of Sep- 
tember, anno Domini one thousand seven hundred and 
seventy-four, and in the fourteenth year of his majesty's 
reign. 

" Thos. Flucker, and a seal. 

"Hannah Fluckek, and a seal. 

" Isaac Winsloav, and a seal. 

" Fkas. Waedo, and a seal. 
" Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, 

" DanL. HUBBAKD. 

" David Greene. 

"Suffolk, ss. Boston, Nov. 17, 1774. —Then the above- 
named Thomas Flucker, Hannah Flucker, Isaac Winslow, 
and Francis Waldo, personally appeared and owned this 
instrument to be their act and deed. 

" John Avery, Just. Pacis." 

1775. 

In September, 1774, while Taylor and his men were 
felling trees in the forest of Maine, and beginning the 
settlement of a town, the first Continental Congress 
was in session at Philadelphia. On the 19th of April, 
1775, was the battle of Lexington and Concord ; and on 
the 17th of June, that of Bmiker Hill. The war of the 



34 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

American revolution was begun in earnest. Dr. Tay- 
lor was an ardent whig, and one of the leading mem- 
bers of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress.^ He 
was too much interested in political atiairs to return 
immediately. Accordingly, in April, he sent Thomas 
Wright, who, with the two Batlers, again took posses- 
sion of the camp, and went to work on the Mill Farm. 
Wright was soon taken sick, and retm-ned to the West- 

' Dr. Taylor was born about the year 1734, probably in Townsend, 
Mass. He was a physician and trader in Lunenburg, when he pur- 
chased the plantation of Stirlington. Ho was married, by Rev. Win, 
Emerson, to Mrs. Rebecca Prescott, of Concord, Aug. 28, 17G6. She 
died March 3, 1772. July 16, four months afterward, he was mar- 
ried, by Rev. Nathaniel Merrill, to Mrs. Anna Dole, of Dunstable, 
N.II. She died Feb. 1774. He married, July 6, 1777, Ruth, second 
daughter of John Hunt, Esq. of Waterto\Yn ; and she died Nov. 30, 
1778. He was also once published without being married. After he 
left Lunenburg, he resided at Pomfret, Ct. and subsequently at 
Douglas, Mass. He had a son John, born Jan. 1, 1768, and a daugh- 
ter Eetsey. The latter married Josiah Reed. By his second wife, he 
had a son Daniel, who lived for a time in Belchertown, Mass. was 
called Doctor, had at least a son and two daughters, and probably 
moved to the State of New York. According to Phinehas Butler, 
Dr. Taylor, when a young man, cared little for religious subjects, 
•' till he had a dream about the resixrrection. After that he appeared 
to believe in God and a Saviour." From the Lunenburg town-records, 
it appears he Avas one of the selectmen and assessors of that town in 
1771, 1772, and 1773. In 1772, he was chosen representative to the 
Legislature by the towns of Ijunenburg and Fitchburg. When he 
was elected in 1774, these towns. May 20, voted to him patriotic 
instructions. He was member of the ^lassachusctts Provincial Con- 
gress, which convened at Cambridge, Feb. 1, 1775, adjourned Feb. 16, 
met at Concord, March 22, and continued in session till its adjourn- 
ment, April 15. It is said to have been through his influence that 
the adjournment to Concord was effected. Being convened at Con- 
cord, April 22, the Provincial Congi-css adjourned, and met the same 
day at Watertown, where it was dissolved, ^lay 29, 1775. In the 
meantime, the battle of Lexington was fought. Dr. Taylor was one 
of the prominent men of the Congress, on which devolved very solemn 
and weightj'^ responsibilities. On the journals, his name occurs 
oftener than that of any man, except (leu. Ward. On the impoi'tant 
committees he was associated with Col. Prescott, of Bunker Hill 
memory. Governor Brooks, of Massachusetts, "N'ice-President Gerry, 
and Governor (iill. He was on the committee which drew up the 
reply to Gen. Gage's proclamation of June 12, 1775, promising par- 
don to all except Samuel Adams and John Hancock ; and wivs one of 
the committee to take depositions, after the battle of Lexington and 
Concord, to be forwarded to Dr. Franklin, in England. He was also 
a member of the Massachusetts Council, elected May 28, 1777. 



GRAIN SOWN AND HOUSE BUILT. 85 

ward, as Massachusetts and even New Hampshire 
were called then, and for a long time afterward. The 
tvvo young men continued to work through the sum- 
mer. More trees were cut, principally but not entirely 
on the north side of the stream. By the labors in the 
present and the preceding years, a clearing was made 
from Seven-ti'ee Pond to Crawford's Pond. Towards 
autumn the felled trees were burnt. Oxen were then 
hired of William Boggs, of Wan-en, and ten bushels 
of rye were sown. This was the fii'st grain ever sown 
in Union. 

The Butlers had toiled in solitude. To them the 
Lord's Day and the week-day were the same. With 
each morning they rose to provide or prepare their food 
and chop trees. It is not to be wondered at that they 
felt no particular attachment to this mode of life. 
Accordingly, when they had sowed the grain, they 
went to Massachusetts. After their departure, Taylor 
came, hired Germans and others, lived in the old 
camp, sowed rye on the remainder of the cleared land, 
and retmiied to Massachusetts. Having been absent 
about two months, dm-ing which John Butler lived 
with Col. Willard, of Lancaster, and Phinehas with 
Dr. Taylor's father, in Townsend, the two young men 
returned to L^nion. It was late in the fall. Taylor 
hired them out to Benjamin Packard for the winter. 

In the coui'se of this season, Benjaiuin Packard, of 
Cushing, who came from Bridgewater, Mass. had 
built a log-house. It was the first house of any kind 
ever built within the limits of the town, unless some 
are disposed to dignify by the name of house the 
shanty or camp which had been put up at the Mill 
Farm. It ^vas about twenty feet long and eighteen 
feet \\dde. It had one room, a cat-and-clay chimney, 
a stone chimney-back, but no jambs. It was about 
fifty rods north-west of the island in Seven-tree Pond. 
Of the three knolls there, the cellar is still visible on 
the one nearest to the island. Stones were dug out 
of the cellar-hole in September, 1848. It is supposed 
they belonged to the chimney, as the cellar probably 



36 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

was not stoned. In the winter of 1775-6, Packard 
and the Butlers lived here, getting out lumber for Tay- 
lor's buildings at the Mill Stream. The pine-timber 
was taken chiefly from the west side of Seven-tree 
Pond, and the oak from the east side, some of it even 
from the island in Crawford's Pond. Then* fare was 
poor. Packard was a poor provider, and the Butlers 
suffered with hunger. In the course of the wdnter, 
while at work on the island in Crawford's Pond, 
Phinehas Butler saw by the side of a log something 
which excited his cm-iosity. He went to the log, and, 
as he stooped to see what was there, a bear suddenly 
thrust his nose up into his face. Butler settled his axe 
into Bruin, and despatched him forthwith. " After 
that," says he, " we lived lil^e princes." 



CHAPTEH IV. 

PLANTATION HISTORY, 1776. 

Philip Robbins's Purchase. — David Robbins's the first Family. — 
Richard Cummings. — Taylor again. — First Frame House. — 
First Crop of Rye. — Raising of a Barn. — Log-houses of Richard 
Cummings and David Robbins. — Arrival of the Families of Philip 
Robbins and Richard Cummings. — Crowded House. — Timber 
House. — Barn. — Taylor's Mills. 

With the year 1776 came a change. Several persons 
agreed with Philip Robbins, of Walpole, Mass. to take 
farms, if he would come east and purchase a tract of 
land. Accordingly, Robbins made an agi'cement with 
Dr. Taylor for about 7,500 acres, at fifty cents an acre. 
He also agreed to introduce a specified number of set- 
tlers. Subsequently, Robbins, in consequence of a 
misunderstanding with Taylor as to the price, did not 
take so much. The deed was executed August 1, 
1777 ; in which John Taylor, of Stirlington, con- 
veys to Pliihp Robbins, of Stirlington, for £1,200 
lawful money, a tract of land " in said Sterlingtown, 



EOBBINS'S PURCHASE. 37 

containing near 4,000 acres more or less, bounded 
thus : Beginning at a hemlock-tree marked, by Seven- 
tree Pond, so called, which is part of St. George's 
River ; thence running west, by the line of the town of 
Warren 596 rods to a hemlock-tree marked, at Waldo- 
borough line ; thence north 7'^ west, two miles and a 
half by said line to a birch-tree marked, at the north-east 
corner of said Waldoborough ; thence east, two miles 
and ninety-six rods to St. George's River, near the 
mouth of Bowker Brook, so called ; thence southerly, 
by said St. George's River as it runneth, and by Round 
Pond and Seven-tree Pond as they lie, to the bound 
fost mentioned." ^ 

David Robbins, Philip Robbins's oldest son, had 
been living Iavo years at Thomaston, on what is called 
the Kelsey Farm, situated on the west side of the 
Meadows, and had there built a small log-house. His 
father offered to give him one hundred and fifty acres 
more or less, in Union, if he would settle on it ; and his 

' Mrs. Mero says, the t-vvo parties agreed in the fall that the papers 
should be made oiit by Dr. David Fales, of Thomaston. Accordingly, 
after laboring on his land in the year 1776, and inducing some settlers 
to come here, Robbins departed for the Westward for the purpose of 
bringing down his family. The day before he expected to sail, he 
called on Fales, according to agreement, to sign the pajDers ; but Tay- 
lor had gone. Under the circumstances, Robbins hesitated what 
course to pursue. However, as he had already done much on the 
land, and there was hardly a doubt that Taylor would abide by his 
agreement, Robbins concluded to proceed. The next year, Taylor in- 
sisted on having about one dollar an acre. Robbins finally took the 
tract above described. He gave particular charge to his agent at 
Walpole to pay his debt to Taylor on the very day that it became due ; 
but a violent storm came on, and he did not arrive at Taylor's till 
the following day. Then, as continental bills had depreciated, Taylor 
insisted on having specie. Finally, according to Jessa Robbins, Tay- 
lor told Philip Robbins he should pay specie, or he would sue him to 
the farthest court. Robbins told him he would not pay him specie, 
if he sued him to h — 1, and got the d-- — 1 for his attorney. The 
result was a lawsuit. Robbins "scraped together" some money, 
besides what he got for his farm at Walpole. After the execution 
was out, Taylor hesitated to take the pay. The attorney applied to 
the Judge and Clerk to receive the continental money. It was counted 
out ; Robbins's lawyer had in his hands a demand against Taylor, 
■which amounted to more than the execution ; a writ was immediately 
served, and the money secured to Taylor's creditor. 
4 



88 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

Avife llfly acres more, if she would come and cook for 
him and his hired men. David Robbins could not get 
a deed, or any security for one, of the person who had 
sold to him in Thomaston ; for he had gone off, it was 
said, as a tory. Accordingly, his father's proposition 
to him and his wife was accepted. With their chil- 
dren they came in May, 177G, and occupied the log- 
house built by Packard, who, in consequence of the 
Robbins purchase, was obliged to go off. This was 
the first family which moved into Stirlington. Before 
the decease of David Robbins, there was standing in 
Warren or Thomaston only one house, built before he 
came here. At Ihe time of his coming, there was not 
another family above Boggs's in Warren. None of 
the land between them was cleared. There was no 
road, not even a footpath. Mrs. Robbins^ did not see 
tiie face of a woman from the time of her arrival in 
May till the following autumn. To this day, people 
speak of her excessive joy when another female came 
to reside with her. 

Ai the same time with David Robbins came Philip 
Robbins and Ids sons, Jessa and Ebenezer. Philip Rob- 
bins settled west and north of the island in Seven-tree 
Pond, on the place where Stephen Hawcs now lives. 
He brought six men to assist him in clearing his land. 
Dm-ing the season he cut down and burned over about 
twenty acres, 

Ricliard Cummings, from Stoughton, came the same 
spring in May, cleared a small spot on the farm now 
owned by Henry Seiders, sowed some spring grain, 
tarried a short time, and retm'ncd to Massachusetts. 

In the spring of the same year. Dr. Taylor again 
visited his towns)ii|). Having hired Col. Benjamin 
Burton, afterward an oiiicer in the revolutionary war, 
Nathaniel Fales, of Thomaston, and others, he built 
the first frame-house in the place. It was about 

' Probably the first ^Ylute females ever in the place -neve two 
young women of somewhat suspicious character, who, in the spring 
before the arrival of Mrs. llobbins, came by themselves from AVarrcn 
in a boat to the Mill Tarm, and returned on the same day. 



EAISINU OF A BARN, — LOG-HOUSES. 89 

eighteen feet by twenty, and stood on the spot now 
occupied by Joseph Gleason's house. Gleason's kitchen 
is over the old cellar, and Taylor's well furnislies the 
water now used by Gleason's family. This was 
the only frame-house in Union till some years after 
the town was incorporated. The boards were brought 
on the ice from Lermond's Mills, at Oyster River, by 
Phinehas Butler. 

This year, the Butlers, Jessa Robbins, and others, 
reaped the rye, of which the Butlers had sowed a con- 
siderable part in the preceding year. It was the first 
grain ever harvested in town. 

In the course of the same summer, Taylor erected a 
barn, measuring about thirty-four by forty feet. The 
posts, beams, and rafters were of oak. The entu-e 
male population of Stklington, consisting of six men 
and two lads, one seventeen and the other nineteen 
years old, were present at the raising. The timber 
was so large and heavy, and the gang, of which Philip 
Robbins is said to have been the captain, was so 
small, that two days were required to put up the 
frame. The flesh was scraped from the arms, and 
the gang so exhausted by lifting and straining as to 
be hardly able to work for nearly a week. 

It was some time in the course of the year that 
Richard Cummings built a log-house. Except Pack- 
ard's, it was the first in town. It was situated about 
midway between the road and the pond. In the fall 
of the same year, or in the spring of the next, David 
Robbins built the next log-house on land now owned 
by the heu's of his son David. It was between the 
present house and the pond, so near to the latter — 
perhaps fifteen rods distant — that the water used by 
the family was brought from it. The top of the house 
was covered with slabs brought from Mill River in 
Thomaston. " The house," says Mrs. Dunton, " was 
caulked with moss. The chimney was on the outside 
of the house. Mother baked all the bread by the fire, 
but the next year got along comfortably, as we had a 
clay oven out of doors." 



40 TLANTATION HISTORY. 

In the fall, Philip Robbins went to Walpole, and re- 
turned with his family. On arriving at the Fort 
Wharf in Thomaston, they were met by their friends, 
and eame up the river to Stirlington.^ 

In the vessel with the family of Philip Robbins 
came Richard Cummings and his family. They 
landed from Seven-tree Pond, Nov. 2. Before this, 
Philip Robbins lived with his son David in the Pack- 
ard House. When his family came, all for a short 
time lived together. There were fourteen persons 
dwelling together in this small log-house. The first 
fall, three low bedsteads were set up in the gaiTet. It 
was necessary to lay the fom-th bed on the floor of the 
garret, so as to crawl over it to get to the others. The 
ascent to the garret was by steps cut into a log which 
stood by the side of the fireplace. Another bed, with 
a trundle bed under it, was in the room below, which 
was also the kitchen, reception-room, parlor, &c. The 
members of the household who were unprovided for 
lay on the floor. This house Philip Robbins and his 
family occupied probably about four years. Thus the 
fathers and mothers of the town found it necessary to 
live and to lodge. 

In this year Piiilip Robbins put up a timber-house. 
The tim])ers, twelve by twenty inches in size, were 
dovetailed, or locked in, at the ends. The roof was 
covered, but there were no doors or windows ; nor 

' ^Irs, Susan iloro says, that, Avhon they arrived at the Fort 
Wharf, her uncle Gregory, of Camden, met them, and insisted on 
carrying her, then a girl eight years old, to his home. Accordingly, 
she mounted his horse behind him. On the way they Avent through 
an almost impassable swamp, in which the horse sometimes sank two 
or three feet. After a week's visit, her uncle brought her to Tay- 
lortown. Guided by spotted trees, they came up on the east side of 
Seven-tree Pond. The bushes and limbs were so thick that she frc- 
(juently was in imminent danger of striking her feet, and being turned 
and thrown from the horse. At Crawford's llivcr, there being no 
bridge, Taylor's men were hailed across the stream. They went to 
the pond, and rowed round its mouth instead of crossing it. The 
boat was then rowed back, though at first she hesitated about 
"getting into a thing that looked so much like a hog's troiigh." 
ShfU'tly afterwards, she was carried across the pond, about live-eighths 
of a mile, to her father's. 



MILLS. — ABIJAH HAWES. 41 

was it inhabited for three or four years. " It was so 
built that the Indians could not shoot through it." 
Into this the family put thek eifects when they came 
in November. 

In the fall of this year, Philip Robbins got out a 
frame for a barn, which he put up in 1777.^ It was in 
this year also that Taylor put up the frame of a saw- 
mill, a little below the present mills on Crawford's 
River. A grist-mill was afterwards put under the saw- 
mill. 



CHAPTER V. 

PLANTATION HISTORY, 1777, 1778. 

1777, Phlnehas Butler enters the Army. — Purchases by Abijah 
Hawes ; by Ezra Bowen ; by Jonathan Amory ; by Joel Adams, 
Jason Ware, and Matthias Hawes. — Settlement of John Butler. — 
1778, Suchfort the Hessian. — Blacksmithing. — Calamitous Fire. 
— Suffering for Food. 

1777. 

In February, 1777, Phinehas Butler, who was acting 
as Taylor's agent, enlisted in StirUngton under Col. 
Benjamin Burton,- and joined the army. 

In June came Abijah Hawes, the first settler from 
Franklin, Mass. He had received continental bills in 
payment for services in the revolutionary war. The 
bUls were depreciating, and he resolved to purchase a 
farm with them. In order to save his means and buy 

' Col. Burton's bill shows the value of labor at the time : — 
Novi^'- 2-2 1776 St Georges 

Philip Robins Ih- 

To Hughing of a fraim for a Harn O. T. [Old Tenor] £22 10 

To 9 Days work of Myself and Brother at 3£ per Day 27 00 

To one Two year old Ilertcr a 12 Dollars . . . 27 00 

To 13 Days VVork at 37/G 24 6 6 



100 16 
» Col. Burton died in "Warren, May 24, 1835, aged 86. 

4*" 



42 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

as many acres as possible, he performed the jommey 
from Franklin to Stirlington on foot and alone. He 
selected the farm now owned by his son, Whiting 
Hawes, on the west side of Seven-tree Pond, suppos- 
ing that it would be the more salable from the cir- 
cumstance that David Rol^bins had settled on the one 
side of it, and Ezra Bowen, who, after having worked 
for Taylor a year or two, had the same month selected 
the farm on the other side. Bowen's is now owned 
by Capt. John Pearse Robbins, and is next to Wan*en 
line. Hawes and Bowen began to chop the trees on 
their respective lots on the same day. 

July 4, a deed was executed by which " John Taylor, 
of a new plantation called Sterlingtown, in considera- 
tion of the sum of X 2,000 la^vful money, conveys to 
.lonathan Amory, of Boston, merchant, a tract of land 
in Sterlingtown, Avith a dwelling-house, barn, grist- 
mill, and saw-mill thereon standing, containing about 
0,500 acres more or less, bounded thus : Beginning at 
a ma]ile-tree marked, at the most south-"\vesterly corner, 
which is on the line betAveen the town of Warren and 
said plantation ; thence east by said town-line, till it 
comes to Camden line ; thence by said Camden line 
north-westerly, till that line strikes St. George's River; 
then on the east side of said river, till it comes to the 
first-mentioned l)()unds." 

By this deed, and the one to Philip Robbins, Taylor 
dispos(>d of all the land in Stirlington east of St. 
George's River, and south of the line which ran 
westerly from the mouth of the Cashman Brook. 

At the time of Burgoyne's surrender, Oct. 17, 1777, 
it is said there were but three families in Stirlington. 
Th(y must have hwn the famili(^s of Philip Robbins, 
David Robbins, and Richard Cummings. 

P'rom a plan drawn by David Fales, and dated 
Thomaston, Nov. 15, 1777, it appears that in this year 
Joel Adams bought of Philip Robbins the tract of land 
which was divided between himself, Jason Ware, and 
Mattiiias llawes. Ware and Hawes probably visited 
this town at the same time and returned. 



SrCHFORT. — BLACKSMITHING, — FIRE, 43 

John Butler was married this year, though it is 
not known when he moved his wife into Stirhng- 
ton.^ After living seven years at the IVIill Farm, he 
settled on the farm subsequently owned by Capt. 
Nathaniel Bachelor, and resided there till the spring of 
1791, when he moved to Thomaston. 

1778. 

In the fall of 1778, Philip Robbins inti'oduced from 
Boston Andrew Suchfort, a German, who was cap- 
tm-ed at Stillwater. It is said that he was a very 
strong man, and once brought two bushels of rock- 
salt on Ills back from Waldoborough. When Philip 
Robbins moved from the Packard House, which was 
})robably in the foiu'th summer after he came here, 
Suchfort became the occupant. He lived in it till 
after the town was incorporated. He settled in Apple- 
ton, near the head of Sunnybcc~ Pond, on its west 
side, and died at an advanced age in Washington, 
where he was living with his son. 

For several years there was no blacksmith in Stir- 
lington. The inhabitants occasionally employed Caleb 
Howard, of Waldoborough. In December of this year 
he made his annual visit. He brought nails and 
the number of shoes which the settlers sent word to 
him would be wanted. There being no floor, an ox Vv'as 
" cast " on the ground in the barn of Philip Robbins. 
From an iron pot, placed for the blacksmith's conve- 
nience in the lean-to, on a stump which had not been 
dug up, the sparks rose through the poles, of which a 
sea tfo Id-floor was always made in those days, set the 
hay and gi-ain on fire, and the barn was immediately 
enveloped in flames. The fu-e spread so rapidly, that 
the fowls were bm-nt, and " the ox was singed nearly 

' lie purchased all Dr. Taylor's furniture. Among the items on 
the bill of sale, which is date'd July 23, 1777, is "Mr. Willard on 
the Catechism, £3. 0. 0." It was the first folio printed in British 
America, and is now in the possession of his son, Charles Butler, of 
Thomaston. 

- By the Indians probably pronounced Soony-hcch. 



44 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

half over." Mrs. Mero says, that, as her mother, Mrs. 
Rol:>bins, was hastening to the burning barn, the chil- 
dren following her, she observed to them, " It is of no 
use to go, we will all go back." Upon entering the 
house, they found that also on fire. In the hurry the 
door had been left unlatched, or the wind had ])lown it 
open. The draft, which was very strong when it came 
up from the pond, had carried fire into the ends of the 
logs, which had been cut off to admit a stone for a 
chimney-back. All the water used was brought from 
the pond, and there was none in the house. The snow 
was very deep, and consequently abundant ; but it was 
not practicable to apply it to the interstices between 
the logs. Mrs. Robbing immediately attached a rag 
to the end of a stick, and kept dipping it in the snow 
and applying it to the lire till she extinguished it. As 
the logs were chy spruce, it is probable that the house 
would have been biu*nt, if the discovery of the fii'e had 
occmTcd five minutes later, or if Mrs. Robbins liad not 
adopted this expedient to put it out. Her hands were 
severely burnt. 

The loss of the barn was a grievous calamity. The 
people generally stacked then- hay, and built small log- 
hovels to cover their cattle. With the exception of the 
barn on the other side of the pond, where nobody lived 
but in the Taylor House, this was the only one in the 
))]antation. It contained the rye of Philip Robbins 
raised on twenty acres, besides all the other grain on 
the west side of the river, and about twenty tons of 
hay. Thirty bushels of wheat, belonging to Richard 
Cummings, were burnt. Several tons of the hay were 
saved by throwing snow upon it ; but the " cattle kept 
lowing about, and would not eat it, because it was 
smoked." Phili]) Robbins saved one bushel of rye. 
Mr. Porterfiekl, of Thomaston, gave him one bushel 
of corn, which, it being winter and no boating, he and 
Suchfort " backed up " to Btu'lington from Lermond's 
MiUs on Oyst(>r River. This was all the gi-ain Rob- 
bins had till the spring opened, which was late. Then, 
with (IciM-cciated continental ])aper, he bought a hogs- 



SCARCITY OF FOOD. — WHEATON'S PURCHASE. 45 

head of Indian corn, for wliich he paid tw^enty-five 
dollars a bushel. 

The barn was bm-nt on Friday. On Saturday a 
shelter for the cattle was put np. To add to the mis- 
fortunes, on Sunday a yoke of oxen broke through the 
ice and was di'owned, on the way to bring home hay 
from the Round Pond Meadows. In consequence of 
this fire, ten head of cattle died during the winter. It 
was probably after this that David Robbins's family, 
consisting of the parents and three children, were 
reduced to such extremities, that, for fourteen days, 
they subsisted on " two quarts of rye-meal, which they 
ate with bu'ch-sap, in which was put a little pickle. 
A few boxberry leaves and buds finished the daily 
repast." ^ There is said to have been a time when 
David Robbins, after having planted the seed-ends of 
potatoes, dug them up, and cut off for food all but the 
eyes. 



CHAPTER VI. 

PLANTATION HISTORY, 1779—1782. 

1779, "Wlieaton's Purchase. — Settlement of Joel Adams, Matthias 
Hawes, and Jason Ware. — Woodward. — Fairbanks. — Settlement 
of Moses Hawes. — Ebenezer Robbins. — 1780, Jennison's Pur- 
chase. — 1781, Fii-st Wedding. — Jessa Robbins. — 1782, Settle- 
ment of Phinehas Butler. — Elisha Partridge. — Taylor's Convey- 
ance to Reed. 

1779. 

" January 2. John Taylor conveys to INIason Wheaton 
land in Sterlingtown, containing 1,000 acres, bounded 
as follows : Beginning at BoAvker Brook near where it 
empties into St. George's River ; thence west by land 
sold to Philip Robbins 436 rods ; thence north 240 

^ ^Ir. Xoyes P. Hawes, who several years ago prepared notices of 
the town, which he has generously permitted to be freely used, as 
may be seen from the extracts credited to him. 



46 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

rods; th(Micc cast 682 rods to St. George's River; tlieii 
southerly by said river about 240 rods ; then west 214 
rods to the tirst bound." ^ Col. Wheaton resided here 
a siiort time, but did not move his family from Tho- 
maston. He raised a barn in July, 1780. He returned 
to Thomaston, and was the first representative from 
that town to the Legislature of Massachusetts. 

May 15. Joel Adams, Matthias Hawes, and Jason 
Ware, three unman-ied men from Franklin, Mass. 
came and settled on the north-west side of Round 
Pond. Their land, which had been bought by Joel 
Adams, was divided into three farms of diiferent sizes. 
Lots were cbawn for choice, and each obtained the 
farm he preferred. Hawes had 255 acres. Ware 230, 
and Adams took two lots making 410 acres. They 
lived together in a log-house which they built on 
Ware's land, below the present Halves House, and 
near the pond. Then* oven was on a ledge near their 
house. Becoming rather dissatisfied with tlieir mode 
of life, they hired Jemima Robbins, who began to keep 
house for them, June 29, 1780. Here they continued 
till the " Royal Mess," as they called themselves, was 
broken up. Each member contributed his share of the 
provisions, and their accounts are still preserved. Joel 
Adams settled on the farm south of INIuddy Brook, 
now owned by the Rev. Mr. L'ish. Jason Ware settled 
on tiie north side of the same brook, where his son, 
Vinal Ware, now lives ; and Matthias Hawes imme- 
diately north of him, on land now in the possession of 
his descendants. 

With these persons came Nathan Woodward, who 
did not settle in town. He began to clear the farm 
north of Matthias Hawes. It is now o\\iied by Nathan 
D. Rice. Having a great aversion to hemlock-trees, 
he hired a man to girdle all on the farm, and they have 
been dead many years. 

A man named John Fakbanks, from Franklin, came 
at the same time ; but he did not settle. He lived for 

' Abstract from the deed recorded at "Wiscassct. 



MORE SETTLERS. — JENNISON'S PURCHASE. 47 

a while on the farm now owned by Benjamin Litch- 
field, went back, and kept a store in Roxbury, Mass. 

In the same year came Moses Hawes, also from 
Franklin. He settled on the farm now owned by his 
son, Col. Herman Hawes. 

Amos La\\Tence, from Franklin, a young man who 
had served in the revolutionary war, came probably 
this year. He exchanged the Simmons Farm on the 
hill back of Mr. Seiders for one in Warren. 

Ebcnezer Robbins, from Walpole, a half-brother of 
Philip Robbins, " had made a beginning" at Fox 
Islands. The exposed situation of the islands on the 
seacoast during the war led most of the inhabitants 
to abandon them. Ebenezer Robbins came to Stir- 
lington soon after the battle of Biguyduce or Penobs- 
cot. He settled on the place more recently owned by 
Asa Morse. His chikh-en were Bela, Philip, Zilpah, 
Azubah, and Molly. 

1780. 

" July 19. John Taylor, of Pomfret, Conn, conveys 
to William Jennison, of Brookfield, Mass. land in Ster- 
lingtown, bounded thus : Beginning at the north- 
east corner of Waldoborough ; then east 256 rods on 
land of Philip Robbins to the south-west corner of 
Mason Wheaton's land ; then north 697 rods and 14 
links to the north-east corner of said tract ; then west 
4 miles 96 rods to the west line of Sterlington, being 
north-west corner of said tract; then south by said 
line 697 rods 14 links to north-west corner of Wal- 
doborough and south-west corner of said tract ; then 
east by Waldoborough line 3| miles to first bound." ^ 

' Abstract from the deed recorded at Wiscasset. 

In this transaction, Dr. Taylor agreed to take Dr. Jennison's real 
estate, consisting of three farms, with their improvements, and wild 
land in Douglas, Mass. The consequence was quarrels, lawsuits, and 
executions, till the end of Taylor's life. According to Jessa Robbins, 
Dr. Jennison, in endeavoring to dispose of some of his land here to 
one Tucker, recommended it upon the strength of what Taylor had 
said. Taylor also wanted to sell to Tucker, and said to him, " Buy of 
me, and get good land : it will take 1,000 acres of Jennison's land to keep 



1 



48 PLANTATION EISTORY. 

1781. 

In this year there does not appear to have been any 
new settler or any important occurrence. The " Royal 
Mess " underwent a change. Before the middle of 

a red squirrel alive." Upon being questioned, he said he had made 
to Jennison substantially the same statement. Jennison told Tucker 
that " Taylor >vas a thief and a liar, and not fit to keep gentlemen's 
company," and not only refused to retract when called upon, but 
repeated the charges pubUcly. Taylor prosecuted him, and Jennison 
gained the case by^ proving that Taylor had taken a bag of wheat from 
a anill without leave, and an ox which he sold to a commissary in the 
revolutionary war. Several actions were brought by the parties 
against each other. Jennison brought one in March, 1781. After 
various law operations, Taylor was committed to jail in Worcester, 
March 12, 1781, on Jennison's execution, "for about £900 lawful 
money." Taylor, in a communication published ^larch 18, 1784, in 
the ll'orrcster !>p>/, speaks of having sokl farms " to the amount of 
several thousand pounds silver money vahic, and loaned the money 
arising therefrom, a part to this Commonwealth [Massachusetts], but 
principally to the United States, taking their promise to return the 
same within three years, with interest ; " but adds, that he had not to 
that " day received one fartliing of the principal, and but a small part 
of the interest." The rest of the communication is taken up with 
abusing Jennison, and demanding settlement of and with all his cre- 
ditors. Jennison replied in detail, April 8 ; and this drew out a long 
rejoinder, April 22. Taylor was in some way released, and was a 
delegate from Douglas to the Massachiisetts Convention held in 
January and February, 1788, " for the purpose of assenting to and 
ratifying the Constitution recommended by the Grand Federal Con- 
vention." It seems, liowevcr, that he was recommitted to jail. There 
he occasionally gave festive entertainments, remarking that he could 
afford to do it Avith the interest of Jennison's money. Many other 
things were done to irritate Jennison, who took measures to have 
him watched. Taylor went across the street to buy some tempting 
fruit, and, in doing it, broke his bonds for the liberty of the jail-yard. 
At last, according to some, he took rum and opitim in anticipation of 
being recommitted to jail by the persons who had been his bondsmen. 
By others, it is said ho "had been on a spree for a number of days ; 
and. having no rum or brandy, went to looking over liis bottles of 
medicine, and came to some laudanum, and drank a dram of it, whe- 
ther by mistake or otherwise not known. An emetic was adminis- 
/ tered, and he was ordered to walk out of doors in the open air ; " but 
_^ /he died the same day, April 27, 1791, at Douglas, in the sixtieth year 
' of his age. 

The part taken by Dr. Taylor in the Convention for adopting the 
Federal Constitution may be understood from the " Debates, Resolu- 
tions, and other I'roccedings of the Convention," reported by Ben- 
jamin KusscU, and printed in Boston in 1788. From this it appears 
that he was in favor of annual instead of biennial elections to the 



FIRST WEDDING. 49 

September, Joel Adams married Jemima, daughter 
of Philip Robbins. The ceremony was performed by 
Col. Mason Wheaton, of Thomaston. He disap- 
pointed them at the time fixed for the wedding ; but, 
not long afterward, he married them in the log-house 
which was occupied by the " Royal Mess." The cere- 
mony being over and the company seated, the mother 
of the bride observed, " Mr. Justice, you have but half 
done your \vork." " Why not ? " said he. " Why, you 
have not pronounced them man and wife." With 
some confusion he asked- them to rise again, and the 
ceremony was satisfactorily concluded. It was the first 
wedding in town, and it is said that it was the first at 
which Col. Wheaton ever officiated. 

Mrs. Adams did not move from the log-house where 
she had been employed. The " Royal Mess " still 
continued ; each member contributing provisions, and 

House of Representatives, and of a larger representation than was 
proposed. The senatorial term of six years seemed to him very objec- 
tionable. He also expressed some apprehension lest the two branches 
of Congress might " play into each other's hands," advocated the doc- 
trine that members should be paid by the State Legislatures rather 
than by the United States, raised some objections to a Federal City, 
and entered into the discussions respecting proposed amendments. 
"When the question of ratifying the proposed Constitution was finally 
put, it was carried by a majority of only nineteen ; 187 voting in its 
favor, and 168 against it. Shortly afterward. Dr. Tajdor rose, and 
said that " he had uniformly opposed the Constitution ; that he had 
found himself fairly beaten ; and expressed his determination to go { 
home, and endeavor to infuse a sjDirit of harmony and love among ) 
the people." — 1 

To this long note it may be added, that Dr. William Jennison was - 
probably born in Salem, Mass. where his father was a clergyman. He 
had a good education, and studied medicine with Dr. Prentice, of Lan- 
caster. He resided at Mendon, now Milford, where he married Mary 1 
Staples ; also at Douglas, Sudbury, and Brookfield. At the age of ' 
sixty-six, he died at Brookfield, May 8, 1798, in consequence of a fall 
from his horse. He was a man of great activity and energy, and 
during the Revolution was a prominent whig. His children were — 
1. "William ; 2. Samuel, a lawyer; 3. John, a lawyer, settled in Bos- 
ton, and died of lung fever ; 4. Timothy Lindall, M.D. of Cambridge, 
Mass. ; also Ebenezer, who liA^ed for some time in Union, was surveyor, 
married in Boston, and died a few years since at Dixmont, where he 
was postmaster. There were also Mary, who married Jonathan "Whip- 
ple, father of the late William J. Whipple, Esq. of Cambridge ; and 
Abigail, who is still living. 
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50 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

the unmarried members paying for the services ren- 
dered by Mrs. Adams. Adams and his wife, in the 
fall, visited Massachusetts. 

This year Jessa Robbins began to clear the farm 
south of Round Pond, where he now lives with his 
son, Jason Robbins. 

1782. 

" January 15. Mr. Adams gone down to George's, 
after his things he brought from the Westward ; like- 
wise to help Mr. Butler up with his lady's goods." ^ Mr. 
Phinehas Butler, having completed his term of service 
in the army, retvirned to Thomaston, and there married, 
Oct. 18, 1781, Milea, daughter of Oliver Robbins. She 
was the first Avhite female born in Tliomaston, east of 
Mill River. Jan. 17, 1782, he moved into a log-house 
in Stiiiington, which he built on the farm now o^vned 
by James Grinnell, on the west side of the St. George's, 
about half-way from the IVIiddle to the Upper Bridge. 
He returned to Thomaston, Nov. 14, 1785, where he 
and his wife are now both living. 

" Sabbath-day, April 28, 1782. Last week, Mr. 
Elisha Partridge moved upon Col, Wheaton's farm in 
this place." ^ He came from Franklin, and was a 
tenant under Col. Wheaton. The place was after- 
wards bought by the Daggetts. His log-house was 
probably very near the spot now occupied by Nahum 
Thui'ston's house. 

" May 16. John Taylor conveyed to Josiah Reed 
land in Sterlingtown, bounded as follows : Beginning 
on the western side of Sunnybeck Pond in a side line 
of Camden ; thence north-west by north on Camden 
line to the north-west corner of the township the 
grantor })urchased of Thomas Flucker and others, 
Sept. 30, 1774; thence south-west by west and south- 
erly, on tlie most western line of said townshij), till it 
comes to the six-thousand-acre lot sold to William 
Jennison ; then easterly and southerly, by said six- 
thousand-acre lot, to the most north-westerly corner of 

' Matthias HaAves's Account-book. 



HAWES'S LOG-HOUSE. 51 

a thousand-acre lot sold to Mason Wheaton ; thence 
easterly, on the northern line of said thousand-acre lot, 
to St. George's River ; then northerly, by said river to 
the first bounds, containing by estimation upwards of 
14,000 acres." 

This was the last of the land owned by Dr. Taylor. 
It is said, that, in consequence of the lawsuit with Dr. 
Jennison, and to avoid attachments by his creditors, he 
put his property into the hands of his son-in-law Reed, 
who never restored it. • 

Another change was made in the " Royal Mess." 
" Nov. 4. Mr. Adaitis moved out of this house, and 
Mr. Ware moved in with his Mdfe. . . . Nov. 22. I 
brought up my boards for my house from the mill. . . . 
Dec. 7. I raised the roof of my house. . . . Dec. 25. I 
moved into my house." ^ 



CHAPTER VII. 

PLANTATION HISTORY, 1783—1786. 

1783, Log-house. — Bride. — Bride's Dower. — Jessa Robbins. — 1784, 
Amariah Mero. — 1785, Josiah Bobbins. — Gillmor. — Cat-and- 
clay Chimney. — Royal Grinnell. — Elijah Holmes. — 1 786, Arrival 
of the Families of Josiah Robbins ; of Samuel Hills. — Samuel 
Martin. — Organization of the Plantation. 

1783. 
Jan. 1, Matthias Hawes married Sarah Payson, in 
Warren ; and on the 16th " moved home and began to 
keep house ; " ^ and thus another family was added 
to the population. According to Mrs. Hawes, the 
house which Mr. Hawes had begun was by some con- 
sidered " a little more stylish " tlian any other of the 
log-houses in the plantation. No other house in Stir- 
lington was shingled. This was covered with shingles 
made by Mr. Hawes himself. It contained a kitchen, 

' Matthias Hawes's Account-book. 



52 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

bedroom, butlory, and had a good cellar. The logs of 
which the walls were made, instead of being rough, 
were hewed both inside and outside. There was a 
regularly laid floor ; but, as the boards were not nailed 
down, considerable care was requisite, in drawing up 
the table for a meal, to prevent it from being upset. 
On the west end was a place designed for a chimney. 
For a flue, boards were stuck up endwise, ten or twelve 
feet apart at the bottom, to secure them from taking 
fire, and tipped inward toward the top, so as to leave 
a comparatively small opening for the passage of the 
smoke. The fire was built on the ground, and a fiat 
stone used for a chimney-back. The only window 
was made by a wooden shde. This was closed when 
it stormed, and then the newly-married cou})le saw by 
means of the light which came down the chimney. 
As the gi'ound on which the fire was built was lower 
than the floor, the occupants, when it was cold, sat on 
the ends of the boards, and suspended their feet in 
front of the fire. A crane was made by extending a 
pole across the fireplace, and resting the ends in the 
crotches of sticks which ^vere driven into the ground, 
one on each side of the fire. These were the accom- 
modations when Mr. Hawes " moved home and began 
to keep house." He made bricks and put up a chim- 
ney in the spring. In the fall he went to Boston, 
where he procvui'd glass, and made two small win- 
dows. Some of the other peoj)le in Stirlington used 
mica or " isinglass." Oiled pajier was also in use. 

Commonly a log-house had but one room. Some- 
times two rooms were made by suspending a bedquilt 
from the ceiling. In IVIr. Hawes's house, besides the 
indispensable requisites for housekeeping, was a large 
spinning-wheel. There was also a looni, which, large 
as l()(Miis were then made, must have occu})ied a very 
iinporUuiT portion of Ihe room. Log-houses, however, 
weie easily built, and when finished were commonly 
tight, well caulked with' moss, sometimes with clay, 
and were very warm. Trees were growing at the 
doors; and the settlers, desiring to get rid of them 



bride's dower. 53 

that they might have the land for cultivation, rolled 
into the fireplaces huge logs, six or eight feet in length, 
and piled them up as long as they would lie upon each 
other. 

As a description has been given of the house into 
which a bride and bridegroom moved, it may not be 
amiss for the present luxurious generation to know 
something about a lady's dower in the early settlement 
of the town. The mother of Mi's. Hawes had three 
daughters to fit out, and she divided her fm-niture as 
equitably as she could among them. The following 
was what Mi's. Hawes had : One coverlet, one pah* of 
sheets, one feather-bed ; three white kitchen-chairs ; 
one white chest with one drawer, the legs of which she 
colored with an indigo bag ; one looldng-glass, about 
eight by ten inches, with flowers running up the sides ; 
one tea-kettle ; one spider ; two pewter porringers, 
holding about one pint each ; three knives, three forks ; 
three flowered cups, three saucers, three plates, taken 
from a set of crockery ; three pewter plates, and two 
or three wooden ti'cnchers to eat upon, which were 
kept neat with much care, and occasionally boiled in 
lye ; also an old-fashioned loom and a great spinning- 
wheel. After a while the knives were broken, and her 
husband took some broken scythes to the blacksmith, 
and had shanks drawm out, which he inserted into 
wooden handles made by himself. To this may be 
added what belonged to her husband, viz. : One sea- 
chest, one stra^v-bed, one pair of woollen blankets, and 
one u'on pailful-pot, exceedingly annoying, because, in 
boiling, the fat, if not the food, almost invariably 
escaped through the broken side of it. In this manner 
one of the most ^vorthy couples in the place began 
housekeeping. IVIrs. HaAves was subsequently con- 
fined ; and then, to meet expenses, she was obliged to 
part with her wedding gown of home-made linen. 
Afterward Mr. Hawes broke his leg, and his wife was 
obliged to take charge of the outdoor and indoor work, 
and cut the ^vood for cooking; but he was able to 
assist her by entertaining the twin childi-en. When 

5* 



54 PLANTATION UISTORY. 

haying time came, he was obliged to part with his 
wedding garment. 

In the fall of the year 1783, Jessa Robbins began 
housekeeping. 

1784. 

In September, 1784, Amariah Mero came from 
Stoughton, and bought the farm no^v owned by his son, 
Spencer Mero. Aftenvard, he settled on the farm 
and lived in the house with Philip Robbins, whose 
daughter he married. At this time there were thirteen 
families. 

1785. 

In the spring of 1785, Josiah Robbins, brother of 
Philip Robbins, came to Stirlington, and began to 
clear the Robbins Neck.^ This name is given to the 
peninsula, the neck of which is intersected by a line 
running north-westerly from the north end of Seven- 
tree Pond to the St. George's, a little below the Middle 
Bridge. Josiah Robbins, with David Gillmor, senior, 
of Franklin, Mass. bought the entire pcninsida, contain- 
ing about two hundred and seventy acres. Gillmor 
never came to Union to reside. His son Rufus came 
in 1787, improved the south part of the Neck, and 
cleared the True Farm, or Fuller Farm, as it is some- 
times called, now owned by Mr. Charles Fogler. His 
house was on the west side of the road, a little below 
Mr. Fogler's, and very near the foot of the hill. Rob- 
bins built his house on the brow of tiie hill, between 
the house now owned by his grandson, Willard Rob- 

' A few years after Josiah Robbins moved to town, there was a 
gathering to raise a barn for him. Bread was very scarce ; and nim, 
in those days considered almost indispensable on such occasions, 
commanded an exorbitant price. But, as there were fish in abun- 
dance and some meat, it was concluded, instead of the ordinary 
refreshment, to have a supper. David Cummings, then a boy, was 
Bent on an errand from the barn to the house, where he saw Mrs. 
Robbins taking bread from the oven. Watching his opportunity, he 
broke otf a piece, and ran. He often spoke of it when he became a 
man, and addol tliat this was one of the richest meals he ever ate ; 
for his dinner that day had consisted of nothing but boiled beech- 
leaves. 



CAT-AND-CLAY CHIMNEY. 55 

bins, and the pond. The old cellar may still be seen. 
A cat-and-clay chimney was made by driving into the 
ground four crotched sticks, for the four corners of the 
fireplace. Bars were laid in the crotches ; and on 
these bars, wiiich were high and commonly of wood, 
was laid a mixture of clay and chopped straw. Length- 
wise in this mixture was laid a stick, about an inch 
in diameter ; and this was also covered with it. Thus 
the sides of the chimney were built. In a few days, 
the clay was hardened by the heat. Flat stones were 
placed against the logs of the house, to prevent them 
from taking fire. The door was opposite the side of 
the fii'eplace. Long back-logs were slipped in under the 
bars on which the cat-and-clay chimney rested. 

In May came Royal Grinnell, with his family. At 
that time there were fifteen families. It is said that 
there was not probably a washtubful of grain in the 
place.^ He lived on the MiU Farm two or three years, 

^ There have been seasons of so great scarcity, that some of the 
most prosperous inhabitants occasionally subsisted on alewives and 
milk. This was the case with Samuel Hills and family. When Mrs. 
Matthias Hawes was about fifteen years old, and resided with her 
parents in Warren, she fared thus for three weeks, and became so 
exhausted that she often laid her head down upon the loom where she 
was weaving, and shed tears. And, even when there was grain, it was 
difficult to get it ground. The millstones at Taylor's mills were small 
and poor. Often there was want of water. Oftcner the mill was out of 
order. Then it was customary to put corn into a hole made in the end 
of a log, which was sometimes hooped with iron, and to crack it with 
a wooden pestle, either held in the hands, or attached to an apparatus 
like a pump-handle. Thus a family obtained hominy. For finer 
meal, the cracked corn was sifted through holes made in birch-bark 
with heated fork-tines. Sometimes it was considered advisable to take 
a grist to mill. Then it was carried to Oyster River, to Molineux's 
mills in Camden, or to Wessaweskeag in Thonx^ston. The bags were 
boated to the Carrying Place in Warren. There they were left till 
the carrier went to the head of the tide, about two miles distant, hired 
a horse, and returned for them. They were then transported across 
the Carrying Place, put into another boat, and the horse was returned 
to its owner. In this way, by water and by land, the grist was borne 
forward to the mill. Tiie same tedious process was repeated in return- 
ing. For each grist, it was necessary six times to cross the Carrying 
place in Warren. 

Sometimes the grain was carried on horseback the entii-e distance 
from Union. Then it was necessary to walk by the horse all the way. 
The bushes, fallen trees, old logs, gulleys, were so numerous, and the 



66 PLANTATION HISTORY. 

and had charge of the mills. Mi's. Grinnell was in the 
habit of assisting her husband in setting the mill-logs, 
and marking the boards. On an emergency, she took 
an ox-chain, wound it over her shoulders and back', 
and carried it to the blacksmith -shop of Samuel 
Hills, to be mended. After living at South Union 
three years, Mr. Grinnell, with his wife^ and children, 

path, which was dosignated by spotted trees, was so bad, that fre- 
quently the bags were taken off and replaced twenty times during the 
journey. 

Jcssa llobbins says he has hauled grain on a hand-sled to Seven-tree 
Pond, carried it on his back the two miles at the crossing place in 
Warren, and rowed it to Lermond's. His mill being a tide-mill, and 
the water frequently low, he oftener had to go on with it to Coombs's, 
at Wessawcskeag. The journej' always required two, and sometimes 
three days. 

In a time of scarcity, the owners, on their return, frequently loaned 
the greatest part of the meal to the needy. The earliest crop of rye was 
harvested and ground as soon as possible, in order to relieve the inha- 
bitants, perhaps for a week, till other crops were ripe. If any one had 
a suitable piece of ground, he sowed barley, as it ripened earlier. 
When Koyal Grinnell was miller at South Union, he frequently 
ground the poor man's peck or half-bushel of grain, without taking 
the toll. 

' Mrs. Grinnell and Nathaniel Robbins, Esq. have dwelt mticli 
upon the annoyance from the small black Hies, with which the woods 
swarmed when they came here. Though they have now almost 
■wholly disappeared, the common black flies cannot in number be com- 
pared with them. If it were practicable to count them, they could be 
reckoned only by millions. Their bodies were about half as large as 
mosquitos. They bit, and drew blood instantly. This was followed 
by an inliammation and swelling, which continued several days. If a 
child went to the door fiu- a minute or two, it would return covered 
with them, and with the blood running down its face, hands, and legs. 
Haymakers, choppers, and laborers in general, covered their faces 
with handkerchiefs in self-defence. The annoyance was indescribable. 
"When night came, they ceased from their bloody work. But it was 
only to give place to mosc^uitos, M'hich then began in turn their attacks. 
During the warm season, the inhal)itants had no peace, either by night 
or by day. The only partial remedy lay in building large lires, and 
raising a dense smoke before the doors of the log-houses ; and, if the 
smoke filled the houses, it was considered vastly preferable to the 
mosquitos. 

Dr. Thaddeus William Harris — whom Professor Agassiz does 
not hesitate to pronounce " dvcidcdhj the best entomologist in 
the world" — in his Treatise on Insects, p. 40.5, calls the small black 
fly, or gnat, Simii/iian mo/e.stitm, and says: "These little tormentors 
are of a black color ; their wings are transparent ; and their legs are 
short, and have a broad, whitish ring aiound them. The length of the 



HOLMES. — JOSIAH EOBBINS'S FAMILY. 57 

settled on the farm which was in possession of Phine- 
has Butler before he moved to Thomaston. 

Aug. 25. Elijah Holmes, from Sharon, married in 
Stirlington Dorcas Partridge, from Franklin. He took 
up his residence on the place subsequently owned by 
the late Obadiah Morse, and now by James Adams 
Ulmer, of Thomaston. He cut the logs of his house, 
" backed " them together, put up the walls before any 
one knew it, and then announced to the family of 
Capt. Adams, with whom he boarded, that he had a 
house. He also lived on the farm now owned by Philo 
Thurston, and afterward near Capt. Tobey, on the 
farm since owned by Deacon Morse. Not many years 
passed before he moved to Rockland, and became an 
extensive landowner. 

1786. 

In 1786, Josiah Robbins moved his family from 
Franklin. On the Lord's Day before their departure 
for the wilderness, where they w^ould be beyond the 
sound of the gospel, the sons and daughters were led 
by their parents to the front of the pulpit, and " in the 
presence of the large congregation received the ordi- 
dinance of baptism and the apostolic blessing of that 
venerable man," the Rev. Dr. Emmons. After this 
consecration, they took their departure. They landed 

body rarely exceeds one-tenth of an inch. They begin to appear in 
May, and continue about six weeks, after which they are no more seen. 
. . . They are followed, however, by swarms of midges, or sand-flies, 
Simulimn nocivum, called no-see-'em by the Indians of Maine on 
account of their minuteness. So small are they, that they would 
hardly be perceived wore it not for their wings, which are of a whit- 
ish color, mottled with black. Towards evening, these winged atoms 
come forth, and creep under the clothes of the inhabitants, and by 
their bites produce an intolerable irritation, and a momentary smart- 
ing, compared, in Gosse's Canadian Naturalist, to that caused by 
sparks of fire. They do not draw blood ; and no swelling follows their 
attacks. They are most troublesome during the months of July and 
August." It is very likely that these animals caused part of the suf- 
ferings alluded to ; but, as the inhabitants in Union were not natural- 
ists, and had not a very correct idea of these insects, it is probable 
that oftentimes they did not distinguish the midges from the gnats 
"which immediately preceded them. 



68 PLANTATION HISTOKY. 

at Wheatoii's, afterw^ards called Green's Wharf, in 
Thomaston, about two hundred rods west of the Knox 
Mansion. They went up the river in a gondola to the 
head of the tide. Then their luggage, furniture, &c. 
because of the falls, were hauled across the Carrying 
Place to a landing opposite Isaac Starrett's. Here 
they were met by Philip Robbins and David Robbins 
from Stirlington, who came down the river in log- 
canoes. Boards were laid across the canoes, the goods 
were put on, and all eml^arked for the place of destina- 
tion. They landed on Philip Robbins's farm, near the 
island. May 17, 1786, after a journey of seventeen 
days, having waited in Boston fourteen days for a 
wind. 

In the vessel with Josiah Robbins came Samuel 
Hills, the first blacksmith, with his wife. An older 
brother, a painter, had lived with Oliver Robbins in 
Thomaston, and died there. Plills came down to look 
after his brother's effects, and thus found his way to 
Union. In 1785 he had cleared Hills Point. He set- 
tled, lived, and died near Seven-tree Pond, on the east 
side of it, below Crawford's River. The farm is now 
owned by Nathaniel Robbins. 

At the time of the arrival of Robbins and Hills, 
there was no house or settlement on the east side of 
the St. George's, except on the Taylor farm. 

Besides the persons who have been named, there 
was, when Robbins and Hills moved to Stirlington, 
another person here, the year of "whose coming is not 
knoMHi. Samuel Martin, from Bristol, who had lost 
the sight of one of his eyes, resided below Sunnybec 
Pond, at the saw-mill, which then stood thirty or forty 
rods above the present Upper Bridge. He afterward 
moved to Hope. 

The names of all the settlers in Stirlington Planta- 
tion, and the places on which they lived, have now 
been given. Occasionally, in IVIr. Hawes's Account- 
book, mention is made of the arrival and departm-e of 
other persons. They were obviously, for the most 
part, visitors. Some came to see their friends in the 



ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANfATION. 59 

wilderness ; others, perhaps, to look at the country 
with a view to settlement; and a few may have 
worked a short time with the settlers. But none, ex- 
cept those who have been named, ought to be reckoned 
among the settlers in town before it was incorporated. 
The period covers seventeen years since Dicke, on 
Seven-tree Island, saw the comet ; fourteen years since 
the Anderson party built their camp near Crawford's 
River, and twelve since the first arrival of Dr. Taylor. 

ORGANIZATION OF THE PLANTATION. 

In 1786, Stirlington, or Taylortown, was organized 
as a plantation. In connection with its organization 
is the following document. It is the earliest eiitry on 
any of the town-books : — 

"Lincoln, ss. — To Philip Bobbins, gent, a principal inha- 
bitant of the plantation called Sterlington, in said county 
of Lincoln, greeting : 

" In obedience to a precept from William Lithgow, Esq. 
treasurer of the county aforesaid, to me directed ; — These are 
to require you forthwith to notify and warn the inhabitants 
of your said plantation, being freeholders, to meet at the 
dwelling-house of Capt. Philip Robbins, in said plantation, 
on Monday the twelfth day of June next, at ten of the clock 
in the forenoon, in order that such of the inhabitants of the 
said plantation [as] shall then assemble shall and do choose 
a moderator and clerk, and also assessors and collector or 
collectors for said plantation's proportion of all such taxes 
as have [been] or may be assessed upon the same county, 
either for soldiers' bounty-money or for defraying the neces- 
sary charges of the said county, until other assessors and 
collectors shall be chosen in their stead at the annual meet- 
ing of said plantation in March next ; such clerk, assessors, 
and collectors to be sworn by the moderator of said meet- 
ing [to] the faithful discharge of their respective trust[s] ; 
and the assessors, so to be chosen and sworn, thereupon to 
take list of the ratable polls and a valuation of said estate 
of the inhabitants of said plantation, for to make such assess- 
ments, and to judge of the qualifications of voters in meet- 
ings of such inhabitants thereafter to be holden, until other 



60 l5srC0IlP0RATI0N HISTORY. 

valuation shall be made ; and to make return of the names 
of the collector or collectors, with the sum committed to 
him or them to collect, as soon as may be, to the said 
William Lithgow, Esq. or his successor in said office of 
treasurer ; and make return of this warrant, with your doings 
thereupon, unto said meeting. 

" Given under my hand and seal at Thomastown, in said, 
county, May 3, 1786. 

" Mason Wheatok, Justice of Peace. 

••Sterlington County Tax £2 11 10 
" Soldiers' Bounty . . . 1 12 4| 

" A true copy. 
" Moses Hawes, Plantation Clerk." 



CHAPTER VIII. 

INCORPORATION HISTORY, 1786. 

Petition for Incorporation. — Act of Incorporation. — Number and 
Names of the Inhabitants. 

In consequence of the preceding warrant, the inhabi« 
tants made a movement to obtain an Act of Incorpora- 
tion. The petition, which is the second document on 
the town-records, was drawn up within a fortnight 
after the plantation-meeting, and signed by Moses 
Hawcs, Joel Adams, and Samuel Hills, " Committee 
of the Plantation of Sterlington." It is not probable 
that it was presented. There is not any copy of it in 
the oflice of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts ; and filed with the Act of Incorporation, 
as belonging to it, is the following petition, wliich un- 
doubtedly led to the granting of the Act: — 

*' To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of 
Massachusetts, in General Court assembled. 

" The petition of the inhabitants of the plantation known 
by the name of Sterlington humbly showeth, — That they 



PETITION FOR INCORPORATION. 61 

have for a long time past and still continue to experience 
many and great inconveniences arising from the want of 
roads, hridges, 6z;c. to and from this place, and [of] other 
privileges which incorporated towns enjoy ; and whereas the 
Honorable Court have seen fit to lay a tax of sixty-five 
pounds upon us, which, under our present low and distressed 
circumstances, we are unable to pay without great difficulty 
and inconvenience in the manner prescribed, as four-fifths of 
the land belongs to non-resident proprietors, and there being 
no roads laid out to this place ; we therefore pray that the 
Honorable Court would permit us to lay out said tax in de- 
fraying charges of a bridge now a building of one hundred 
and ten feet long, and in opening and making roads, and 
building another bridge of one hundred and seventy feet 
long ; Avhich bridge must be built before there will be any 
passing by land or water to or from this place. [And] If, 
in their wisdom and justice, [they] shall think reasonable 
and fit, [that they will] incorporate a certain tract of land, 
containing thirty-two thousand acres, including twelve 
thousand acres, which was deducted when the last purchase 
was made, for ponds and waste land, on which land is settled 
twenty-five polls, and upwards of seventy women and chil- 
dren ; Avhich land was purchased by the once honorable John 
Taylor, Esq. of the late Secretary Fluker, into a township by 
the name Lindall} which is bounded as followeth, viz. : 
Southwardly on the town of Warren, westwardly on Waldo- 
borough, northwardly on land supposed to belong to this 
Commonwealth, and eastwardly on land belonging to the 
heirs of the late Brigadier-General Waldo, till it comes to 
first bounds mentioned, that we may receive and enjoy all 
those privileges which corporate towns are by law entitled 
to ; and your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. 
By order of the Committee, 



"Moses Hawes, Clerk. 



" Sterlington, Sept. 12, 1786. 



' The word Lindall, on the manuscript-petition, is written in a back 
hand, and appears to have been inserted to fill a blank. As Dr. Jcu- 
nison was connected with the Lindall family, it may have been done 
through his influence. There is a tradition, pretty well authenti- 
cated, that, when the subject was under consideration, the uncommon 
harmony and union among the people were spoken of; and it was sug- 
gested and urged at the Legislature, that Union would be appropriate, 
and it was readily acceded to. 
6 



62 INCORPORATION HISTORY. 

The preceding petition was followed by — 

" An Act for Incorporating the Plantation called Sterlington, 

in the county of Lincoln, into a town by the name of 

Union. 

" Whereas it appears to this Court that it would be pro- 
ductive of public good, and for the benefit of the inhabitants 
and proprietors, that the plantation called Sterlington, in 
tlie county [of] Lincoln, should be incorporated into a 
town : 

" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives, in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 
the same, — That the plantation called Sterlington, and in- 
cluded within the boundaries described in this Act, together 
with the inhabitants thereof, be, and they are hereby, incor- 
]K)rated into a town by the name of Union, beginning at the 
south-easterly corner thereof, being a stake and stones ; 
thence bounding easterly on land belonging to Waldo's 
heirs, by a line running north-west by north, eleven miles 
and eighty rods ; thence bounded northerly by land sup- 
])oscd to belong to the Commonwealth, by a line running 
south-west by west, five miles and twenty-four rods ; thence 
westerly by lands supposed to belong to said Waldo's heirs, 
by a line running south, three miles and two hundred rods ; 
thence on the same land, east, three miles and an half; thence 
south, two miles and an half and twenty rods ; thence bounded 
west on the town of Warren by a line running east, six miles 
and two hundred and fifteen rods, to the bounds first men- 
tioned : 1 ami the said town is hereby vested with all the 

' hi conscqnonpc of a precejit from the General Court of Massa- 
chusetts, tlic inhabitants moved, during the years 1794-96, to have a 
survey ot tlie town. 'I'Ik- jilan was made by Ebonezer Jcnnison, Esq. 
and is noM' in the office of tlie Secretary of the State of Massaehusetts. 
It is not very exact. There have been unsuccessful movements of 
late years for a new survey. If there were a good plan, a map would 
have aeeonipanied tliis volume. The part of the town west of Medo- 
niac lliver was set oif to I'utnam, when that town was incorporated 
by an Act i)asscd Feb. 27, 1811. In June, 1817, "all that tract or 
gore of land lying l)et\vcen the towns of Waldoborough and Union" 
was annexed to the latter. Consequently, the town is smaller and the 
boundaries arc dilfereut from what they "were originally. 

Though there has not been a survev, the town-lines have been 
perambulated. Oct. 2, 1823. this was dtJnc between I'nion and Wal- 
doborough, from Medomac Kiver to Warren line, by John (ileason, 
attended by John ^^^ Lindlcy and Herman Ilawcs. In 1810, Sept. 8, 



ACT OF INCORPORATION. 63 

powers, privileges, and immunities, which towns within this 
Commonwealth are entitled to, or by law enjoy. 

" And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, — 
That Waterman Thomas, Esq. be, and he hereby is, em- 
powered to issue his warrant to some principal inhabitant of 
the said town, requiring him to warn the inhabitants thereof 
to meet at such time and place as he shall therein set forth, 
to choose all such officers as towns are required and em- 
powered by law to choose in the month of March or April 
annually.^ 

" This act passed Oct. 20, 1786." 

At the time of the incorporation, the town contained 
the following families ; ^ the figures denoting the num- 
ber of members : — 

Willard Robbins and others perambulated the line between Union 
and Appleton; Jan. 13 and 14, 1841, between Union and Warren; 
and Jan. 25 and 26, between Union and Hope. In April, 1841, the 
town " voted that suitable stone-monuments be put up between said 
towns, provided the adjoinins; towns will be at their proportion of the 
expense." Sept. 12, 1844, Ebenezer Blunt, selectman of Union, and 
George Pease, selectman of Appleton, perambulated the line between 
the towns, and " set up stone-monuments at the corners, and where 
the line crossed the highways, and near the banks of all the ponds 
and rivers which said line crossed." The same was done Nov. 9, 
1844, on the line between Union and Hope by Ebenezer Blunt, and 
by Josiah Hobbs, one of the selectmen of Hope. June 10, 1843, the 
town "voted that the selectmen be a Committee to petition to the Su- 
preme Court to have the line run between the county of Lincoln and 
Waldo." This is of importance, as Union is a border town. 

^ At the end of the manuscript Act of Incorporation, in the State 
House at Boston, is the following memorandum : — "In the House of 
Representatives, Oct. 12, 1786. This bill, having had three several 
readings, passed to be engrossed. — Sent up fur concurrence. 

" AiiTEMAS Ward, Speaker." 

On the back of the bill is the following : — " In Senate, Oct. 18, 
1786. This bill, having had two several readings, passed a concur- 
rence to be engrossed with an amendment at A. — Sent down for 
conciurence. " Sahuel Phillips, jun. President." 

" A, dele from A to B, and insert thereof that the Plantation called 
Slerlinfffon, in the county of Lincoln." 

"In the House of Representatives, Oct. 19, 1786. — Read and con- 
curred. " Artemas Ward, Speaker." 

The words to be erased in the first paragraph were, " A o/ said 
jjlantation that the same B." 

- N. P. Hawes's MS. 



64 



SETTLERS AFTER TEE INCORrORATION. 



Joel Adams . 
Ezra Bowen . 
John Butler . 
Richard Cummings 
Royal Grinncll 
Abijah Hawcs . 
Matthias Hawes 
Moses Hawes . 
Samuel Hills . 
Elijah Holmes 



5 


Amarlah Mero. . . 


2 


5 


Elisha Partridge . 


5 


5 


Bcla Robbins . . . 


2 


6 


David Robbins . . 


9 


4 


Ebenezer Robbins . 


3 


3 


Jcssa Robbins . . . 


2 


4 


Josiah Robbins . . 


5 


5 


Philip Robbins . . 


3 


2 


Jason Ware . . . 


5 


2 







CHAPTER IX. 



SETTLERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION, 
1787—1793. 

1787, Levi Morse ; Oliver Leland ; William Hart. — 1788, The Max- 
cys. — 1789, The Daggetts ; Seth Luce; Christopher Butler; 
Ichabod Irish; EarnaSas Webb. — 1793, Casualty to the Maxcy 
Pamily. — Kemarks on the Early Settlers. 

1787. 

Among the settlers who came soon after the incorpora- 
tion was Levi Morse. He was hired " for forty 
shillings a month, and found," by Dr. Jennison, then of 
Brookfield, to chop for him three or six months, as 
Morse should choose. Having received one dollar to 
pay his passas^e by water, hv left yherl)urn(> for Boston, 
April 23, 1787. " April 26, sailed for St. George's 
River; arrived there, 29th. ... 1788, May 5, camc^ 
[from Sherburne] to Boston ; sailed "Wednesday morn- 
ing; arrived [at] St. George's River, May 8th ; went 
up to Union the 9tli." From other memoranda left 
by him, it appears that he returned from Sherburne to 
Union every spring for several years ; spending the 
winters, as many of the early settlers did, in Massa- 
chusetts. In 1789, he brought with him John Loclce, 
son of a former President of Harvard University. The 
agreement with Locke was to pay him, for six months, 



SETTLERS FROM ATTLEBOROUGH. 65 

" sLx; pounds twelve shillings in good rye at the market 
price in " Sherburne, besides fm-nishing him with a 
passage, provisions, washing, and luending, from the 
time of his sailing from Boston. For a considerable 
part of the time before his marriage, Morse cooked his 
own food, occasionally employing IVIrs. Josiah Rob- 
bins to bake his bread. He settled on the farm now 
owned by his sons, Levi Morse and George B. Morse. 

With Morse also came Oliver Leland from Sher- 
biu-ne. He began to clear the farm next to Morse's, 
on the south. After a year or two, he lost his thumb 
by the bursting of a gun while hunting near Craw- 
ford's Pond, and went back to Sherburne. 

William Hart, from Sherbm*ne, came with Morse. 
Both of them seem to have been under the patronage 
of Mr. Amory, who, being desu'ous of introducing 
settlers, offered to give Hart either of the lots of land 
which did not border on the pond. He selected the 
one north of the mill-lot. It differed but little in value 
from what were then considered the best ; for its west- 
ern boundary was but a few rods from the water. The 
farm is now owned by his son, John Fisher Hart. At 
one time, Morse, Hart, and Gillmor boarded with 
Josiah Robbins, for which they worked two days in 
each week. 

1788. 

The Maxcys came from Attleborough, Mass. Joseph 
Maxcy came first in 1788, settled on the farm since 
known as the Gay Farm, on the west side of the 
brook, more than a mile east of the Common ; and 
he built a frame-house, the second in town. With 
Joseph Maxcy came Joseph Guild. At one time, 
either alone or in company with Joseph Maxcy, he 
owned the Gay Place. Josiah Maxcy came with his 
father. Lieutenant Benjamin Maxcy, and his father's 
family, in 1791. Tliey lived in the Taylor House. 
Mi's. Daggett says that her father brought two cows, a 
yoke of oxen, and an ox-wagon. This wagon was the 
tirst in town. He loaded his goods upon it, and drove 



66 SETTLERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION. 

it up. It was an object of such interest, that the peo- 
ple, as he passed, came out to look at it. In about 
six weeks the lieutenant died. Joseph Maxcy then 
moved to South Union, and his mother and her chil- 
dren to the Gay Place. Joseph Maxcy built another 
small frame-house, the third in town ; and then the 
family, with Josiah, moved back to the Taylor House. 

1789. 

The Daggetts, says Brotherton Daggett, being 
strongly inclined to move from Martha's Vineyard, 
sent Thomas Daggett, jun. to Albany and the vicinity, 
in New York, to look up a farm. He was not a judge 
of land, and returned without finding one to suit him. 
Thomas Daggett, sen. came along the coast, went 
back from Camden into the woods, and with some 
others was about to purchase the whole of Appleton 
Ridge, except the proprietors' reserved lots. On going 
to the rear of the Ridge, and seeing the Cedar Swamp, 
his courage failed him, and he went home without 
concluding a bargain. A year or two afterwards, 
Thomas Daggett, jun. and Aaron Daggett came to 
Union. They pmx-hased the place since owned by 
Olney Titus, cleared a piece, and sowed rye. In the 
fall, they took, as a specimen, a box of soil from the land 
now owned by Nahum Thurston, retiuned to Martha's 
Vineyard, and spent the winter. Their father, Thomas 
Daggett, sen. was prevailed on to accompany them to 
Union in the following May. He bought 700 acres of 
land of Col. Wheaton, divided it into lots of about 
100 acres each, sold some, and gave the others to his 
sons. He returned to Martha's Vineyard, and came 
with his family in August. He landed at Warren. 
Every thing seemed different from what it was in May. 
He was a nervous man ; and, finding himself here ior 
life, he exclaimed, " I am completely undone." The 
forests looked formidable : " it was too woody for 
him." This was jirobably in 1789. The family 
came up from Warren in boats, as Josiah Robbins's 
iiad done three years before, and as William Hart did 



ICHABOD IRISH. 67 

when he moved his wife and furnitm*e in October, 
1793. 

About the same time with the Daggetts came Seth 
Luce and family, also from the Vineyard, and settled 
in the west part of the town. 

Christopher Butler, with his family, also from Mar- 
tha's Vineyard, came in 1789. He bought the place 
on which Oliver Leland had made a beginning. It is 
on the north side of the road which runs east from the 
Common, and at the intersection of it with the road 
to WaiTcn on the east side of the Pond. 

Ichabod Irish, a cooper of wooden ware, came to 
Union, from Little Compton, R.I. Sept. 17, 1789. The 
good Quaker resided first on the west side of the river, 
near the JVIiddle Bridge. The small stock of provi- 
sions which he brought was soon exhausted ; and, in 
the great scarcity of the following winter, his family 
experienced much suffering. They killed their fowls, 
because they had not the means to keep them alive. 
They made an effort, however, to winter their geese, 
because feathers were very valuable. But, before 
spring, the starving geese were observed to peck the 
under bark of the white birch firewood at the door. 
After this, the family shaved and broke the bark into 
small pieces for them, and thus kept them from dying. 

One morning, Mr. Irish, being at the house of Capt. 
Adams, was invited to sit down to breakfast. He de- 
clined ; he could not eat while his children were with- 
out food at home. Mrs. Adams immediately gave 
him half the loaf she had baked from meal procured 
from her brother, Jessa Robbins ; enjoined on him the 
strictest secresy, lest she should be censured for giving 
away her brother's gift; and sent him home to his 
wife and children rejoicing, and shedding tears. At 
another time, Mrs. Matthias Hawes gave him a por- 
tion of dough which she was kneading, and he earned 
it home in a towel. The children, " hungry all the 
time," were constantly gnawing the under bark of 
the white birch, and eating it, till it brought on con- 
stipation and disease. 



68 SETTLERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION. 

In ihc spring, Royal Grinnell gave to the Rev. Cor- 
nelius Lfish, then a boy, a long white potato, familiarly 
caUed a " Bunker potato." He " ran home as pleased 
as if he had got fifty dollars." The potato was forth- 
with thrust into the fire to be roasted, and shared 
among the ehildren. But so long had they lived with- 
out such a luxury, that they could not wait for it to be 
cooked. They took it out, and cut ofi" the outside as 
fast as it was roasted, till the whole was devoured. 
Meal was dealt out almost as sparingly as medicine ; 
and, when enough could be obtained, the family luxu- 
riated on water-porridge. With the opening of the 
spring came some relief. Leaves and " longtongue " 
were picked, and, being boiled, were eaten as greens. 
Shortly afterward came fish, particularly salmon, and 
starvation ceased to be so terribly formidable as it had 
been. 

Mr. Irish was respected for his integi-ity and worth. 
His business increased. He maimfactured wooden 
ware, and, when there was snow, earned it about for 
sale on a hand-sled. In the winter of 1790-91, he 
took some of it to Barretts Town. It was bartered for 
thi-ee bushels of rye. As he was returning, a snow- 
storm came on. He was obliged to abandon his load 
while on Sunnybec Pond ; and, though he succeeded 
in returning home, it was with extreme dilliculty. So 
vivid is the recollection of his distress when he entered 
the house, that his children to this day cannot speak 
of it but with deep emotion. 

While in this state of poverty, Mr. Irish was soli- 
cited to take a child three or four years old, and was 
promised fifty acres of land if he would keep him a 
specified time. As this seemed to open the only way 
by which he could obtain land, he accepted the pro- 
])osal. The child was introduced to the family, wore 
dresses colored with hemlock-bark, as the other chil- 
dren did, and shared in their trials and poverty. Mr. 
Irish ke})t him till he secured the land. Tims he 
became owner of the farm in the Daggett neighbor- 
hood, to which he moved from Bachelor's Mills. The 



CASUALTY TO THE MAXCT FAMILY. 69 

lad had good principles instilled into his mind, and had 
worthy examples to imitate. He afterv\'ard went to 
sea, and became a successful sea-captain. Any person 
wishing to know more about him may consult Capt. 
Barnabas Webb, a man of worth and wealth in Tho- 
maston. 

1793. 

May 13, Amy, -^^ddow^ of Benjamin INIaxcy, and her 
daughters, Lydia and Sally Maxcy, with Chloe, wife 
of Joseph Maxcy, crossed Seven-tree Pond, to attend 
the funeral of Esther Cummings, at the house of her 
uncle, Jessa Robbins, where she died. Alter the 
funeral, they, with Simeon Wellman of Attleborough, 
who was an apprentice to Joseph Maxcy, and William 
^Montgomery, got into a boat to return. As it was 
leaky and overloaded, the water soon poured in faster 
than it could be baled out. At a short distance from 
Hills Point, between it and the house of Philip Rob- 
bins, the boat settled down into the water. Ail on 
board instinctively rose. Their screams were heard 
on both sides of the pond, and as far as Christopher 
Butler's. The boat did not sink, but roUed over. All 
except Lydia succeeded in getting hold of it. To her, 
Sally was extending her hand, when WeUman, ex- 
ceedingly frightened, sprang upon the boat. All agam 
lost their hold ; and the females, except Sally, were 
drowned. By the buoyancy of her clothes, by her 
repeated and persevering strtiggles to put her hand on 
the boat, which "^A'as constantly on the roll and often 
rolled over her, and by breathing from time to time as 
she got her head above ^vater and her hand on the 
boat, she succeeded in saving herself, thoiigh she sank 
once. Finally, the t^vo men got hold of one side, and 
she of the other ; and then they sustained themselves 
till another boat came to their relief,^ and Capt. Joel 
Adams took Sally out of the water into it. 

' The information respecting this distressing event was obtained 
several years since at an accidental interview with the only surviving 
female. Since the above was •^litten, her son, the Hon. John Dag- 



70 SETTLERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION. 

On the small population of Union at the time, this 
tragical event left an indelible impression. It is often 
spoken of to this day by the elderly people in a man- 
ner which indicates the deep feeling which it created. 
It stands out more prominently in the history of the 
town than any other casualty before or since. After 

gett, author of the History of Attleborough, has by particular request 
furnished a copy of the touching and excellent letter which his 
mother wrote immediately afterward. It was penned when opportu- 
nities for good education were few, by a girl about fourteen years old, 
in deep affliction, just after being rescued from drowning, and with 
the corpse of a sister before her. 

"Union, May 16, 1793. 

" Honored Uncle and Aunt, — It is with great sorrow that I take 
my pen in hand to inform you of the sudden and unexpected death 
of my near and dear mamma, and sister Chloc, and sister Lj'dia. We 
went to the funeral of one of my dear mates ; and, when we were 
coming back, there were six in the float, viz. my mamma, sister Chloe, 
and sister Lydia, Simeon Wellman, William Montgomery, and myself. 
We set out from the shore, expecting to arrive to our house ; but, 
■when we got into the middle of the pond, the wind blowed very hard 
and the float leaked, and she being loaded verj' heavy, so that every 
wave that came ran over the stern into the float, and directly she 
filled with water, and sunk down even with the water, and turned us 
all out. Then, oh ! the dismal shrieks, the dying groans, which were 
then heard piercing the ears of many of my kind neighbors, who all 
ran to arrest us. But all in vain to some ; for mamma, and sister 
Chloc, and sister Lydia, were floating on the water ; they were soon 
took into the float, all possible care taken and methods tried to bring 
them to, but all in vain ; for vain is the help of man without God's 
blessing. 

" Could I collect my thoughts, I would try to accjuaint you further 
of this solemn transaction. The two men and myself were hold of 
the float. Sometimes the float was over me, and I got hold again. 
Through the distinguishing goodness of Cod, our lives were ransomed 
fi'om the deep waters. 

" Oh ! my dear uncle and aunt, how can I paint these lines with 
grief equal to my conception ! My dear mamma and dear sister 
Chloe were laid by my dear daddy yesterday [in] the house appointed 
for all living. Lydia wan't found until this day — is now a corpse 
before me. Oh ! my dear uncle and aunt, can you forbear moxirning 
with me, though at a distance ? Do ])ray for me ; for I am a sinner, and 
need the prayers for all (iod's people. I think my grief being 
redoubled would sink me as deep as I was sunk in the water, if my 
heavenly Father did not sui)port mc. My daily prayer is to Gud that 
I may make a right improvement of all God's dealing with me. You 
cannot in any measure conceive of the distressed circiimstances of 
this family ; my kind brother, bereaved of his nearest and dearest 
connection — myself, with Ilervey and Ama, left without father or 
mother, full of grief. May God support us, and enable us to be fol- 



REMARKS. 71 

this event, Joseph Maxcy sold the Gay Place, so 
called, to Gay. In the autumn of 1793, Sally Maxcy 
returned to Attleborough. 

REMARKS OX THE EARLY SETTLERS. 

The account of the early inhabitants has now been 
brought down to a time when it is inexpedient to con- 
tinue details respecting them. Most of the men had 
been in the revolutionary war. They had strong arms 
and stout hearts, and were well qualified to make a 
beginning in a wilderness. Many of them were de- 
vout, practical Christians, who feared God and 
eschewed evil. Deprivations and trials developed in 
them and their children a character which is percepti- 
ble in the present population. They were strangers 
to luxuries. In consequence of their isolated situa- 
tion and the pressure of outward circumstances, they 
became deeply interested in each other's welfare. Hos- 
pitality was unlimited. The guest of one family was 
by all the others welcomed as a particular friend. The 
bonds of union were strengthened by many family ties 
among them. There were common interests in clear- 
ing the ground and raising crops, common sufferings 
when provisions were scarce, and common apprehen- 
sions of danger from the enemy at Biguyduce. They 
hunted and fished, and every one was alive to every 
other one's successes and perils. So strong was the 
sympathy, that the little community for many years 
may be regarded more as one large family than a few 
scattered inhabitants. 

If any one had a deficacy — and, in those days, deli- 
cacies meant things substantial — if any one Idiled a 
bear, an ox, a hog, or a calf, he shared it, by loan or 

lowers of Christ, and bear our affliction with patience, as he left us 
the example ; so I conclude myself your sorrowful niece. 

Though distant graves divide our dust, 

Yet pray the Lord our souls may meet among the just. 

"Kind uncle, if you please, send me a word of comfort; for my 
nearest and dearest friends cannot. 

" Sally M.vxcy 



72 SETTLERS AFTER THE INCORPORATION. 

othenvise, with his neighbors. Wherever sickness 
came, all were as ready to serve and to watch, as with 
a brother or sister. In any misfortune or affliction 
all sympathized. When there was a death, each 
family felt the shock. Every one who could went to 
the funeral ; and in general sorrow, as if a near and 
dear friend were taken away, the remains were borne 
to their final resting-place. 

In winter, the solitude was broken by the gound of 
the axe. The wind soughed through the pines. The 
moon's rays were reflected with a glare from the sur- 
face of the pond, which, as the ice cracked, sent forth 
rumblings during the long night. The fox barked. 
The owl hooted mournfully. The wolf howled hide- 
ously. Neighbors called on each other in the even- 
ings, related their experience in the old French war 
and the revolutionary war, and their adventures from 
day to day in hunting moose, bears, and other game. 
An importance was attached to many incidents which 
would scarcely demand a passing notice in a different 
state of society. 

And, as they talked, huge fires were kept burning ; 
and on the glowing back-logs it was easy for the ima- 
gination to discover animals and men, and a multitude 
of creatures which never had existence. The well- 
caulked and heated log-houses excluded the pinching 
cold. The people, rough and coarse in manners and 
language, but with warm hearts, were unacquainted 
with the artifical wants of the present day. They 
subsisted on their coarse fare, and had better appetites 
and greater happiness than are found with kings and 
queens in gorgeous palaces. 



POPULATION. 



73 



CHAPTER X. 



POPULATION. 

Census, Aug. 1, 1790. — Abstracts from Censuses. — Hawes's Census 
in 1826. — State Census, March 1, 1837. 

When the census was taken in 1790, Henry Dearborn 
was marshal of the District of Maine. The other 
United States marshals gave details. He gave only 
summary statements. Accordingly, all that was to be 
learned from his return is that, Aug. 1, 1790, Union 
contained two hundred inhabitants. Perhaps this was 
but little more than conjecture. 

The following statements are from subsequent re- 
turns : — 



AGE. 


1800. 


1810. 


1820. 


Males. 


Females.' 


Males. 


Females. 


Males. 


Females. 


Under 10 years 
10 and under 16 . 
16 and under 26 . 
26 and under 45 . 
45 and upwards . 

All other free persons, ex- 
cept Indiaus, not taxed . 

Total . 


121 
37 
65 
61 
29 


102 
47 
43 
57 
21 


252 

87 

111 

149 

61 


221 

81 

119 

124 

61 


234 

132 

I 131 

130 

80 


218 
130 
123 
132 
81 


303 


270 
303 


660 


606 
660 


707 


684 
*707 


573 
2 


1266 


1391 


575 



Subsequently the details were more minute. 



• Indudin;; 33 males between 16 and 18 years of age. In 1830, there were 281 
persons engaged in agriculture, 7 in commerce, and 59 in manufactures. 
7 



74 



POPULATION. 





1830. 


1840. 


AGK. 












Males. 


Females. 


Males. 


Fcmalea. 


Under 5 years . . . | 


128 


120 


143 


135 


•5 and under 10 








129 


104 


145 


125 


10 and under 15 








104 


103 


106 


116 


15 and under 20 








103 


90 


93 


90 


20 and under 30 








155 


142 


146 


144 


1 30 and under 40 








67 


76 


104 


99 


[ 40 and under 50 








60 


69 


63 


65 


50 and under GO 








53 


41 


42 


55 


60 and under 70 








16 


19 


46 


28 


70 and under 80 








15 


15 


13 


19 


80 and under 90 








2 


1 


2 


5 




832 


780 


903 


881 






832 




903 


Total 








*1612 


tl784 



In 1826, Mr. Noyes P. Hawes prepared the following 
document, giving the name and number of members 
of each family, and the number of houses, classified 



according to school districts : — 



SCHOOL DISTRICTS. — No. I. 



John Little 


6 


Josiah F. Day 






9 


Daniel F. Harding . 


3 


Bradley R. Mowry 




10 


Kufus Gillmor . 


6 


Joseph Vaun;han 




13 


Marcus Gillnior 


4 


Susman Abrams 




4 


Elisha Harding 


5 


Spencer Wulcott 




6 


Abner I'itts 


6 


John Drake 




9 


Zacchcu.s Litchfield . 


8 


Jesse Drake 






12 


Elisha Ik-niis 


8 


Abiel {Jay 






6 


Elienezer Alden 


10 


David Gay 






6 


Amo.s Barrett . 


5 


Elijali Gay 






4 


Levi Morse 


11 


Amos M'alker 






9 


Gorliam Hutler 


6 


David Bullen 






6 


John lUitk-r 


9 


Aaron Young 






8 


John S. B:utlctt 





Katlian Daniels 




10 


Betsey llichaids 


3 


John Payson 






4 



* Of vvlioni two wore blind. 

t Incliidiiig two insnnc or idiot.s at private charge. In 1840, according to the 
census, llicrc were 33) |iersoiis engij;* d in ai;riLiiliure, 13 in cotiiriierce, 93 in manu- 
farliires ;ind triides, 7 in n:ivi<;:itiiin, 7 iii the learned professions and engineerings 
and 4 were revolutionary peu:>iuner3. 



HAWES'S CENSUS. 



75 





No. 


II. 




Ezra Bowen 


3 


Jason Robbins . 


Oliver Bowen . 


2 


John Chapman Robbins . 


Abijah Hawes . 


6 


Herman Hawes 




David Robbins 


4 


Walter Adams 




David Robbins, jun. 


11 


Henry True 




John L. Robinson 


5 


Nathaniel Robbins 




Andrew Robinson . 


2 


John Jones 




^avid (.'uinmings 


10 


Obadiah Harris 




Jessa Robbins . 


3 


John Dods Bovee 






No. 


ni. 


Moses Simmons 


7 


Marlboro' Packard . 


Ziba Simmons . 


6 


Leonard Barnard 




Leonard Wade . 


5 


John Pearce Robbins 




John \V. Lindley 


8 


^Suell Cummings 




Benjamin Litchiield . 


9 


Obadiah Morse 




Adam Martin . 


6 


Joseph Cushman 




Amariah Mero . 


5 


James Shibles . 




Spencer Mero . 


8 


Noah Rice 




Bela Robbins . 


2 


Samuel Jameson 




Ebenezer Robbins 


7 


Allen Stone 




Joseph. Clark . 


6 






No. 


IV. 


Phinehas Butler 


13 


Charles Titus . 


John Butler 


8 


Abraham Brown 




Ichabod Maddocks . 


3 


Royal Grinnell 




John Thompson 


10 


Alpheus Collamore 




Otis Bills . 


8 


Reuben Hills, jun. 




Cyrus Nye . . 


4 


Nathan Hills . 




James Maxfield 


7 


Samuel Hills, 2d 




Thomas Nye 


9 


Josiah Hills . 




Charles Hitchborn • 


5 


Lewis Robbins 




Caleb Maddocks 


4 


Reuben Hills . 




Asaph Lucas 


5 


George Silloway 




William Libbey 


7 


Josiah Hills 




Ebenezer Cobb . 


6 


Jonathan Eastman 




Walter Blake . 


10 


Jonathan Sibley 




John Burkett . 


11 


Patrick Tenney 




Olney Titus 


6 






No 


V. 


Joel Adams 


3 


Samuel Daggett 


Cornelius Irish 


8 


Ebenezer Daggett 




Ebenezer W. Adams 


. 10 


William Daggett 




Jason Ware 


2 


Nahum Thurston 




Vinal Ware 


4 


Philo Thurston 




Matthias Hawes 


6 


James Grinnell 




Sarah Brown . 


3 


Robert Dickey . 




David Stiinpson , 


8 


Nathaniel Bachelor 




Bailey Grinnell 


7 


John Bacholder 




William Shepard 


7 


George R. Allen 




Nathan D. Rice 


, 11 


David Carriel . 





76 


POPULATION. 






No. 


YI. 




Edmund Daggett 


7 


Daniel Shepard 




Lewis Bachelder 


6 


Daniel Shepard, jun. 




Benjamin ^^■alker 


11 


Thaddeus Shepard . 




Nehemiah Adams 


4 


Joseph Morse . 


4 


Thomas Mitchell 


6 


Jonathan Morse 


5 


Samuel Daggett, jun. 


6 


Joshua Morse . 


6 


John Walker . 


9 


Samuel Fuller . 


6 


John Burns 


12 


Thaddeus Luce 


11 


Daniel "Walker 


6 


Seth Luce 


4 


Solomon Hewes 


3 


Jonathan Breck 


6 


Rowland Cobb . 


4 


Calvin Glcason 


9 


Rachel Mitchell 


5 


Isaac Townsend 


13 


Cyrus Robbins . 


6 


John Tobcy 


9 


John Stevens . 


7 


Nathaniel Tobey 


8 


David Law 


9 








No. 


vn. 




Nathan Bachelder . 


6 


William Coggan 


6 


William Lawrence . 


6 


Robert Thompson 


6 


Ichabod Irish . 


7 


Timothy Stewart 


4 


Reuben Alford 


5 


Thomas Butler 


4 


Judson Caswell 


2 


Elkanah Morton 


7 


Edward Brown 


3 


Henry Blunt 


2 


Thomas A. Mitchell 


4 


Ebenezer Blunt 


5 


John Go wen 


8 


Jacob Sibley 


11 


Reuben Packard 


7 


Renty Walcott . 


9 


Henry Fnssett . 


10 


Jonathan Carriel 


8 


Charles Hall . 


3 


Jonathan Carriel, jun. 


3 


Brothcrton Daggett . 


13 


Isaac Booth 


8 


Isaac Upham . 


8 


Samuel Norwood 


5 


Rachel Stone . 


3 


Luther Bryant 


5 


Samuel Stone . 


5 


William Bryant " 


4 


Jeremiah Mitchell . 


8 


James Brvant . 


5 


Asa Mcsser 


9 


Judith Clark . 


5 


Thomas Messer 


6 


Whedon . 


2 


Joseph Bryant . 


2 








No. 


VIII. 




Joseph Miller . 


12 


Willard Gay . 


5 


James Littlehale 


7 


Johnson Pilsbury 


14 


Simon Fuller . 


6 


Obadiah Gardner 


8 


Caleb Howard . 


8 


Lite Bogus 


5 


Christo]iher Young . 


5 


William Boggs 


3 


James Sinclair . 


11 


Sally Cooper 


2 


Daniel Jjinniken 


6 


Jose])h Robbins 


8 


Daniel Howard 


5 


Abel Walker . 


12 


William Ijerinond 


7 


Silas Walker . 


3 


Jason Davis 


5 


Samuel Quiggle 


7 


Stcrlini; Davis . 


5 


Joel Robbins 


8 


Lemuel Rich 


9 


John llemenway 


13 


John Lcnnond 


7 


Alexander Sluiiner , 


7 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



77 



No. IX. 



John Whiting . 


12 


John Swan 


8 


John Fojjler 


6 


Charles R. Hunnewell 


2 


Samuel Hills 


3 


Polly Gleason . 


8 


San ford Hills . 


7 


Fisher Hart 


2 


Moses Morse 


6 


John M. Thorndike . 


8 


Nathan Daniels, jun. 


4 


Phillips C. Harding . 


5 


Kobert Foster . 


10 


Aaron Hart 


4 


Mrs. Wingate . 


3 


William Hart . 


2 


Benjamin Dow , 


4 


John F. Hart . 


5 


Leonard Follansbee . 


8 








No. 


X. 




Ezekiel Hagar . 


4 


^Lirtin Sidelinger 


9 


Samuel Hagar . 


8 


Leonard Bump 


8 


Benjamin L. Law 


9 







Inhabitants, 1,550; famiKes, 238; houses, 215; scholars, 715. 

A census of the inhabitants in town, March 1, 1837, 
was taken by William Gleason, Esq. in conformity 
with an Act of the Legislature requiring it before the 
town could receive its proportion of the " surplus reve- 
nue." At that time, the number of persons under 4 
years of age was 230 ; from 4 to 21 years of age, 742 ; 
and there were 782 persons who were more than 21 
years of age, — maldng a total of 1,754. 



CHArTEE, XL 



POPULATION IN 1850. 



Census, June 1, 1850, with Names and Ages. 

The following census was also taken by William 
Gleason, Esq. At the time, particular attention was 
not given to the spelling, and probably several of the 
names are not printed as commonly written. Mem- 
bers of the same family not unfrequently spell the 
name differently, and there are some cases in which a 
person does not always observe uniformity in spelling 
his own name. The order in which the names were 
7* 



78 



POPULATION. 



entered on the census-book is preserved, as it often 
indicates the neighborhood and locality. The first 
column of figures denotes the number of the houses ; 
the second, the number of the families. The other 
figures designate .the ages. 



1. 1 Robert McGuier . . 52 

Caroline McGuier . 41 

Mary A. MeGuicr . 18 

Orison McGuier . . 15 

Caroline A. McGuier 14 

Edwin C. McGuier . 7 

2. 2 Moses Morse ... 65 

Hannah Morse . . 61 

Dexter P. Morse . . 26 

Hannah P. Morse . 22 

3. 3 Edward P. ]Morse- . 33 

Martha A. IMorse . 24 

Quincy A. Morse . 2 

Nathaniel K. Aglar . 15 

Caroline F. Stone . 16 

4. 4 Ambrose Leach . . 47 

Julia Leach ... 38 

James L. Leach . . 18 

Frances E. Leach . 15 

Ambrose A. Leach . 8 

Lucy A. Sayward . 22 

6. 5 Nathan Daniels, jun. 49 

Mehitable Daniels . 46 

Mary E. Daniels . . 24 

JocfDaniels ... 16 

Levi Daniels . . . 12 

6. 6 Charles A. Hawes . 31 

Angeline S. Hawes . 29 

Llewellyn K. Hawes . 12 

Ellen a". Hawes . . 10 

Eliza M. Hawes . . 7 

ilaitha M. Hawes . 5 

Harriet 11. ILiwes . 3 

Colin Hawes ... 1 

7. 7 Amos Drake ... 44 

Melancy Drake . . 42 

Oramel L. Drake . . 20 

Mary O. Drake . . 16 

Statira M. Drake . . 14 

Amos L. Drake . . 4 

8. 8 Benjamin B. Hills . 29 

Amelia II. Hills . . 25 

Sylvia A. Hills . 1 mo. 

8. 9 AVilliani Yaughan . 36 

Abigail H. Vaughau 31 



Marv A. Vaughan . 10 

Wm". H. H. Vaughan 9 

Martha AnnVaughan 4 

George Vaughan . . 2 
Charles A. Vaughan, 8 mo. 

9.10 Joseph Vaughan . . 74 

Hannah Vaughan . 68 

Susan Vaughan . . 31 

Augustus Vaughan . 25 

Lucy L. Jones . . 28 

10.11 Levi Morse .... 45 
Eliza Morse ... 45 
Caroline E. Morse . 15 
Edwin L. Morse . . 12 
Levi 11. Morse ... 7 
John A. !Morse . . 5 
Mary D. Taylor . 10 mo. 
Mansfield liichards . 16 

10.12 Nathan D. Payson . 25 
Frances A. B. Payson 23 
Clarissa Post ... 45 
David Y. Post ... 18 
Mary C. Post ... 15 
Joseph White ... 19 

11.13 George W. Morse . 36 
Mary H. K. Morse . 33 
Le.>^Ue ISI. Morse . . 7 
Sarah A. Morse . . 3 
Harriet E. Morse . . 1 

12.14 Gorham Butler . . 40 
Catherine Butler . . 30 
Albion D. P. Butler. 8 
John G. Butler . . 3 
Adeline A. Gallop . 12 
Marcus Roakcs . • 16 
John O'Connor . . 55 

13.15 Daniel F. Harding . 64 
Harriet Harding . . 67 
Amos B. Harding . 24 
Henry F. Harding . 23 
Daniel Harding . . 21 
Harriet Harding . . 18 

14.16 John Butler, 2d . . 37 
Ann M. Butler . . 33 
Gorham W. Butler . 12 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



79 



15.17 

16.18 
17.19 

17.20 
18.21 

19.22 
20.23 



Simeon N. Butler 
John N. Fairbanks 
Martha Fairbanks 
Eunice Dean . 
Henry Fairbanks 
George Fairbanks 
AVesley Butler 
Sally Butler . 
Christopher Butler 
Sarah Butler . 
Elizabeth 15ntler 
Lvdia A. Butler 
William O. Butler 
John Butler 
Hannah Butler 
Luther Gould . 
Sarah Gould • 
James Gould . 
Thurston Whiting 
Lydia G. Whiting 
Frederic P. Whitin 
Mary B. Whiting . 
Ralph W. Rising . 
Orren Davis 
Simeon Noyes, jun, 
Elizabeth T. Noyes 
Georgiana Noyes 



9 

56 

54 

25 

18 

15 

32 

63 

30 

24 

6 

3 

1 

69 

70 

22 

31 

5 

42 

36 

6 

4 

11 

15 

29 

22 

2 



George Fred. Noyes, 1 mo. 



Achsah Chase . 
Edward L. Whitney 

21.24 John Hemenway, jun, 
Harriet N. Hemenway 
Ann Fogler . . 

22.25 Nathaniel Robbins 
Harriet Robbins . 
Frances A. Robbins 
Ann E. Robbins . 
Lovey W. Robbins 
Edward K. Robbins 

23.26 Gilb. M. Blackington 
Lois Blackington . , 
Benj. B. Blackington 
Gilb. M. Blackington 
Selina Butler . . 
Jacob W. Butler . 
Cordelia Briggs . 

24.27 Samuel Quiggle, jun 
Clera'tine Q. Quiggle 
Gilford W. Quiggle 
Sarah A. Quiggle 
Margaret A. Quiggle 
Samuel Quiggle 

25.28 Silas Walker . 



51 
25 
38 
35 
65 
45 
40 
18 
16 
15 
11 
47 
41 
22 
21 
22 
15 
15 
38 
37 
9 
7 
5 
78 
46 



Rachel Walker . . 
Silas S. Walker . . 
Joseph Walker . . 
Harriet Walker . . 
Olinda Walker . . 
Betsey Walker . . 

26.29 Minot Tolman . . . 
Harriet A. Tolman . 
John B. Robbins . . 
Henrv Tolman . . 

27.30 David Hull . . . 
Mary N. Hull . . . 
Emily F. Hull . . 
Ann A. Hull . . . 
Caroline E. Hull . . 
George Evans Hull . 

28.31 Calvin Hemenway . 
Louisa Hemenway . 
Calvin Hemenway . 
Alfred Davis . . . 

29.32 Miles Hemenway . . 
Mary A. Hemenway 
Julia A. Hemenway 
Hiram B. Hemenway 
Addison Hemenway 
Rufus L. Hemenway 

30.33 John Hemenway 
Mehitable Hemenway 

31.34 Danf. Blackington 
Louisa Blackington 
Rufus Blackington 
Ellis G. Blackington 
Charles Blackington 
Esth. A. Blackington 

32.35 Mark Young . 
Jane P. Young 
William A. Youn 
Leurissa Young 
Harriet Young 

33.36 John Briggs . 
Eliza Briggs 
Lewis B. Briggs 
William J. Briggs 
Gilbert B. Briggs 
Ann E. Briggs 
John Walker Brig 

34.37 Abel Walker . 
Polly Walker . 
Alanson Walker 
Marcus Walker 
Elzira Walker . 
Martha M. Walker 

35.38 Samuel Haskell . 



30 

17 

23 

14 

11 

4 

27 

24 

42 

15 

62 

47 

14 

18 

12 

5 

32 

28 

6 

18 

40 

29 

14 

10 

9 

3 

69 

62 

43 

33 

15 

12 

8 

2 

31 

27 

6 

5 

23 

53 

43 

13 

7 

5 

3 

1 

71 

69 

30 

26 

22 

14 

33 



80 



POPULATION. 



Adeline Haskell . 
Marv Haskell . . 
Flotillah Haskell . 
Delia Ann Haskell 
Laura Haskell 



. 34 
9 

. 7 
2 

2 mo. 



36.39 Josh. W. Wentvvorth 35 
Beulah Wentworth . 36 
Laura E. Wentworth 8 
Marcus E. Wentworth 4 
Marcellus Wentworth 2 

36.40 Calvin Boggs ... 40 
Adeline Boggs . . 40 
Amelia Boggs ... 15 
Matilda Boggs ... 15 
Martha Boggs ... 9 
Henry Boggs ... 7 
Mary Boggs ... 7 
Lucinda Boggs . . 6 
Sally Cooper ... 79 

36.41 Diana Bobbins . . 74 

37.42 David E. Gardner . 39 
Diana S. Gardner . 41 
Hannah S. Gardner . 9 
Ellis S. Gardner . . 6 
Abigail BoUins . . 71 

38.43 Wilbur Davis ... 43 
Rosanna Davis . . 41 
Oscar Davis ... 20 
Benjamin B. Davis . 18 
Dexter Davis ... 15 
Elisha H. Davis . . 15 
Edwin Davis ... 13 
Sarah E. Davis . . 10 
Emily Davis ... 8 
Alice J. Davis ... 7 
Marshall W. Davis . 1 

39.44 Henry D. Fuller . . 41 
Eliza Fuller ... 35 
Charles Fuller . . 15 
Oliver K. Fuller . . 13 
Nelson Fuller ... 11 
Henry E. Fuller . . 9 
Antoinette L. .Fuller 4 
Paulina Newcomb . 11 

40.45 John Heislcr ... 28 
llachcl Heislcr . . 21 
Mary E. Heislcr . . 5 
Sarah E. Heislcr . 9 mo. 

41.46 John Newcomb . . 48 
Nancy Newcomb . 32 
Lucrctia Newcomb . 15 
Eliza Newcomb . . 8 
Orrett Newcomb . . 2 



42.47 Erastus St. Clair . . 36 
Sarah E. St. Clair . 29 
William B. St. Clair . 13 
John L. St. Clair . . 8 
Eliza E. St. Clair . . 6 
Henry F. St. Clair . 1 
James St. Clair . . 73 
Sarah S. St. Clair . 71 
Caleb P. Butler . . 21 

43.48 William Hilt . . . 42 
Enieline Hilt ... 34 
Marv A. Ililt ... 14 
Martha J. Hilt . . 13 
John L. Hilt ... 8 
Elsie G. Hilt ... 11 
William E. Hilt . . 3 
Lusena D. Hilt . . 2 
Henry Peabody . . 16 

44.49 Sterling Davis ... 46 
Betsey Davis ... 44 
Lusena C. Davis . . 21 
Joseph M. Davis . . 16 
Henry Bobbins ■ . . 31 

45.50 John'W. Lermond . 36 
SabraLermond . . 41 
Andrew J. Lermond 19 
Lucy Lermond . . 70 
Artemas Howard . . 30 

46.51 Jason Davis ... 49 
Chloe Davis ... 53 
Jane Davis .... 19 
Iloxana Davis ... 14 
Chloe A. Davis . . 13 
Elvira Davis ... 8 
William Davis . . 17 
Josiah A. Maxcy . . 9 
Ebcnezcr liobbins . 40 

47.52 Fisher A. Daniels . 41 
Julia A. Daniels . . 41 
Obadiah G. Daniels . 16 
Amanda A. Taylor . 10 

48.53 Joseph Daniels" . . 43 
Sarah Daniels ... 37 
Edwin R. Daniels . 19 
Lucv R. Daniels . . 16 
Sarah E. Daniels . . 14 
Zilpah E. Daniels . 1 1 
I>ois A. Daniels . . 6 
Frances E. Daniels . 1 

48.54 Natlian Daniels . . 79 
I/avinia Daniels . . 27 

49.55 John Payson ... 58 
Lois Payson ... 62 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



81 



50.56 

51.-57 
52.58 

63.59 



53.60 
54.61 



55.62 



56.63 



57.61 



John Ellis Payson . 
George W. Payson . 
Eliza A. Payson . . 
James M. Payson 
Fisher D. Payson 
Milton Daniels . . 
Nancy Daniels 
Lewis R. Daniels 
Lucy A. Daniels . . 
Laura M. Daniels 
Aurel. P. Lawrence . 
Huldah Lawrence 
Aurel. L. Lawrence . 
Levi V. Hastings . . 
Abigail Hastings . . 
Laura M. Hastings . 
Thacldeus Hastings . 
John Lermond . . 
Hannah Lermond 
Adelbert Lermond . 
John r. Lermond 
Eliza E. Lermond 
Frederic Lermond 
Ansel Hastings . . 
Geo. W. Thompson . 
Charles Pratt . . . 
Clarissa Webster . . 
Nancy Lermond . . 
E. G. D. Beveridge . 
Martha Beveridge 
George W. Beveridge 
Martha F. Beveridge 
Llew'd M. Beveridge 
Elbridge Lermond . 
Huldah Lermond 
Ephraim Lermond . 
Julia Lermond . . 
Albert S. Lermond . 
Elbridge G. Lermond 
Huldah E. Lermond . 
Frank J. Lermond . 
Nathaniel Lothrop . 
Mary H. Lothrop 
Mantbrd N. Lothrop , 
Edwin N. Lothrop 2 
Charles Murphy . . 
Lewis Andrews 
Sarah Andrews 
Angelina Andrews . 
Adelia Andrews . 
Amanda Andrews . 
Vii-ginia Andrews 
Lewis F. Andrews , 



23 
22 


58.65 


James W. Spear . . 18 
WinsloAv B. Hastings 32 


19 




Martha J. Hastino 


rs . 27 


14 




Le Forest Hasting 


3 . 2 


10 




Daniel Titus . 


. . 21 


47 


59.66 


William H. Gowen . 29 


32 




Louisa A. Gowen 


. 22 


19 


60.67 


Emery Thomas 


. . 28 


13 




Eliza A. Thomas 


. . 28 


8 




William C. Thomas . 4 


26 




Emery F. Thomas 


2 


30 


61.68 


Edward V. Collins . 59 


2 




Sarah Collins . 


. 57 


34 




John T. Collins 


. 27 


32 




Tryphena Moore 


. 26 


5 




Albert D. Moore 


. 28 


27 




Almina J. Collins 


. 19 


40 




Leonidas E. Collins . 16 


38 
12 


62.69 


Lydia Skinner . 
Heni-y Skinner 


. 53 
. 30 


10 




Joseph Skinner 


. 22 


8 




Sanford Skinner 


. 20 


4 




Jjois Skinner . 


. 18 


24 




Sylvia J. Skinner 


. 16 


25 




Lydia Skinner . 


. 11 


27 




Louisa Skinner 


. 20 


18 


63.70 


Jane Davis . . 


. 77 


77 


64.71 


Mark Davis 


. 74 


35 
24 




Betsey Davis . 
Mary Davis 


. 71 

. 38 


26 


65.72 


George S. Littlehale 34 


22 




Jane W. Littlehale . 26 


1 




James R. Littlehale . 7 


37 




George A. Littlehale 4 


32 




Carol. M. Littlehale . 1 


16 




Susan Littlehale 


. 64 


11 

10 
8 


68.73 


Maxcy Davis . 
Joseph Durgin 
Horace Miller . 


. 24 
. 15 
. 37 


5 




Miriam H. Miller 


. 36 


4 




Martha S. Miller 


. 14 


28 




Dudley Miller . 


. 10 


26 




Mary 0. Miller 


3 


. 2 


66.74 


Joseph Miller . 


. 72 


mo. 
18 


67.75 


Betsey Miller . 
Charles Miller . 


. 66 
. 39 


40 
35 




Lucy Miller 
George A. Miller 


. 41 
. 15 


16 




Julia D. Miller 


. 14 


13 




John A. Miller 


. 10 


8 




Sarah A. Miller 


5 


6 




Charles A. Miller 


4 


1 




Mary E. Miller 


. 2 



82 



POPULATION. 



68.76 Wm. IT. Burroughs . 42 
Frances Burroughs . 35 
Henry Burronghs . 2 

69.77 Amos Walker ... 72 
Judith Walker . . 69 
Joel A. Walker . . 28 
Isaac Walker ... 26 

70.78 John Drake ... 70 
Margarctta Drake . 42 
Samandel Drake . . 20 
George Drake ... 16 
Lydia Drake ... 23 
Charles Drake ... 22 

71.79 Jesse Drake ... 68 
Polly Drake ... 61 
Millard G. Drake . 28 
Josiah Drake ... 19 
Mary F. Gay ... 14 

72.80 John M. Thorndike . 06 
Betsey Thorndike . 56 
Wm. H. Thorndike . 34 
Abigail C. Thorndike 29 
Mary Thorndike . . 23 
George W. Thorndike 21 
John E. Thorndike . 18 
Sarah B. Thorndike . 15 
Ijuey E. Thorndike . 10 

73.81 John S. Dunton . . 33 
Joanna Dunton . . 42 
John C. Gay . . . 22 
Olive D. Gay ... 19 
James Gay .... 17 
Sarah W. Gay. . . 16 
F. Ellen Dunton . . 10 
Lucy E. Dunton . . 7 
Gavanus Dunton . . 6 
Charles R. Dunton . 4 
Sophia J. Dunton . 3 
Lauretta A. Dunton, 1 mo. 
Martha II. Gay . . 21 
John Curtis ... 84 

74.82 Luther Drake ... 35 
Abigail P. Drake . . 30 
Lusena A. Drake . . 11 
Melvina O. Drake . 9 
Louisa J. Drake . . 6 
Luther Drake ... 4 
Almond G. Drake . 2 
Albert R. Drake . 1 mo. 
Julia A. Davis . . 19 

75.83 Ebenezer Alden . . 75 
Patience Alden . . 68 
Augustus Alden . . 34 



Margaret Alden . . 35 

Patience G. Alden . 6 

George A. Alden . 2 

Edward Alden . . 28 

76.84 Christopher Young . 55 
Nancy Young ... 50 
Robert T. Young . . 23 
Mary Rollins ... 17 

77.85 John Jones .... 59 
Abigail Jones ... 68 
"William II. Jones . 25 
Abigail Jones ... 21 
John E. Jones ... 19 
Augustus Jones . . 17 
Eugene Jones ... 7 

78.86 Benjamin L. Jones . 31 
Jane M. Jones ... 24 
Ivouise Jones ... 3 
Celeste Jones ... 2 

79.87 Andrew Libbey . . 29 
Aroline E. Libbey . 27 
Martha J. Libbey . 3 

80.88 Samuel Bowker . . 36 
Elizabeth E. Bowker 28 
Charles I. Bowker 5 mo. 

81.89 Joshua S. Greene. . 40 
Sarah H. Greene . . 44 
William Greene . . 6 
Charles Greene . , 4 

82.90 John W. C. Lord . 39 
Priscilla Lord ... 39 
George F. I-ord . . 14 
Lucy O. Lord ... 12 
Cyrus W. Lord . . 11 
Ellen V. Lord ... 9 
Martha P. Lord . . 7 
Priscilla G. Lord . . 6 
Ann Lord .... 3 
John E. Lord . . 4 mo. 

83.91 Ebenezer Cobb . .50 
Patience M. Cobb . 53 
David B. Cobb . . 16 
^laixellus L. Cobb . 13 
Elizabeth Lermond . 26 
Ambrose Welhnan . 20 

83.92 Rufus GiUmor . . 80 
Sarah GiUmor ... 80 
Lusena Crowell . . 57 
Darius Bump ... 21 

84.93 Zuingli>is Collins . . 38 
Julia'A. Collins . . 28 
Leroy Z. Collins . • 5 
Azclia M. Collins . 2 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



83 



85.94 

86.95 
87.96 

8S.97 

89.98 

90.99 
91.100 



92.101 



93.102 



Elkanah Wingate 
Helen Wingate . 
Loarami Gumming 
Samuel G. lILUs 
Ziba Simmons . 
James Stevens . 
Frank Stevens . 
Peter Adams . 
Ebenezer Handay 
Harriet Eachelder 
Samuel Cummings 
Paulina Cummings 
Vilet. A. Cummings 
Elv. P. Cummings, 1 
Benjamin Achorn . 
Jesse W. Pa3-son . 
Abigail H. Payson 
Matilda H. Payson 
Asa Messer . . . 
Hannah A. Messer 
Caroline M. Messer 
Caroline Messer 
Isaac Flitner . . 
Clem'te S. Flitner . 
Georga. A. Flitner 
George F. Flitner . 
Nathan B. Kobbins 
Abigail C. Robbins 
Levi M. Robbins . 
Edgar M. Robbins . 
Nathan D. Robbins 
Ward Adams . • 
Martha O. Adams . 
Martha M.S. Adams 
Wesley F. Adams . 
Olivia C. Adams . 
ElvertonW. Adams 
Harriet Young . . 
Nelson Cutler . 
Love T. Cutler . . 
John E. Cutler . . 
Mary C. Cutler 
Caroline M. Cutler 
Charles H. Cutler. 
Frank M. Cutler . 
Clara A. Cutler 
Coraella Cutler . 6 
Edward Hills . . 
Almena D. Hills . 
Hiram A. Hills . . 
Helen M. Hills . 6 
Samuel Hills, jun. 
William E. Cobb . 



32 

22 

20 

20 

19 

21 

26 

16 

29 

22 

41 

25 

11 

mo. 

40 

34 

27 

5 

35 

36 

5 

20 

40 

29 

7 

3 

34 

31 

6 

4 

1 

37 

33 

11 

9 

7 

2 

24 

45 

39 

19 

16 

13 

11 

8 

4 

mo. 

34 

25 

2 

mo. 

22 

26 



Elvira E. W. Cobb 26 

William Adams . 30 

Warren Wentworth 23 

Andrew Benner . 30 

Joseph Morse . . 35 

Joseph O. Cobb • 23 

Sarah Lehr ... 24 

Rufus Prescott . . 16 

94.103 Elijah Vose ... 43 
Mary B. Vose . . 30 
Helen A. Vose . . 6 
Mary T. Vose . 5 mo. 
Elijah V. HaskeU . 12 

95.104 Nathl. K. Burkett 38 
Polly Burkett . . 35 
Isaac H. Burkett . 14 
Oscar A. Burkett . 13 
Mary A. Burkett . 10 
Ellen M. Burkett . 8. 
Elias Burkett . . 1 

96.105 Lewis Robbins . . 67 
Phebe Robbins . 63 
LewisRobbins,jun. 33 
Matilda Robbins . 22 
Roscoe B. Robbins 3 
Charles Robbins . 1 
Johnson Miller . . 18 

97.106 Fisher Hart ... 66 
Matilda Hart . . 45 
Adelph. L. Bartlett 17 
Fostina M. Bartlett 20 
Martha Cromett . 13 

98.107 Samuel Hills . . 70 
Israel Hills ... 31 
Sarah Hills ... 20 
Ijaura A. Brown . 19 

99.108 Josiah Sterling. . 53 
Caroline Sterling . 60 
AVilliam Sterling . 21 
Jane Sterling . . 17 
George W. Sterling 19 
Martha A. Sterling 15 
Caroline R.Sterling 13 
ThurstonJ. Sterling 7 
Eliza B. Jameson . 18 

100.109 Joshua Morse . . 48 

Reliance Morse . 48 

Clara Morse ... 23 

Elijah Morse . . 26 

Louisa Morse . . 21 

Reliance Morse . 19 

Uelora Morse . . 17 

Susanna Morse. . 15 



84 



POPULATION. 



Harriet Morse . . 13 

Celestia Morse . . 12 

Anthony A. Morse 9 

Chester L. Morse . 7 

101.110 Horatio N. Clouse 28 
Olive Clouse . . 66 

102.111 Nathan Hills . . 65 
Polly Hills ... 62 
Silas Hills ... 23 
Matilda Hills . . 19 
Kcuben Dickey . 18 

103.112 "William Caswell . 47 
Eunice Caswell . 39 
Ethelbert Caswell . 13 
Augustus Caswell 11 
Elmira Caswell . 18 
Amos Caswell . . 9 
Melinda Caswell . 7 
Hannah M. Caswell 4 
Nathaniel Caswell 2 
Oscar Caswell . 8 mo. 

104.113 George Silloway . 67 
Charles Stearns . 12 
Amelia Fuller . . 10 
Pardon Robbins . 21 

104.114 Eunice Hart . . 36 
Hiantha Hart . . 13 
Martha Hart . . 11 

106.116 Josiah Hills. . . 61 

Mehitable Hills . 66 

Joel Hills ... 20 

Enoch Hills . . 20 

Minerva Hills . . 13 

Stephen Hills . . 32 

106.116 Jonathan Eastman 63 
Nancy Eastman . 66 
Nancy Eastman . 31 
Elvira Eastman . 29 
Joseph Eastman . 27 
Benjamin Eastman 23 
Ijouisii Eastman . 21 
Eveline Eastman . 19 
Aug'tine Eastman 17 
Austin Lawrence . 15 

107.117 Jonathan Siblev . 77 
William C. Sibley. 43 
Mary McCurdy . 57 
Sarah K. McCurdy 17 
Franklin Fairbanks 16 

108.118 Willard Robbins . 60 
Dcb'h W. Robbins 49 
Nancy E. Robbins, 26 
Deb'li M. Robbing 21 



Wm. M. Robbins . 19 

"Wd. Robbins, jun. 17 

Nathl. A. Robbins 16 

Adelbt. P. Robbins 13 

Augusta A. Robbins 9 

Edwin L. Robbins . 6 

109.119 Sylv'sH.Peabody 28 
Harriet Pcabody . 27 
Lauraette Pcabody 3 
FancinaE.Pcabody 1 
Cyrentis Peabody, 3 mo. 

110.120 Micajah G. Morse . 31 
Elizabeth U. Morse 31 
Helen L. Morse . 6 
Ann E. Morse . 2 mo. 
Jonathan Morse . 74 
Margaret Demuth . 66 

111.121 John Little ... 74 
Sarah Little . . 72 
lA-dia Little . . 60 
John M. Little . . 25 

112.122 Charles Fogler . . 40 
Martha Fo<>lcr . . 47 
Cvrus N. Fogler . 15 
Mary F. Fogler . 13 
John F. Fogler . 11 
Martha Ann Fogler 9 
Edward T. Nye . 24 

113.123 Silas Hawes . . . 28 
Margaret Hawes . 24 
Emma F. Hawes 6 mo. 

114.124 Isaac C. Hovey . 31 
Roxana N. Hovey 24 
Harriet L. Hovey . 6 
Sarah Hovey . . 2 
James Barker . . 21 

115.125 George Fossett . 38 
Sarah Fossett . . 32 
James Fossett . . 9 
George M. Fossett 6 
Abigail Keene . . 19 
Caroline Keene . 20 

116.126 John linrkett . . 69 
Abigail Burkett . 63 

117.127 Bradley R. Mowry 54 
Rhobe G. Mowry . 49 
Harriet R. Mowry 23 
Emeline H. Mowry 21 
Ann M. Mowry . 21 
Augustus Mowry . 18 
Irene Mowry . . 16 
Oscarene Mowry . 16 
Mortim, H. Mowrv 14 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



85 



Josephine Mowry . 10 

118.128 Ambrose Linniken 24 
Lois A. Linniken . 23 
Ann E. Linniken, 11 mo. 
Heman Achorn . 15 

119.129 Church Burton . 42 
Ann Lewis Burton 39 
Nancy Burton . . 14 
Benjamin Burton . 11 
Mary A. Burton . 9 
Isabel Burton . . 7 
Estella Burton . . 4 
John C. Burton 6 mo. 
Warren Hills . . 18 
Elizabeth Gay . . 29 

120.130 Asa Andrews . . 37 
Selina Andrews . 27 
John H. Andrews . 6 
George A. Andrews 5 
Sarah L. Andrews 2 
Car. A. Andrews, 8 mo. 
Charles W. Post . 21 
Arav. C. Andrews 20 

121.131 Daniel R. Ryan . 19 
Cordelia R. Ryan . 19 
John W. Ryan . 7 mo. 

122.132 JohnF. Hart . . 54 
Mary Hart ... 54 
Willard Hart . . 30 
Lucy Ann Hart . 24 
Avery S. Hart . . 23 
Abigail S. Hart . 20 
William Hart . . 16 
John A. Hart . . 14 
Edwin H. Hart . 11 
Miriam Hart . . 82 
Luther Hart . . 75 

123.133 Saml. M. Howland 35 
Lydia T. Howland 38 
Abby I. Howland . 12 
Saml. D. Howland 9 
Osgood Howland . 5 

124.134 George H. Jones . 34 
Caroline A. Jones . 32 
Caroline S. Jones . 1 

125.135 Barzil. G. Whiting 35 
Nancy Whiting . 68 

126.136 Jo. Vaughan, jun. 38 
Joanna Vaughan . 37 
Lewis Vaughan . 15 
Celest. A. Vaughan 13 
Helen Vaughan . 1 1 
Edwin M. Vaughan 9 



Jo. Alb. Vaughan . 6 

Mary F. Vaughan . 4 

HewetC.Vaughan,4 mo. 

127.137 JohnPardoe . . 36 
Mary Pardoe . . 37 
M. Ellen Pardoe . 6 
JohnPardoe, jun. . 5 
Marcus Pardoe . . 3 
Nancy Butler . . 53 

128.138 James P. Davis . 22 
Lydia S. Davis . . 17 
Catharine Davis . 52 

129.139 Asa Pitcher. . . 43 
Paulina Pitcher . 42 

130.140 Lyman Alden . . 41 
Sarah Eliz. Alden . 39 
Helen L. Alden . 13 
Eugene B. Alden . 11 
Lyman M. Alden . 7 
Henry E. Alden . 3 

131.141 John Williams . . 36 
Sarah Williams . 34 
George F. WiUiams 6 
Aug. E. WilHams . 3 
Chas. F. Williams . 17 

132.142 Phillips C. Harding 50 
Parney Harding . 59 
Francis Harding . 26 
John Harding . . 25 
Abigail C. Harding 21 
Harriet Harding . 19 
Oren Harding . . 22 
John Whittemore . 42 

133.143 Joseph Gleason . 48 

134.144 SavilleMetcalf. . 41 
Lois Metcalf . . 41 
Caroline P. Metcalf 13 
Hannah E. Metcalf 10 
Stephen L. Metcalf 9 
Saville D. Metcalf. 5 
James C. Metcalf . 1 

135.145 James B. Morse . 27 
Mary A. Morse . 26 

136.146 Edmund Crowell . 43 
Jane W. Crowell . 37 
Edmd. Crowell, jun. 2 
Delia Crowell . . 1 
Mary Martin . . 18 
Albert Tobey . . 15 

137.147 Philo Thurston, jun. 30 
Olive Thurston . 31 
WillisE.Thurston,7 mo. 

138. US William Gleason . 44 



86 



POPULATION. 



Lydia Gleason , . 43 

Abigail C. Glcasou 19 

Micajah Gleason . 15 

Hannah I. Gleason 1 1 

Helen E. Gleason . 8 

Edward Gleason . 6 

139.149 Spencer Walcott . 43 
Esther P. Walcott 44 
Hannah Walcott . 19 
Loana M. Walcott 14 
Mary A. Walcott . 13 
Sanf "d H. Walcott 11 
Joseph D. Walcott 9 
M'tha C.Walcott.lO mo. 
Hannah Walcott . 75 
Spencer W.' Hills . 25 

140.150 Charles Young. . 43 
Betsey Young . . 36 
Rosanna A. Young 15 
George A. Young . 6 

141.151 Noah S. Rice . . 37 
Augusta D. Rice . 30 
Caroline L. Rice . 8 
Henry Clay Rice . 6 

142.152 James Grinnell . 52 
Sarah Grinnell . . 53 
John Grinnell . . 26 
Juha M. Grinnell . 21 
Royal Grinnell . 18 
James A. Grinnell 15 
Laurette Grinnell . 9 

143.153 Benjamin Walker . 62 
Elizabeth Walker . 64 
Eliz'th M. Walker 33 

144.154 SimonM.Thompson 42 
D.W.r. Thompson 16 

145.155 riiinehas Butler . 62 
Silence Butler . . 57 
Phinchas W.Butler 16 

146.156 Chaiies Sumner . 58 
Nancy Sumner . . 53 
Hannah F. Sumner 30 
Wm. O. Sumner . 28 
Eliz'th M. Sumner 26 
James S. Sumner . 24 
Jane R. Sumner . 22 
Irene V. Sumner . 19 
Charles J. Sumner 17 
PriscillaD. Sumner 13 
Lucy A. Sumner . 11 
Geo. F. D. Sumner 8 

147.157 John Kimball . . 44 
M'garet J. Kimball 41 




Nathl. M. Kimball 14 

John L. Kimball . 11 

B annin g P . Kimball 8 

Myra A. Kimball . 4 

148.158 George W.Butler . 41 

Eleanor Butler . . 41 

Susan R. Butler . 17 

Mary Ann Butler . 15 

Hosea C. Butler . 13 

John S. Butler . . 11 

Albert E. Butler . 8 

Matthias Butler . 25 

Liana E. Butler . 19 

Aniina C. Butler . 3 

Azelia M. Butler . 1 

.160 Sarah Butler . • 54 

Harriet Morton . 1 1 

Ephraim U. Butler 20 

.161 Israel Barker . . 47 

Mary Barker . . 43 

Marston Barker . 14 

Mary E. Barker . 1 1 

AVm. H. H. Barker 9 

Julia M. Barker . 6 

152.162 Story Thompson . 33 

Hannah Thompson 33 

Elias R. Thompson 10 

Julia A. Thompson 7 

Gilb. M. Thompson 3 

C. S. Thompson . 1 

William Harriman 44 

Amb'se Thompson 20 

John Thompson . 57 

Martha Thompson 02 

153. 1G3 James Thompson . 46 

Harriet Thompson 41 

Solomon Thompson 20 

Erast. C. Thompson 16 

Aug'tinc Thompson 14 

Lucy E. Thompson 1 1 

Martha J. Thompson 10 

Lewis Thompson . 7 

164 Nathan Whitney . 50 
Clarissa Whitney . 39 

165 Thomas C. Nye . 37 
Amanda J. Nye . 30 
Emma A. Nye . . 8 
Vienna C. Stetson 23 
Anna Nye . . . 73 

166 Charles F. Blake . 35 
Jane Blake ... 65 
Emily R. B. Dorman 40 
Theron Blake . . 27 



154 
155 



156 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



87 



157.167 


Caleb Haddocks 


. 49 




Wm. M. Stewart . 


7 




Nancy Haddocks 


. 57 




Ann M. Stewart . 


1 




Geo. L. Haddocks 


. 23 


169.179 


Eunice Lincoln 


50 




Angeline Haddocks 17 




Lemuel Lincoln . 


17 




Ira Haddocks . 


. 19 




Alvan Lincoln . . 


14 




Aarou Haddocks 


. 18 




Berthana Lincoln . 


12 




Nancy Haddocks 


. 15 




Joshua Lincoln 


10 




Susan'h Haddocks 


13 




Eldora G. Lincoln . 


2 


158.168 


Henry Butler . 


. 38 


170.180 Willard Lucas . . 


44 




Hary Butler 


. 40 




Anna Lucas . . . 


40 




Thomas J. Butler 


. 11 




Hary F. Lucas . . 


20 




Rhoda Butler , 


. 5 




Austin Lucas . . 


18 




Huldah T. Butler, 


3 mo. 




Amanda Lucas 


16 




Geo. L. Haddocks 


22 




Hartha A. Lucas . 


13 


159.169 


Hoses Hawes . 


. 33 




Eliza F. Lucas . . 


11 




Lucinda Hawes 


. 30 




Harrison F. Lucas . 


4 




Elizabeth Libbey 


. 67 


171.181 


Ebenez. HcPheters 


42 




Sarah Jackson . 


. 15 




Sarah HcPheters . 


30 




Rosanna Fuller 


. 4 




Albert HcPheters,9 


mo. 


160.170 


Abigail Stewart 


. 65 




Ellen Jameson . . 


5 


1G1.171 


Oren 0. Stewart 


, 30 


172.182 


John Lanfest . . 


28 




Hary A. Stewart 


. 30 




Lavinia Lanfest 


21 


162.172 


Waldron S. Butler 49 




Hatilda A. Lanfest 


1 




Harriet Butler . 


. 32 


173.183 


Andrew P. Gilman 


40 




0. Nelson Butler 


. 9 




Sarah Gilman . . 


35 




Eben. Ed. Butler 


. 8 




Andrew Gilman . 


17 




Thomas Butler 


. 1 




Nathl. P. Gilman . 


15 




Jeruel Butler . 


. 47 




Alexander Gilman 


8 


163.173 


Thomas Butler . 


. 80 




Hary E. Gilman . 


5 


164.174 


Ebenezer Blunt 


. 54 




Flora Gilman • . 


2 




Susan Blunt 


. 52 


174.184 


Stillman Nye . . 


27 




Hary A. Blunt 


. 19 




Emily B. H. Nye . 


21 




Hartha Blunt . 


. 17 


175.185 


Obadiah Harris 


54 




Betsey Blunt . 


. 16 




Hary Harris . . 


54 




Oscar Blunt 


7 




Herman Harris 


22 


165.175 


Jacob Sibley 


73 




Wm. S. Harris . . 


20 




Abigail Sibley . 


71 




Isaac S. Harris . . 


14 


166.176 


Ebenezer B. Sibley 32 


176.186 


Ziba Simmons . . 


60 




Helea Sibley . 


24 




Hannah Simmons . 


49 




Lucy A. Sibley 


4 




Hervey B.Simmons 


21 




Franklin E. Siblej 


' 3 




Hary Wentworth . 


15 




E. Florena Sibley, 


1 mo. 




Hartha J. Jameson 


8 




Dudley Farnhani 


20 


177.187 


Hary Simmons. . 


54 


167.177 


Thomas J. Blunt 


25 




Hoses L. Simmons 


25 




Nancy Blunt . 


21 




Luther L. Simmons 


23 




Eliza F. Blunt . 


2 




Angenon Simmons 


17 




Hartha A. Blunt 


1 


178.188 


Herman Hero . , 


29 




Daniel Clark . 


20 




Electa A. Hero . 


25 


168.178 


Wm. D. Stewart 


42 




Arthur L. Hero . 


2 




Haria Stewart . 


40 


179.189 


John Lindley . . 


38 




Harriet Stewart 


15 




H'garet L. Lindley 


38 




Sai-ah Stewart . 


12 




Catharine J. Lindley 


13 




Cyrus G. Stewart 


10 




Rienzi H. Lindlev 


11 



88 

Ada A. Lindley 
Wm. L. Lindley 
John W. Lindley 
Eliza Lindley . 

180.190 John W. Lindley 
Lucy W. Lindley 
Charles Walter 

181.191 Isley Martin . 
Eliza Martin 
George Y. Martin . 
Sarah Martin . . 
Adam ^Martin . . 
!Mary Martin 
Francis Sennott . 

182.192 Spencer Mero . . 
Esther Mero . . 
Elisha H. Mero . 
Spencer Mero, jun. 
Sarah F. Mero . . 
Anson Mero . . 
Chester Mero , . 

183.193 Benj. Litchfield . 
Nancy Litchfield . 
Alden Litchfield . 
Silns C. Litchfield . 
Helen A. Coombs . 
John H. Coombs . 
Nancy A. Coombs . 
Hannah Libbcy 

184.194 Marlboro' Packard 
Mary A. Packard . 
Nathan Packard . 
Benaiah Packard . 
Martin Packard 
Mary C. Packard . 
Franklin C.Packard 
Wm. Alien Packard 
Edward T. Packard 
Sclinda S. Packard 
Emily A. Decoster 

185.195 Seth Miller . . . 
Mary Miller . . 
liOve Miller . . . 
Laura Miller . . 
Lcwella Miller . . 
lloscoc Miller . . 
(iranvillc Miller . 

180.19(5 Joseph Cushman . 
Eleanor C'nshman . 
Henry T. (hishuian 
Daniel B. Cushman 
Alma F. Cushman 
Ezra W. Curtis 



POPULATION. 


. 9 


187.197 


. 6 




. 2 




1 mo. 




. 67 


188.198 


. 66 




. 24 




. 44 


189.199 


. 45 


190.200 



13 

11 

75 

67 

19 

57 

53 

23 

20 

17 

14 

9 

68 

58 

19 

16 

11 

9 

7 

16 

46 

42 

17 

14 

12 

10 

8 

5 

3 

1 

21 

52 

43 

8 

7 

6 

3 

1 

56 

59 

28 

22 

16 

11 



191.201 

192.202 
193.203 



Seth M. Cushman . 32 
Lucy A. Cushman 21 
H'rietV.Cushman,6 mo. 
H'rietM.Sidelinger 12 
Jedidiah Morse . 34 
Rebecca B. Morse . 28 
Alenzer F. Morse . 8 
Sarah Rice ... 66 
Edwai-d Clary . . 
Nancy Clary 
Caroline Clary . 
Josephine Clary 
Silas H. Clary . 
Betsey Tuck . . 
Leonard Barnard . 
Nancy Barnard 
Charles A. Barnard 
L-a Barnard . . . 
Clarissa Barnard . 
Delora Barnard 
Edward Barnard . 
Michael N. Filer . 
Sarah C. Filer . . 
Mary C. Filer . 
Suell Cummings 
Sophia Cummings 



. 5 

4 
8 mo. 
. 58 
. 49 
. 49 

25 
. 23 
. 20 
. 18 
. 15 
. 33 
. 28 
2 mo. 
. 61 

50 



Lydia M. Cummings 25 

Maria Cummings . 20 

Delana Cummings 18 

Nancy Cummings . 16 

Suell Cummings . 13 

Wm. A. Cummings 8 

194.204 Joseph Irish . . 33 
Cordelia Irish . . 32 
Milton Irish . . 9 
INIary E. Irish . . 3 
George A. Irish 9 mo. 

195.205 Cornelius Irish . 68 
Polly Irish ... 68 

196.206 Ebcnez. W. Adams 62 
Mima Adams . . 58 
Olivia D. Adams . 31 
Esther A. Adams . 23 
Marvan D. Adams 22 
Polly Ripley . . 60 

197.207 Otis'llawes ... 57 
Elsie Hawes . . 53 
Philander Hawes . 22 
Cyrenc Hawes . . 17 
I-aurinda Hawes . It 
Edwin Ilawcs . . 10 
Charles B. Hawes . S 
Julia Hawes . . 20 



p 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



89 



198.208 


Sarah Hawes . . 


85 




Henry F. Sidelinger 


7 




Julia Hawes . . 


52 




Hez. H. Sidelinger 


4 


199.209 Moses Luce . . . 


35 


207.217 


Daniel Ripley . . 


57 




Sarah Luce . . . 


35 




Gardner Ripley 


21 




Seth Luce . . . 


9 


208.218 


John Hagar . . . 


33 




Elizabeth M. Luce 


7 




Jane Hagar . . . 


27 




Remember Luce . 


60 




Emily J. Hagar . 


8 




Almond Thompson 


24 




Ann S. Hagar . . 


6 


200.210 


Caleb Howard . . 


70 




John E. Hagar . . 


4 




Betsey Howard 


51 




Ed-win L. Hagar . 


2 




George Howard . 


23 




Samuel Hagar . 9 


mo. 


201.211 


Richard Sayward . 


67 


209.219 


Martha Philbrook . 


34 




Eliza Sayward . . 


68 


• 


Charles Philbrook . 


4 




Richd. K. Sayward 


30 




Jos. F. Philbrook, 10 


mo. 




Perez B. Sayward . 


25 


210.220 


Lewis Law . . . 


33 




Christiana Mitchell 


19 




Lydia Law . 




26 




Henry Mitchell 


13 




Norris M. Law 




3 


202.212 


Daniel Shepard 


74 


211.221 


Sewell Hagar 




56 




Alice Shepard . . 


75 




Eleanor Hagar 




44 




John A. Shepard . 


45 




Mary Hagar . 




14 




Eliza Shepard . . 


43 




Ezekiel Hagar 




11 




Wm. Shepard . . 


41 




Martha Hagar 




9 




Elsie Shepard • . 


34 




George A. Hagar . 


7 




Daniel Shepard 


33 




FrankUn Weever . 


20 




Amanda Shepard . 


30 


212.222 


Ebenez. Sidelinger 


46 


203.213 


Albert Fuller . . 


36 




C'harine Sidelinger 


47 




Nancy Fuller . . 


37 




Sarah Sidelinger . 


24 




Isaac F. Fuller . . 


11 




Robt. M. Sidelinger 


23 




Mary E. FuUer . 


9 




Andrew Sidelinger 


21 




Lucy Fuller . . 


7 




Spencer Sidelinger 


19 




James C. Fuller . 


5 




L'ciusH.Sidelinger 


17 




Albert J. Fuller . 


1 




James Sidelinger . 


15 


204.214 


Geo. W. Sidelinger 


28 




Ann M. Sidelinger 


13 




Eliz. J. Sidelinger . 


26 




Daniel Sidelinger . 


10 




Jacob Sidelinger . 


4 




Manuel Sidelinger 


8 




Sarah J. Sidelinger 


2 




Miles Sidelinger . 


6 




Ara. W. Sidelinger 


1 




Ii-a SideUnger . . 


2 




Edw. A.Sidelinger, 1 


mo. 


213.223 


Benjamin L. Law . 


67 


205.215 


Moses Sidelinger . 


35 




Esther Law . . . 


61 




Jane A. Sidelinger 


29 




Charles P. Law 


39 




Angelet. Sidelinger 


10 




Benjamin Law . . 


37 




Mary J. Sidelinger 


7 




Frankhn Law . . 


33 




M'garet Sidelinger 


5 




Stephen Law . . 


28 




Ever't B. Sidelinger 


3 




Henry Law . . . 


26 




C'line L. SideUnger 


1 




Harriet Law . . 


22 




Martha Ripley . . 


13 




Rebecca Law . . 


19 




George Ripley . . 


23 


214.224 


Ebenezer Daggett . 


52 


206.216 


Daniel Sidelinger . 


62 




Salome Daggett . 


45 




Caroline Sidelinger 


18 




Charles M. Daggett 


16 




E. A. G. Sidelinger 


16 




C'tine C. Daggett . 


14 




SimonM.Sidelinger 


14 




Darius Daggett 


12 




H'riet M. Sidelinger 


13 




Harriet D. Daggett 


10 




Mary E. Sidelinger 


9 




Lucius C. Daggett 


7 



90 


POPULATION. 








Angelia Daggett . 


3 




AlmatiaW. Robbins 17 


215.225 


E. N. Biitlcr . . 


41 


225.235 


Reuben Hagar . 


. 41 




Mary Butler . . 


44 




Nancy Hagai* . 


. 30 




Susan M. Butler . 


16 




Chester Hagar . 


. 9 




Harriet P. Butler . 


14 




Westford Hagai- 


. 7 




George A. Butler . 


12 




Norris Hagar . 


. 5 




Marj' E. Butler . 


10 




Eldon Hagar . 


1 




Wm. H. H. Butler 


8 


226.236 


Thaddeus Shepard 71 




Amelia M. Butler . 


6 




Susan Shepard 


. 61 




Charles Tripp . . 


33 




Noah E. Shepard 


. 28 




Catharine Butler . 


73 




James E. Shepard 


. 15 


216.226 


John Burns, jun. . 


44 




George Shepard 


. 11 




Lucy Burns . . . 


8 




Mary Shepard . 


. 9 




Thomas Hagar . . 


29 




Nathan Shepard 


. 60 




Esther Hagar . . 


22 


227.237 Thad. S. Shepard 


. 37 




Mercy Jones . . 


62 




Sarah S. Shepard 


. 30 




Llewellyn Burns . 


16 




George Howard 


. 21 


217.227 


Alfred Adams . . 


60 


228.238 


Mace Shepard . 


. 40 




Esther Page . . . 


52 




Martha J. Shepard 41 




Luth Adams . . 


45 




Martha J. Shepard 8 




J as. Orson Adams 


33 


229.239 


Daniel D. Law . 


. 49 




Joel Adams, jun. . 


11 




Jane L. Law 


. 37 


218.228 


Thaddeiis Luce 


67 




Mary P. Law . 


. 14 




Lavinia Luce . . 


64 




Frederic Law . 


. 7 




Maria Luce . . . 


28 




Jas. Thomas, jun. 


. 19 




llosilla Luce . . 


23 


230.240 


Silas P. Law . 


. 33 




Sullivan B. Luce . 


21 




Sarah Law . . 


33 




Ann C. Gleason 3 


mo. 




Albert Law . . 


. 10 


219.229 


Abigail Cole . . 


51 


231.241 


Stephen Carriel 


. 47 




Mary A. Cole . . 


14 




Jane Carriel . . 


48 




Joseph E. Cole . . 


9 




Sylvester B. Carrie 


1 22 


220.230 


Robert Dickey . . 


27 




Leandcr T. Carriel 


19 




Sarah A. Dickey . 


21 




Adelia W. Carriel 


17 




Joseph K. Dickey, 7 


mo. 




Augustus G. Carri 


il 10 




Isaac Racklifi'e . . 


14 




Albion D. Ctu-riel 


6 


221.231 


Vinal Ware . . . 


60 


232.242 


John Stevens . 


56 




Lavinia A. "Ware . 


49 




Mary Stevens . 


39 




Harriet M. '\^'are . 


17 




Armina Pease . 


15 




Erastus Waie . . 


15 




Sumner Pease . 


13 




liUcy Tuck . . . 


70 




Gilbert Pease . 


12 




Sarah Brown . . 


65 




Marj' J. Stevens 


3 




Emeliue Crabtree . 


24 




Ilai'riet Stevens 


19 


222.232 


David Seavcy . . 


38 




John S. Stevens 


17 




Sarah A. Seavey . 


32 


233.243 


Nathl. G. Lothrop 


46 


223.233 


Nathan D. Rice . 


64 




Betsey E. Lothrop 


46 




Eliza Carriel . . 


46 




Julia A. Lothrop 


13 




James KietF . . . 


22 




Harriet E. Lothrop 


11 




Dennie Stetson 


16 




Elijah Lotlirop . . 


10 


224.234 


Cyrus Robbins . . 


51 




Sarah Lothrop . . 


9 




Olivia Robbins . . 


56 




Alden Lothrop 


6 




Ebcr A. Robbins . 


2o 


231.244 


Parker Messer . . 


49 




Olivia V. Robbins . 


20 




Eliza Messer . . 


45 




Laurilla A. Robbins 


18 




Robert M. Messer . 


21 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



91 



Charles H. Messer 17 

Ambrose Messer . 14 

Eliza E. Messer . 2 

235.245 Nancy Bryant . . 47 
Jacob S. Bryant . 21 
Joseph Bryant. . 18 
Nancy J. Bryant . 16 
Abby M. Bryant . 10 
John F. Bryant . 9 

236.246 DanielWalker.jun. 37 
Lydia Walker . . 41 
Jason Walker . . 14 
George P. Walker 12 
Catharine Walker . 10 
Lucinda Walker . 7 
Martha A. Walker 4 
Le\i Walker . . 2 

237.247 Danford Carriel . 40 
Harriet N. Carriel 35 
Rachel H. Carriel . 3 
Flora R. Carriel . 1 
Jonathan Carriel . 67 
Sybil Carriel . . 63 

238.248 Martha Carriel . . 56 
Olive Can-iel . . 46 

239.249 John Walker . . 74 
Sarah Walker . . 72 
John Walker, jun. 33 
Eliz'th B. Walker . 27 

' John C. Cromett . 8 

240.250 Cyrus Robbins, jun. 27 
Margaret Robbins . 27 
Eldred Robbins 4 mo. 
Nelson Burns . • 17 
Joel Burns ... 12 
Lucinda Burns . 23 
Augustus Burns . 21 
Henry Bui'ns . . 19 
John Bui-ns ... 72 
Margaret Burns . 62 

241.251 Daniel Walker . . 76 
Fanny Walker. . 71 
Fanny Achorn . . 46 
Eliz'th B. Achorn . 18 
Elisha Achorn . . 20 
Jacob B. Achorn . 13 
Daniel Achorn . . 6 

242.252 George Cox. . . 27 
Fanny Cox ... 23 
Mary M. Cox . . 6 
John W. Cox . . 3 
Wm. A. J. Leach . 3 

243.253 John Taylor. . . 42 



Mai'ia Taylor . . 37 

Frances O. Taylor . 16 

Elsie G. Taylor . 14 

Lindall R. Taylor . 12 

George B. Taylor . 10 

Sarah M. Taylor . 1 

244.254 Samuel Fuller, jun. 34 
Eliza Fuller. . . 22 
Wra. E. Fuller . . 5 
Abigail A. Fuller . 4 
Flora I. Fuller . . 2 
M'garet A. Fuller, 2 mo. 

245.255 Samuel Fuller . . 62 
Jemima Fuller . . 58 
Sarah J. Fuller . 22 
Rhoda Fuller . . 21 
Fisher H. Fuller . 27 
Charles Fuller . . 15 
Lewis Law ... 6 

246.256 Pond Davis ... 46 
Betsey Davis . . 42 
Wm. L. Davis . . 19 
Angeline M. Davis 16 
Helen E. Davis . 13 
Elsie A. Davis . 10 
Ada F. Davis . . 7 
Mercy D. Davis . 5 
Hannah A. Davis . 2 
Jacob P. Davis . . 83 

247.257 Asaph Lucas . . G5 
Hannah Lucas . . 64 
John O. Lucas . . 10 
Hannah Grinnell . 90 

248.258 Edwin Lucas . . 43 
Phebe Lucas . . 30 
Willard Lucas . . 12 
John O. Lucas . . 10 
Armeda A. Lucas . 6 
Auga. Blake Lucas 4 
Mary A. Lucas 8 mo. 

249.259 Olney Titus. . . 77 
Abigail Titus . . 75 

250.260 Philo Thurston . 55 
Julia M. Thurston 51 
Nathan' 1 Thurston 23 
Jo. D. Thurston . 20 
Hai-1. W. Thui-ston 13 
Darwin Thurston . 7 

251.261 Albert Thurston . 26 
Lavinia Thurston . 25 
Chas. A. Thurston 1 
Rhoda Fuller . . 21 

252.262 Hugh Gordon . . 40 



92 POPULATION. 






Margaret Gordon . 


27 


260.270 Franklin Rice . . 


32 


Angelia S. Gordon 


16 




Patience M. Rice . 


28 


253.263 Nathan Bachelder . 


49 




Albert A. Rice . . 


5 


Jane Bach elder 


49 




Helen E. Rice . . 


1 


Nath. A. Bachelder 


22 




Wm. M. Robbins . 


19 


Llew. F. Bachelder 


21 


261.271 


Josiah Shepard . . 


30 


Ama. E. Bachelder 


17 




Statira Shepard 


23 


AnstmE.Bachelder 


15 




Susan C. Shepard . 


1 


L'cius F. Bachelder 


13 


262.272 


Nathan M. Gleason 


44 


AdelaideBachelder 


11 




Charles Gleason . 


17 


Electa Bachelder . 


9 




Sarah A. Gleason . 


15 


George Bachelder . 


2 




Eliza M. Gleason . 


11 


Edward Taylor . . 


27 




Maria Gleason . . 


1 


Mary Taylor . . 


23 


263.273 


David N. Oakes . 


69 


254.264 Amos Barrett . . 


70 




Mary Oakes . . 


62 


Harriet E,. Barrett 


42 




Mary Oakes . . . 


36 


255.265 Benj. Bachelder . 


29 




Nancy Oakes . . 


34 


Ann Bachelder 


26 




Martha Oakes . . 


21 


Ann R. Bachelder . 


4 




David N. Oakes . 


19 


Rachl.N.Bachelder 


2 




C. Sumner Oakes . 


27 


Sarah A. Bachelder 


21 


264.274 


William Coggan . 


46 


256.266 Jesse Arnold . . 


32 




Mary Coggan . . 


39 


Mary J. Arnold . 


31 




Ethelda Coggan . 


20 


Thomas E. Arnold 


8 




Emily B. Coggan . 


16 


Alfred E. Arnold . 


4 




Deborah M. Coggan 


13 


Helen Arnold . . 


2 




Esther F. Coggan . 


10 


257.267 Nathaniel Clark . 


44 




Alanson M. Coggan 


9 


Betsey A. Clark . 


42 




William Oxton 


23 


Harriet A. Clark . 


17 




William Thompson 


42 


Sarah P. Clark . . 


15 


265.275 Robert Thompson . 


50 


Martha E. Clark . 


14 




Charity Thompson 


40 


Octavius L. Clark . 


10 




Jedidah Thompson 


21 


Julia F. Clark . . 


8 




M'cellus Thompson 


18 


Nathl. S. Clark . 


2 




Ellen A. Thompson 


17 


258.268 Japheth Gove . . 


44 




Laura E.Thompson 


16 


Nancy Gove . . 


42 




H'rietA.Thompson 


9 


WiUiston F. Gove 


23 


266.276 


Charles Hibbard . 


44 


Antoinette Gove . 


21 




Lydia P. Hibbard . 


40 


James Gove . . . 


18 




Daniel Hibbard 


18 


Olivia Gove . . . 


15 




Hollis Hibbard . . 


16 


Charles Gove . . 


10 




Cyrus Hibbard . . 


13 


George Gove . . 


3 




Chas. W. Hibbard 


11 


Harriet Young . . 


24 




Parker M. Hibbard 


7 


Edward McLean . 


19 




James R. Hibbard . 


3 


Joseph Carkin . . 


19 


267.277 Alexr. Suchfort . 


29 


259.269 John Bachelder . 


59 




Mary Suchfort . . 


23 


Julia Bachelder . 


53 




Hannah Suchfort . 


3 


H'riet L. Bachelder 


24 




John G. Suchfort, 1 


mo. 


John M. Bachelder 


21 




Elizabeth Coombs . 


15 


F'ces V. Bachelder 


18 


268.278 


John Proctor . . 


53 


Chas. G. Bachelder 


16 




Clarissa Proctor . 


48 


EUza M. Bachelder 


14 




Philander Proctor . 


12 


Mary C. Bachelder 


12 




Adelbert Proctor . 


10 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



93 



Elvira Proctor . • 16 

Mary Proctor . . 19 

Sarah Roakes . . 27 

269.279 Rebecca Metcalf . 58 

270.280 Judson Caswell . 53 
Mercy Caswell . . 38 
Hannah Caswell . 18 
John C. Caswell . 16 
Lemuel Caswell . 14 
Lozeah Caswell . 11 
Mary O. Caswell . 8 
Christiana A. Caswell 6 
Caroline E. Caswell 3 

271.281 Elias Skidmore . 51 
Priscilla Skidmore 52 
Elias Skidmore . 25 
Gardner Skidmore 23 
Emily F. Skidmore 16 
Thos. W. Pinkham 14 
Roderic G. Newhall 6 

272.282 AValter W. Clark . 54 
Joanna Clark . . 44 
Ellen A. Clark . . 20 
Henrv D. Clark . 18 
EzraB. Clark . . 16 
Isaac M. Clark . . 14 
James A. Clark . 9 

273.283 Alpheus Collamore 68 
Chloe Collamore . 57 
Richard Collamore 23 
Mary Collamore . 20 
Andrew J. Collamore 17 
Elias A. Collamore 1 
Elmina P. Roakes . 21 

274.284 John Jones, 2d . . 53 
Sally Jones ... 49 
Martha M. Jones . 25 
WilUam M. Jones . 24 
John P. Jones . . 23 
Albert M. Jones . 20 
Leander Jones . . 17 
Liccna Jones . . 15 
George M. Jones . 12 
Benson G. Jones . 10 

275.285 Sanniel Norwood . 33 
Sibyl Norwood . 30 
Lysander Norwood 10 
Sarah Norwood . 8 
Lucretia Norwood 6 
Orlando Norwood . 3 
Llewellyn Norwood 1 

276.286 Henry M. Collier . 35 
]Mahala Collier . . 30 

9 



Helen M. Collier . 1 

James Upham . . 12 

277.287 Robert M. Pease . 52 
Sarah Pease ... 5 1 
Zilpah H. Pease . 19 
Lucy A. Pease. . 17 
Austin L. Pease . 15 
Helen A. Pease . 5 

278.288 Benjamin Frye. . 46 
Nancy Frye ... 46 
Job Frye .... 42 

279.289 James Roakes . . 26 
Lois Roakes . . 26 
Susan Roakes . . 1 

280.290 Asa Gowen ... 39 
Hannah Gowen . 38 
Harriet Ellen Gowen 14 
Abby Electa Gowen 9 
Hannah A. Gowen 4 
William Stevens . 5 
Benjamin Dow . 87 

281.291 John Gowen . . 69 
Rebecca II. Gowen 69 

282.292 David Fossett . . 42 
Martha A. Fossett 33 
Henry M. Fossett . 12 
Mary E. Fossett . 9 
Sarah Fossett . . 6 
Julia Fossett . . 2 
George Miller . . 62 

283.293 Samuel Fossett . 29 
Mary A. Fossett . 26 
Isaac H. Fossett . 4 
Caroline M. Fossett 2 

284.294 Nathan Knowlton 31 
Mary Knowlton . 27 
liConora Knowlton 1 

285.295 Henry Fossett, jun. 34 
Amanda Fossett . 23 
Oscar Fossett . . 3 
Mary E. Fossett . 1 

286.296 Enoch Weeks . . 25 
Ruth A. Weeks . 19 

287.297 Henry Fossett . . 67 
Thomas C. Fossett 38 
Abigail Fossett . 33 
Ellen Fossett . . 1 

288.298 Josiah Simmons . 27 
Rachel Simmons . 30 
James H. Simmons 8 
Hannah D. Simmons 4 
Ra. M. Simmons, 8 mo. 
Eliza Jane Davis . 20 



94 



POPULATION. 



289.299 Oliver Townscnd . 30 
Nancy Townscnd . 22 
Georgiana Towiisend 2 
R. O. Townscnd, 7 nio. 

290.300 Samuel Stone . . 63 
Elizabeth Stone . 50 
Elmiia A. Stone . 17 
Koseoe Stone . . 11 
Augusta Stone . . 9 

291.301 Job C. Simmons . 34 
Clarissa Simmons . 36 
Harriet Simmons . 9 
George Simmons . 7 
Ilenry Simmons . 5 
James Simmons . 3 
Sarah E. Simmons 1 
A. M. Simmons, 8 mo. 

292.302 George M. Fossett 32 
Sarah A. Fossett . 26 
Stephen H. Fossett 5 
Margaret M. Fossett 2 
Martha F. Fossett . 1 

293.303 Zebedee Simmons . 23 
Margaret Simmons 30 
John E. K. Simmons 1 
C. A. Z. Simmons, 2 mo. 

294.304 George B. Daggett 25 
Mary J. Daggett . 25 
Amelia Burns . . 9 

295.305 Isaac Upham . . 70 
Eliza T. Upham . 60 
Eliza F. Upham . 19 

296.306 John Upham . . 30 
Mary A. Upham . 27 
Euphemia A. UjAam 1 
Warren C. Upham 14 
Abigail Bruce . . 61 

297.307 Joseph M. Gleason 41 
Frances Gleason . 42 
Jane A. Gleason . 1 1 
"William C. Gleason 9 
Martha A. Gleason 3 
Harris Eanfest . . 23 

298.308 liufus Stone . . 24 
Silvia G. Stone . 24 
William Caswell . 16 

299.309 John Oakes ... 39 
Ellen Oakes . . 46 
Sanford Mero . . 15 
Maria Jameson . . 11 

300.310 John Adams . . 31 
Rachel Adams . . 29 
Thomas M. Adams 8 



Francis M. Adams 6 

Samuel S. Adams . 2 

Jerh. W. Mitchell . 15 

301.311 Minot Mcsser . . 45 
Lydia Messer . . 41 
John B. Messer . 23 
Caroline H. Messer 21 
Samuel L. Messer . 19 
Thomas G. Messer 16 
Vinal Messer . . 14 
Lydia A. Messer . 11 
Hannah M. Messer 1 1 
Eliza Messer . . 10 
Margaret M. Messer 8 
Emeline Messer . 5 
Aravilla B. Messer 1 
Phebe Messer . . 79 

302.312 Ebenezer S. Messer 37 
Nancy S. Messer . 38 
Laura Messer . . 13 
Charles II. INIcsser 11 
Emma P. Messer . 9 
Mary Messer . . 6 
Amanda Messer . 1 
John Brown . . 19 
Hannah Messer . 75 
Hannah ^lesser . 41 

303.313 Nathaniel B.Gowen 27 
Elizabeth H. Gowen 21 

304.314 Sarah A. Hart . . 12 
Richard Moody . 32 
Sarah Moody . . 30 
William Moody . 8 
Mahala Moody . . 5 
Eldora Moody . 9 mo. 
Harriet Moody . . 11 

305.315 Benjamin Clark . 57 
EUza Clark ... 49 
Chandler Brackett 20 

306.316 Silas Carriel . .41 
Sally Carriel . . 37 
Woodbury Carriel 9 
Martha Carriel . . 8 
Aldana Carriel . . 6 

307.317 James Bryant . . 50 
Charlotte Bryant . 55 
Silas C. Bryant . 23 
David Bryant . . 20 
Arvilla Bryant . . 16 

308.318 Joseph Whcaton . 60 
Mary Wheaton . 60 

309.319 Aaron Bryant . . 42 
Emeline Brvant . 42 



UNITED STATES CENSUS. 



95 



Wm. H. Bryant . 


17 


317.327 


Marj' E. Bryant . 


15 




Delphina G. Bryant 


14 


318.328 


Sarah Bryant . . 


13 




Phebe J. Brj^ant . 


11 




Martha A. Bryant 


9 




Julia E. Bryant 


5 




James F. Bryant . 


2 




310.320 Nathan Clark . . 


47 




jMary ]M. Clark . . 


46 


319.329 


Elizabeth O'^Meira 


17 




Gilbert Pitman 


43 




EJson S. Stevens . 


3 


320.330 


Enoch B. Evans . 


25 




311.321 Isaac To wnsend . 


69 




Sarah Townsend . 


66 




Caroline Townsend 


19 


321.331 


Martha Townsend 


26 




312.322 Isaac Townsend . 


32 




Fanny Townsend . 


31 




Marv 0. Townsend 


3 


322.332 


E. E. Townsend, 9 


mo. 




313.323 John Robinson. . 


57 




Harriet Robinson . 


43 




Darius Robinson . 


18 




Stillman Robinson 


16 




Horatio Robinson . 


14 




Elvina Robinson . 


15 


323.333 


Delano Robinson . 


9 




Alonzo Robinson . 


7 




Oramil Robinson . 


5 




314.324 Orris Blood . . . 


39 




Maria Blood . . 


40 


324.334 


Delora A. Blood . 


11 




Josiah Drake . . 


19 


325.335 


Jesse Drake . . . 


7 




Miriam H. Blood, 8 


mo. 




Lewis Bobbins . . 


16 




31o.32o. Cyrus Morton . . 


45 


326.336 


Sally :Morton . . 


38 




James G. Morton . 


18 




C. Roscoe Morton 


13 


327.337 


Sarah F. Morton . 


11 




Ann M. Morton . 


6 




i John C. Morton . 


8 




• Nancy J. Morton . 


2 




316.326 Calvin Gleason . . 


35 




Abigail S. Gleason 


29 




Helen C. Gleason . 


8 


328.338 


Moses S. Gleason . 


6 




John A. Gleason . 


3 




John Brown . . 


18 




Cyrcnus Daggett . 


19 





Sally Gleason . . 67 
Caroline McKinney 16 
James Townsend . 35 
Mary F. Townsend 28 
Aldana S. Townsend 1 1 
Geo. W. Townsend 9 
F. L. Townsend . 7 
Jas. A. Townsend . 4 
Oceana M.To■^\^lseud 1 
Artemas Shepard . 73 
INIartha Shepard . 50 
Benjamin Smith . 18 
Leonard Wade . . 77 
Sally Wade ... 70 
Sarah Daggett . . 43 
Mary E. Daggett . 6 
John Tobey ... 82 
Melicent Tobey . 52 
Elkanah :M. Wingate 28 
Helen M. Wingate 22 
N. Thurston, jun. . 2.5 
Ann E. Thurston . 25 
Ella M. Thurston . 1 
Nahum Thurston . 58 
Martha Thurston . 61 
Caroline A.Thm-ston 21 
Martha A. Thurston 23 
George Luce . . 39 
Patience Luce . . 36 
Frances M. Luce . 10 
Charles B. Luce . 8 
Joseph F. Gleason 1 6 
Robert Dickey . . 74 
Mary Dickey . . 64 
Madan K. Payson . 26 
Abigail A. Payson 28 
Lauriston M. Payson 3 
Matilda L. Payson 1 
John P. Robbins . 56 
Mary Robbins . . 58 
Alniina Robbins . 17 
Jason Robbins . . 50 
Lucy Robbins . . 51 
Clementine Robbins 17 
Alphonso Robbins 14 
Jason Robbins . . 11 
Lycurgus Robbins 6 
Jessa Robbins . . 91 
George Cummings 50 
Avis Cummings . 50 
Loam. D. Cummings 20 
Geo. E. Cummings 18 
PlymptonCummings 12 



QQ 



POPULATION. 



Hosanna Cummings 73 

Hannah Hills . . 22 

329.339 Henry Seiders . . 51 
Mary S. Seiders . 42 
Mary Jane Seiders 21 
Margaret S. Seiders 16 
Joseph Seiders . . 14 
Edward Seiders . 13 
Emerson Seiders . 11 
Sarah L. Seiders . 8 
G. Melvin Solders 6 
Frederic A. Seiders 2 

330.340 Waterm. M. llobbins 27 
David llobbins . . 62 
Hannah E. llobbins 29 
Nancy M. Robbins 23 
Caroline M. llobbins 22 
Maxcy llobbins . 20 
Ermina G. llobbins 18 
Lydia A. llobbins . 14 

331.341 Whiting Ilawes . 56 
Julia Hawes . . 52 
Nancy Hawes . . 66 
Norman L. Crockett 1 3 

332.342 William G. Hawes 39 
Roxana Hawes . . 38 
Herbert A. Hawes 11 
Henry A. Hawes . 9 
Edwin R. Hawes . 7 
Phebe R, Hawes . 1 
Emery R. Hawes . 4 
James O'Meira . . 19 
Julia A. McAllister 16 

333.343 Herman Hawes . 66 
Abigail HaAves . . 67 

334.344 Manning Walcott . 37 
Mary Walcott . . 35 
Herman H. Walcott 12 
Edgar H. Walcott . 8 



Martha Rollins . 17 

335.345 Napoleon Bemis . 40 
Eairezina Bemis . 40 
Elizabeth A. Bemis 8 
John Robinson . . 18 

336.346 Joseph G. Cummings 35 
Margaret Cummings 32 
Amos Cummings • 9 
Avis M. Cummings 5 
Samuel L. Cummings 3 
S. E. Cummings, 9 mo. 

337.347 Stephen S. Hawes 40 
Alzina llawes . . 41 
Aravesta M. Ilawes 19 
Aravilla A. Hawes 19 
Marietta B. Hawes 8 
Abigail S. Hawes • 1 

338.348 Lewis Bachelder . 53 
Hannah Bachelder 53 
Edwin A. Bachelder 16 

339.349 Benjamin Bryant . 45 
Betsej"^ Bryant . . 45 
Benjamin Bryant . 16 
John Bryant . . 14 
Lucy Bryant . . 10 
Llewella Bryant . 8 
Thomas Bryant . 6 
Maria Bryant . . 4 
Mary Bryant . , 1 
Mary Bryant . . 25 
Elizabeth M. HiUs 11 
Abner Bills ... 26 
Timothy Alexander 23 
John Thompson . 31 
Lucretia Rice . . 20 
Catharine Robbins 18 
Lysander Daggett 19 
Emeline Hills . . 30 
Nathl. Q. Bachelder 23 



Total number of inhabitants, 1,970; including 1 blind, 
5 idiots, 6 insane, 3 paupers, 139 mechanics, 430 farmers. 
There are no colored persons. 

Maine is the birthplace of nearly all the inhabitants. The 
following are exceptions : Nova Scotia, 1 ; New Brunswick, 2 ; 
Ireland, 2 ; England, 1 ; New Hampshire, 36 ; Vermont, 1 ; 
Massachusetts, 115; Rhode Island, 5; Connecticut, 3 ; New 
York, 2; Kentucky, 1. 



ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 97 

CHAPTER XIL 

MINERAL AND ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 

Minerals. — Timber. — Felling of Trees. — Burning of Cut-doAvns. — 
Shingles. — Benjamin Speed. — Lakin. — Boards and Saw-mills. 
— Lime- casks. 

MINERAL PRODUCTS. 

There has never been a mineralogical or geological sur- 
vey of the town worthy of even a passing notice. What 
treasures may lie buried here can only be known when 
greater attention is given to the subject. It is certain, 
however, that there are quarries of limestone, some of 
which is white and fine grained ; but large pieces, 
free from defects and veins, have not hitherto been ob- 
tained. The burning of lime never has received much 
attention. There are also quarries of granite. Sulphu- 
reous iron ore, from which are derived sulphur, alum, 
copperas, sulphuric acid, &c. is found in immense quan- 
tities, particularly in the eastern part of the town. A 
web of cloth, which had been laid upon the ground to be 
whitened, was buried under an autumnal snow ; and, 
when it was dug out some time afterward, it had ac- 
quired a beautiful copperas color. East of Crawford's 
Pond, on the land of Christopher Young, is a mineral 
spring which blackens leaves at its bottom ; and crys- 
tallized copperas is formed on logs which lie in it. In 
surveying the county line a few years ago, the mag- 
netic needle was so much disturbed for a mile or two 
on Appleton Ridge that it was of little or no use. 

ARBORAL RRODUCTS. 

Timber. — When the first settlers came, the land, 
particularly the section of it which lies east of Seven- 
tree Pond, was covered with an uncommonly heavy 
growth of timber. Pine, hemlock, spruce, fir, grew 

9* 



98 MINERAL AND ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 

abundantly on what was called by the early settlers 
the " black land " or low ground ; and on the ridges or 
higher ground were beech, red oak, bkch, maple, ash, 
&c. There was but little white oak, and that was on 
the intervales. There was no walnut or chestnut. 
With the early settlers, it was a great object to obtain 
land for cultivation. Lumber was so abundant that 
" it would not half pay the expense of getting it out." 
Consequently, trees were recklessly and wantonly 
destroyed, and forests of as good timber as ever grew 
were burnt on the ground. 

Felling of Trees. — Among some of the early 
settlers, there was a custom of girdling large trees and 
cutting out large chips beneath the bark, which was 
removed. The smaller growth of wood and the under- 
brush were cleared out, so that the land could be culti- 
vated ; and the girdled trees were left to die, and to 
fall as they decayed. This mode of clearing was not 
common. 

Another mode was generally adopted by persons 
who felled trees by the acre. The chopper observed 
the dnection in which they leaned and could be made 
to fall advantageously. He selected a range, at the 
head of which was a large tree, a little elevated, with 
branching, heavy limbs, to be used as a " driver." The 
trees were then cut about half through, and the chips 
so taken out, that, when the trees fell, the tops would 
lie in an angular direction towards each other along 
the whole range. The " driver," being then cut 
through, fell upon the next trees, and these in turn upon 
the next, and so on till the whole range came down 
with a tremendous crash. Thus half the labor was 
saved, and the tops were brought together in a favor- 
able position to be burnt. 

Burning of Cut-downs. — After the trees had been 
left to dry through a considerable part of the season, 
the " cut-down," or " fell-piece," was set on fire. The 
smoke gathered over the burning materials, and the 
fire raged till an immense black cloud hung over 
the spot and rolled of!', indicating for many miles the 



BURNING OF CUT-DOWNS. 99 

destruction which was going on. In one place, the fire, 
when it encountered a pile of chy limbs and leaves, 
might be seen suddenly starting up to a great height; 
and, in another, climbing to the summit and \ATeathing 
itself around tall trees wiiich had been left standing, or 
penetrating hollow pines and darting its fiery tongues 
through the sides and holes which time had opened. 
And as the sea of fire was surging, eddying, and roll- 
ing, it scattered cinders and ignited limbs to a great 
distance. Sometimes it spread its ravages through 
forests ; or, as if determined to riot on the ruin it 
made, and to bid defiance to man and the elements, 
it would run over dry grass-fields faster than a horse 
would gallop, destroy cattle, barns, dwelling-houses, 
and even human life. It would diffuse its peculiar 
odor into remote States, darkening the air, reddening 
the sun, and alarming the ignorant and superstitious 
at the distance of hundreds of miles from the scene. 
Nothing but a deluging rain could subdue it.^ 

And even when such ravages were not made, — and 
there never were such in Union, — the fire continued to 
burn in the " cut-down " for many days. As soon as 
the heat would admit, the laborers began to cut, and 
with the aid of oxen and chains to put into piles, the 
blackened and imperfectly burnt logs. This busmess 
they followed, covered with smut, till the new piles, 
compactly put together, were in a condition to be re- 
burnt. After all, many firmly-rooted stumps, large 
blackened logs, and dead limbless trunks, remained. 
In subsequent years, when time and alternating storm 
and sunshine had weakened the strength of the 
stumps and dead trunks and opened cavities in them, 
these were again set on fire, and threw a brilliant light 
to a great distance over the cleared fields, in the night ; 
or they were uprooted and piled with logs yet to be 
consumed. 

' A fire of tliis kind occurred in Lebanon and vicinity in 1761, and 
in Alna and vicinity in September, 1823. A striking account of such 
a tire is narrated by J. J. Audubon, in his Ornithological Biography, 
ii. 397. See also Cooper's Novels. 



100 MINERAL AND ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 

This kind of havoc, vigorously begun, was con- 
tinued to some extent in town for half a century. Still 
there was some reservation even at the first. The best 
trees, or some of them, particularly if they grew near 
rivers or mills, were used for valuable purposes. Tall 
pines, which had been swayed by the breeze for cen- 
turies, and whose graceful trunks sometimes rose to 
the height of ninety feet before being marred by a limb 
or a knot, were often converted into masts ; or, being 
cut into mill-logs, were rolled into the ponds and 
streams to be floated to the places of theu destination. 

Shingles. — The manufacture of shingles was be- 
gun early, and for some time it increased with the 
decrease of lumber. The only mode of making 
them, before the invention and introduction of shingle- 
mills, twenty or thirty years ago, was by sawing 
logs into pieces of suitable length, splitting the 
pieces, and shaving the shingles by hand. Some- 
times, in the course of a winter, there w^ere col- 
lected on the Common huge piles, which the store- 
keepers purchased of the inhabitants of this and the 
neighboring towns. Many were made in the part of 
Union now included in Washington. Of the makers 
in the early part of the present century, the best was 
Benjamin Speed. In what he manufactured, there 
were a beauty and a finish which entitled him to the 
appellation of a scientific shingle-maker. There was 
also engaged in the business a family named Lakiii, 
from Groton, Mass. The husband and the wife, in 
the winter season, would go into the woods, and, one 
at each handle of a long saw, work hard through 
the day, cutting trees into blocks. It may be doubted 
which of the two was the most expert in splitting and 
finishing them. And often has the wife come to tlie 
Common — eight miles — on horseback, A\dth a child 
in her arms, and a heavy bunch of shingles on each 
side of her horse, balanced by means of ropes and 
withes across the beast's back. Under the ropes 
and withes, to prevent them from cutting the horse, was 
a bag of hay. To all these was superadded a meal- 



BOARDS AND SAW-MILLS. 101 

bag, containing a jug for rum or molasses, or some 
other article then deemed necessary for a family. At the 
present time, shingle-mills are so common that rift and 
shaved shingles, thovigh much better, are seldom made. 

Boards and Saw-mills. — The sawing of lumber 
into boards has always been an important item in the 
business of the town. One of the first acts of the pro- 
prietor, Dr. Taylor, was to erect a saw-mill. Not long 
afterward, another saw-mill was built by Josiah Reed. 
It stood below Sunnybec Pond, several rods above the 
present location of Hills' Mills. 

Four or five years before the present century, when, 
except Jonah Gay's, there was no house in town east 
of the road on the east side of Seven-tree Pond, a 
saw-mill was built on the stream which runs into 
Crawford's Pond. Lermond of Warren came early in 
the week, and went into the woods. There he labored 
regularly, about a fortnight at a time, remote from all 
inhabitants. On the Saturday at the end of the fort- 
night, towards evening, he emerged from the forest to 
spend the night at William Hart's. On the next 
morning, he took his boat, proceeded down the St. 
George's, procured a supply of provisions and other 
necessaries, returned the same evening or the next 
morning to Hart's, and then buried himself again for 
a fortnight in soHtude. In this way he labored till the 
work was done. He was not a joiner by trade, and 
the mill had but four braces, and those were " cut in 
with a post-axe." The log, in the sawing, was run 
back by putting the feet upon pegs or pins in a wheel. 
Before the close of the eighteenth centviry, other saw- 
mills were built. In 1826 there were sLx in operation ; 
in 1840 and in 1843 there were eight. In 1845 it w^as 
estimated that at least twenty-seven saw-mills had 
been built or re-built, and seven of them were then 
used. This would not be remarkable on rivers as large 
as the Kennebec or the Penobscot; but it deserves 
notice in connection with a river no larger or longer 
than the St. George's, which does not admit of logs 
beinsf floated from a ijreat distance in the interior. 



102 MINERAL AND ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 

In the early part of this century, the mills were con- 
tinually in operation. Lumber accumulated at the 
mill-yards, and rafts and logs floated on the rivers and 
ponds. By day and by night, at home and abroad, 
the ears were constantly greeted with the busy, hm*ry- 
ing sound of saws, worldng as if they were alive and 
their cravings could never be satisfied. 

Lime-casks. — The first person who gave his atten- 
tion particularly to the manufacture of lime-casks was 
John Little. This was early in the nineteenth cen- 
tury. Within twenty-five years afterward, there was 
a cooper-shop at almost every man's door. From 
August 15, 1794, the casks were to contain 100 gal- 
lons each, and to be made of well-seasoned oak or 
ash staves, with ten hoops on each cask, well driven, 
and sufficiently secured with nails or pins. Afterward 
they were reduced to 7^5, and in 1810 to 50 gallons. 
Now they will hold about 28 gallons. At first they 
were made of rift staves, and the price for putting 
them together was twenty cents each. The highest 
sum for which they were sold at Thomaston was sixty 
cents. Now they are sold for about thirteen cents ; 
sixteen and seventeen cents being considered high, 
though they can hardly be afforded at that price. 
About the year 1818, when the price was thirty-two or 
thirty-three cents, the coopers, who could make twelve 
in a day, were dissatisfied because their wages were 
reduced to twelve and a half cents. Not many years 
after the commencement of the business, the demand 
was so great that casks were put together hastily ; 
and there was seldom a load from any part of the 
country carried to Thomaston, in which some were not 
crushed on the way. Legislation has been resorted to 
frequently ; but the laws are often willingly evaded 
both by makers and purchasers, and there is difficulty 
in enforcing them. 

The introduction of stave-machines within twenty- 
five or thu-ty years — of which there are now nine or 
more in the town — enables the inhabitants to work 
up almost every kind of lumber, which would other- 



LIME-CASKS. 103 

wise be worthless. The facilities for putting together 
the materials, which are now bevelled by machinery, 
save a great amount of labor. The number made 
cannot be ascertained. In 1826 it was estimated at 
30,000.^ Considerable inquuy has been made of 
coopers and carters ; and it is not unreasonable to say 
that at the present time there are not less than one hun- 
dred thousand, and it is not improbable that there are 
one hundred and fifty thousand made annually in 
Union alone. 

Not far from the year 1840, a few shrewd traders 
about the Common, clming one winter, pm*chased all 
the lime-hogsheads which were brought to them, and 
paid for them in goods at the Thomaston prices. They 
were heaped up till the Common appeared almost as 
if covered with one huge pile. The store-keepers 
made contracts to supply purchasers in Thomaston at 
a fixed price. Tluis the prices, which fluctuated daily 
according to the number in the market or the number 
immediately wanted, assumed a firmness which it is 
said was on the whole favorable to the makers, to the 
Union ti'aders, and to the Thomaston lime-bm*ners. 

When hogsheads were first made, the number car- 
ried to Thomaston in a load was comparatively small. 
About the year 1817, it had increased to sixty. The 
roads were so bad that this was as large a load as 
four oxen could draw. Now the casks are smaller, the 
roads better, and four oxen will carry two hundred; 
and a load of one hundred and sixty is common. For- 
merly these were placed on then' ends in long erect 
racks built for the purpose. Three tiers, one above the 
other, numbering ten in each tier, presented thirty 
lime-casks to view on either side. Now the tops of 
the racks are wider than the bottoms, and of course the 
loads spread at the top and are not so high. 

For many years, after letting their oxen rest on the 
Lord's Day, the farmers started them at sunset, and, 
driving during the night, arrived at Thomaston on the 

> N. P. Hayes's MS. 



104 MINERAL AND ARBORAL PRODUCTS. 

following morning. Now, horses are frequently sub- 
stituted for oxen ; and the plan is to drive on Friday 
night, so as to give teams rest on the Lord's Day, after 
their return, before putting them to the regular week's 
work. But neither Satui'day nor Monday lias ever 
been exclusively the market-day. The manufacturers 
or carters go when it is most convenient or advanta- 
geous ; and, instead of being limited to Thomaston, 
as they were thirty years ago, they now dispose of the 
greater part of then- hogsheads at East Thomaston, or 
Rockland, which has grown up since that time, and to 
which is a road through the Camden Hills by Mount 
Pleasant. 

If no more were carried to Thomaston annually 
than the one huncbed or one hundred and fifty thou- 
sand from Union, it would be an item of value in 
trade. But on some mornings, tlihty, forty, or perhaps 
fifty loads of various sizes, containing from twenty to 
one hundred and sixty lime-casks each, are seen at the 
market. They are brought from the country nearly 
fifty miles back; from Hope, Appleton, Searsmont, 
Montville, Liberty, Palermo, Washington, Jefferson, 
&c. The farmer, on rainy days, goes into his cooper- 
shop, and, in the com'se of a summer, has time to 
manufacture one or more loads. The lined laborer, 
easily taught, thus makes his rainy days and leism-e 
hours profitable to his employer. 

Having carried a load or more to market, the man, 
in comfortable, if not affluent cncumstances, brings 
home flour, groceries, and other necessaries, or money 
to pay taxes, or he lays up sometliing for sickness or 
declining years. The team returns leism-ely north- 
ward on Satm-day afternoon, bringing the teamster 
reposing at fufl length on the bottom of his rack, with 
his feet in an opposite du'ection from the sun. His hat 
is puUed over liis face to exclude the sun's beams from 
his eyes, and his body vibrates from side to side, as 
either wheel strikes and passes over a stone or plunges 
into a hole. A barrel of flour is on the end of his rack, 
and a bag of groceries is suspended from a chain 



BARLEY AND EYE. 105 

across the top. It seems as if such must be a hard 
life. But it is free from the anxiety which sometimes, 
every night, week after week, drives sleep from the 
man of extensive business ; it is favorable to health, 
vigor, and independence ; and, when to these are added 
moral and intellectual cultivation, it may well be 
doubted if there is, with all its hardships, any life so 
happy as the farmer's. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL 
PRODUCTS. 

Barley and Rye. — Indian Com. — "Wheat. — Potatoes. — Fruit. — 
Peaches and Pliuns. — Apples. 

Barley and Rye. — Neither rye nor any grain but 
barley was raised on the St. George's when Union was 
settled. " It was thought a stupid thing for Philip 
Robbins to go back into the country to get a living on 
a farm." When he mentioned to Anderson of War- 
ren his intention of raising rye, Anderson scouted the 
idea. Robbins is said to have told him, " I mean to 
get a living off of my farm ; I shall raise rye, and you 
may have to come and buy of me yet ; " — a prediction 
that was fulfilled in a season of scarcity which fol- 
lowed.^ The first grain put into the ground by any 
one in town was rye. Within two years after Philip 
Robbins settled here, twice as much rye was raised on 
his and the Mill Farm as along the whole of the St. 
George's. The common kind was the wdnter rye. It 
was sown in autumn upon burnt ground, — a mode 
not known to the settlers of Warren, who supposed 
the soil, in order to produce grain, must be ploughed, as 

' Jacob Robbins. 
10 



lOG AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 

ill their native country. Since the woods have been 
cut off, the summer rye has been introduced, and the 
sowing of this kind is generally preceded by plough- 
ing. In 1840, according to the town-valuation, 559 
bushels were raised; according to the United States 
c**nsus, 1,443. 

Indian Corn was planted on burnt ground. By 
some of the early settlers, the ground was ploughed 
before the grain was put into it. This mode of cul- 
tivation was inconvenient among the roots, stumps, 
logs, and knolls, which abounded in every new field ; 
and experience soon taught the lesson that corn came 
to matm-ity sooner when planted in the warm black 
mould than in the ploughed soil. In 1840, according 
to the town-valuation, 3,151 bushels were raised ; ac- 
cording to the United States memoranda, 4,960. 

The year 1831 was the most remarkable for corn 
which has ever been known in Maine. It flom'ished 
like weeds, and ripened very early. Ezekiel True, of 
Montville, harvested one hundred bushels on the last 
day of August. It seemed as if every kernel grew 
which was dropped anyAvhere on the ground.^ Suc- 
cess, however, with Indian corn is uncertain- An 
early frost has often ruined the crop. 

Wheat is raised ; but the people commonly prefer 
to buy flour, and to give their attention to other kinds 
of produce. Ten or twelve years ago, much interest 
was taken in wheat. In 1840, according to the town- 
valuation, there were raised 3,013 bushels ; according 
to the United States census, 2,658. In 1837 the crop 
was 4,249 bushels. 

Potatoes were a very important article of cultm'e, 
till " the rot " prevailed extensively in 1846. Since that 
time, comparatively little attention has been given to 
them, and the whole State has been obliged to aban- 
don the cultivation of the agricultm-al product most 
important for subsistence or for export. In 1840 the 
town-valuation states that 44,075 bushels were raised ; 

' N, Eobbins, Esq. 



HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 107 

and the United States census, that there were 44,960 
bushels. 

Peas, Beans, Turnips, Carrots, Beets, Onions, 
Parsnips, Cabbages, yield abundant crops. 

Fruit. — There are several kinds of fruit. And if 
each man would give a little attention to the subject, 
and plant a few fruit-trees, and graft or bud them, he 
might have the luxury of a rich repast at almost any 
season of the year. 

Peaches and Pi.ums. — The climate is so cold that 
peaches cannot be raised. But there might be an 
abundance of garden plums. Whenever their cultiva- 
tion has been properly attended to, there has been 
great success. 

Apples. — There were but few apples till after the 
beginning of the nineteenth century. Among the items 
of property belonging to Matthias Hawes, very soon 
after his arrival, is recorded " a box of apple-trees." 
Philip Robbins and David Robbins, before they had 
been here long, probably did something in the way of 
raising them. A memorandum made by Levi Morse, 
Nov. 12, 1793, says, " Set fifteen apple-trees. . . . 

Nov. 17 and 18, 1794, set fifty apple-trees Nov. 12, 

1797, first fifteen apple-trees I set bore ten apples. . . . 
Om* orchard bore about one bushel of apples this 
year — 1798." This orchard, and those of Philip Rob- 
bins and David Robbins, were probably the first in 
town. In the year 1800, Dr. Sibley had one or twx) 
quarts of apple-seeds, picked out of pomace, brought 
to him on horseback from Hopkinton, N.H. They 
were planted, and the trees disposed of among the in- 
habitants. Orchards have since becoiue common and 
large. In 1826, it was estimated that there were one 
hundred, ^ which produced on an average 10,000 
bushels annually. According to the valuation of 1840, 
the quantity was 9,546 bushels. But the interest onc-c^ 
felt in raising them for the pinrpose of making cider 
has diminished in consequence of the progress of tem- 
perance. 

1 N. P. Hawes's MS. 



108 MANUFACTURES AND TRADE. 



CHAPTEE XIV. 

MANUFACTURES AND TRADE. 

Spinning "Wheels. — Looms. — Home-made Clothing. — Fulling Mills. 
— Carding Machines. — Factories. — Paper Mills. — Tanneries. — 
Potash. — Iron Works. — Fossetts' Mills. — Stores. — Carting 
Goods to Boston in the War of 1812. — Canals. 

MANUFACTURES. 

Spinning Wheels. — The old spinning-wheel, turned 
by hand and doling out its single thread, was in use 
from the first settlement of the town. It was con- 
sidered indispensable to every household. The spindle 
was made to revolve by means of a band connecting 
it with a large wheel. Notwithstanding the facilities 
for manufacturing yarn at the present day, it is still 
occasionally used in many families. The only im- 
provement in it is the " patent head," which is merely 
the addition of an intervening wheel between the large 
one and the spindle. 

Looms. — The old-fashioned loom, more costly than 
the spinning-wheel, was not so common. The shuttle 
was thrown through the warp with the hand. The 
fly-shuttle, introduced about the year 1812 or 1815, 
was considered a great improvement. 

Home-made Clothing. — By means of the spinning- 
wheel and the loom, the inhabitants were able to pro- 
vide themselves with woollen garments. The fleece 
was made into rolls by the tedious process of carding 
by hand. By the industrious housewife the rolls were 
spun on the large wheel, which in winter was brought 
up before the kitchen fire, — the only fire in the house, 
except when there was company. The yarn was then 
woven, and the cloth taken to the clothier, cbessed and 
returned, having been dyed Holland-brown or smoke- 
color. Cloth for striped frocks, and for some other 
purposes, was made and worn without being sent to 



MILLS AND FACTOEIES. 109 

the fulling-mill. A tailoress was commonly employed 
to cut and sometimes to baste the garments, which 
were subsequently made by the wife and daughters. 

The foot-wheel converted into linen the flax which 
was raised on the farm. Winter evenings, when there 
were not more pressing duties, were spent by the 
females around a rousing wood-lire, in knitting stock- 
ings, mittens, and leggins, from home-made yarn. 
Thus was every family practically in favor of domestic 
manufactures. 

Fulling Mills. — The first fuJling-mill was built 
on Crawford's River in 1799, by Mcajah Gleason, 
from Framingham, Mass. There have been four since, 
though there are none now. 

Carding Machines. — The first machine for carding 
wool was built by Ebenezer Alden in 1806. There 
have been fom', of which two are now in operation. 

Factories. — In 1809, a cotton-factory was built on 
the west side of St. George's River, just below the 
IV'Iiddle Bridge. Its operations were never very exten- 
sive. The budding was carried away by a freshet in 
1832. The Farmers' Woollen Factory was built near 
the Upper Bridge in 1814, and owned in shares of ten 
dollars each. Wool was carded there as recently as 
1843, though no cloth was dressed during the two or 
three previous years. In 1843, William Gleason con- 
verted into a woollen-factory the building which had 
been used for a paper-mill at South Union. 

Paper Mills. — Several years ago, the manufactiu'e 
of paper was carried on extensively. The water in 
Crawford's River is peculiarly good for the purpose. 
On this river, in 1810, was erected a paper-mill, which 
was burnt in 1818. Another building was put up in 
1819 ; but no paper was made there after 1837. Im- 
mediately above the JNIiddle Bridge was another paper- 
mill, which was burnt early on the morning of June 11, 
1843. The machinery, said to have cost $3,000, and 
un\vi'Ought stock valued at more than $2,000, were 
destroyed. The paper was saved. Insm'ed at Wor- 
cester, Mass. 

10* 



110 MANUFACTURES. 

Tanneries. — Richard Cummings was the first per- 
son who tanned hides. He abandoned the business 
after a few years, and the people traded for leather 
at Warren. In 1826, there were three tanneries ; 
one owned by Joseph Beckett, south-south-west of 
the Methodist Meeting-house; another by Susman 
Abrams, a Jew,^ a few rods below the Middle Bridge; 
and another on the east side of the St. George's above 
the Upper Bridge. In 1840, there were four in town. 

Potash. — Soon after the incorporation of the town, 

Edward Jones made potash, in small quantities, near 

the Lower Bridge. For several years in the early part 

of the nineteenth century, Ebenezer Alden manufac- 

tm'cd five or six tons annually in a building which he 

erected for the purpose, on a rivulet at the brow of 

the hill east of Seven Brook, on the south side of the 

road. 

^ Susman Abrams was from Hamburg. In earh' life he travelled as 
a pedler, and traded in old clothes. To save expense, he lived on bread 
and butter, carrj-ing his butter ^vith him in a covered pewter porringer. 
It is supposed he fled for some misdemeanor, embarked on board a 
vessel, and was concerned in the sinking of it. After a residence in 
Waldoborough, and subsequently in Thomaston, he came to Union. 
Here he carried on the business of coopering and tanning. He was 
never very siiccessful in the accumulation of property. His accounts 
were always kept in the Hebrew characters, and were read from the right 
to the left. Not being able, as he said, to translate from the Hebrew 
into our language, he first translated into the German, and then from 
the German into the English. He was very observant of his written 
or printed prayers ; but in his conduct there was much of the incon- 
sistency which was laid to the charge of the Jews by our Saviour. On 
one occasion a Jew came to keep the Passover with him. The iron 
vessels, before being used, were heated red hot, that no leaven might 
by any possibility remain attached to them. Being very fond of eels, 
Abrams allowed his appetite to get the better of his religious scruples, 
and ate a hearty meal, to the great horror of his brother Jew, from 
whom he received a very severe rebuke for the unrighteous deed. 
Although he professed faith in Judaism only, and not in Christianity, 
he was a constant attendant on public worship. On Saturday, Avhich 
is the Jewish sabbath, he abstained from hard labor, but took occa- 
sion to ride about and transact business. Not recognizing any obli- 
gation to keep sacredly the first day of the week, he often worked in 
secret at his tan-yard, and once fell into a vat and was nearly 
drowned. He was never much liked bj' the men, and was generally 
hated by the women. Nov. 29, 1810, he was married to the widow 
Mary Jones, of Friendship. He died, without issue, Oct. 6, 1830 ; 
aged, it is supposed, about eighty-seven years. 



TKADE. Ill 

Iron Works. — Li June, 1843, an iion-foimdery was 
established at South Union. Here " are made all 
kinds of country castings." In August, 1844, busi- 
ness was commenced in the edge-tool factory of 
Vaughan and Pardoe. Nearly four thousand axes 
are made annually ; also ship-tools to the value of 
about $1,500, and cooper's tools to about the same 
amount. March 12, 1850, J. Vaughan and Co. com- 
menced business in their shovel-factory. The manu- 
factures at all these establishments are regarded as of 
a very superior quality ; as well as the tool-work 
of Bradley R. Mowiy, at the Middle Bridge. 

FossETTs' Mills. — The most extensive mill esta- 
blishment was the Fossetts', at North Union. It was 
completed in December, 1848, at an expense of about 
$10,000. Under one roof were a saw-mill, a grist- 
mill with " three run of sto es," besides a corn-cracker, 
stave-machine, shingle-mai '.line, lath-machine, thresh- 
ing-machine, cleanser, and Lolt, — all carried by steam. 
They were destroyed by fire, June 21, 1850. 

TRADE. 

Stores. — Brotherton Daggett says, that, though 
there had been a store on St. George's River, there was 
not any when he came in 1789. Edward Jones, near 
the Lower Bridge, afterward kept a fe^v articles, which 
were mostly bartered for ashes. It was the largest 
collection which had been brought to Union for sale. 
In 1801, Ebenezer Alden sold goods at his dwelling- 
house. He put up a frame near his potash, and 
boarded it. John Little bought it, moved it to the 
Common, clapboarded it, and finished the interior in 

1802, and fm^nished it. The building is now occupied 
as a store by Asa Messer and Israel Hills, the second 
story having been added. Ebenezer Alden and Na- 
thaniel Robbins formed a partnership in the fall of 

1803. Afterward came Mallard and Chase ; and sub- 
sequently, from Spencer, Mass. came Charles Pope and 
William Pope. Major Robert Foster, upon moving 
into town from Newburyport or the vicinity, dm'ing 



112 MANUFACTURES AND TRADE. 

the war of 1812, opened a store at South Union, on the 
place now owned by Joseph Vaughan. It was the only 
store in town at the time. Not long afterwards, Alden 
and Robbins had separate stores. There have been 
several others since that time, some in the remote 
parts of the town. In 1840 there were six, in 1843 
there were eight, and in 1849 twelve stores. Barter is 
carried on extensively by the storekeepers. The inha- 
bitants sell to them produce ; and much more business 
is done than is common in country towns which are not 
larger. As Thomaston and Rockland are extensively 
engaged in making lime, the farmers find there a good 
market for every thing which they raise, though not 
unfrequently the agricultural produce and the meat are 
carried to Belfast; and the storekeepers sell butter, 
cheese, &c. at Boston. 

Carting Goods to Boston. — Dm'ing tha war of 
1812, when the British had possession of all the 
United States territory east of Penobscot River, many 
goods were carted from Hampden and Frankfort to 
Boston by residents in Warren and the vicinity. Isaac 
Hills and John Burkett, of Union, engaged in this 
business in 1814 and 1815. One load, previously con- 
tracted for, was carried from Union to Boston, after the 
arrival of the news of peace. Duties were high. A 
man on the British side of the Penobscot, according 
to an agreement previously made, sent goods to 
another on the American side. A thu'd person seized 
them as smuggled property, and had them prized. 
The person to w4iom they were sent then gave bonds 
for the whole amount for which they were prized, sent 
them to Boston, and paid the bonds, the amount of 
which was less than the duties would have been. The 
journey to and from Boston requh'ed about two 
months, and travelling fifteen miles was considered a 
good day's work. A load generally contained two and 
a half tons. It was drawn by six oxen, for eighty dol- 
lars a ton, in wagons covered with boards. 

Canals. — To facilitate trade, an Act was passed 
March 9, 1793, authorizing Charles Barrett, within six 



CANALS. . 113 

years, to cut a canal from Barretts Town, beginning 
"twenty-five miles above the head of the tide in 
George's River, ... to commmiicate with the sea at the 
mouth of said river," and, with his heirs and assigns, 
to " have the exclusive right of making locks and 
canals upon the said river," for seventy years ; " pro- 
vided," &c. The toll was one shilling and sixpence for 
every ton "transported in boats or other vessels 
through the locks and canals at the Upper Falls in 
said river, at the mouth of Senebec Pond," or 
" through the locks and canals by the Lower Falls 
in said George's River, near the head of the tide." 
The same toU was to be levied " for every thousand 
feet of boards, and in the same proportion for plank 
and square timber, and every other species of lumber, 
whether transported on rafts or otherwise." Every 
boat or other vessel, not loaded, was to " pay at the 
rate of one shilling for every ton weight it was capa- 
ble of conveying." 

The canal was opened only from Round Pond. 
General Knox, of Thomaston, became the principal or 
sole owner before it was completed. Its construction, 
dming part of the time at least, was superintended by 
a French engineer, sent by him from Philadelphia. It 
was used for several years ; but the great profits ex- 
pected from it were not realized. Before the general's 
death in 1806, it was neglected ; and any one who went 
down the river with lumber, on applying to the lock- 
keeper, was told to " lock " it himself. A petition for 
doubling the toll was presented to the Legislatm-e. It 
was dated at Union, INIay 21, 1802, and signed by 
Amos Barrett, Ebenezer Alden, John Dickey, Robert 
Dickey, Eleazar Dickey, Nathan Blalce, Amariah Mero, 
Nathaniel Robbins, Josiah Robbins, Edward Jones, 
and Ichabod Maddocks. Still the canal continued to 
be unprofitable, and was allowed to go to decay. 

The population of the towns on the St. George's 
having increased, another canal, in 1846, was laid out 
from Thomaston to Searsmont. It was urged that 
there would be a good dividend from the tolls for 



114 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

produce and kiln-wood. The opening of it to Sunny- 
bee Pond was noticed in the " Thomaston Recorder," 
immediately after its completion in the fall of 1847. 
It has already been leased for several years. A steam- 
boat has been on the canal, and once went into Sun- 
nybec Pond. 



CHAPTEH XV. 



MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

Town Meetings. — Notifications. — Places of holding them. — Town 
Officers. — Oath of Office in 1787. — Town Clerks. — Selectmen. — 
Assessors. — Constables. — Collectors. — Treasurers. — Tithing- 
men. — Fish Wardens. 

TOWN-MEETINGS. 

Notifications. — The inhabitants, at different times, 
have voted that the notifications for town-meet- 
ings ^ should be posted up at private dwelling-houses, 

' The earliest record of the mode of notifying the inhabitants is 
dated April 2, 1787 ; when it was " voted that the constable should 
set up two notifications, one at Mr. Joel Adams's and the other at 
Mr. Philip Robbins's, and that should be sufficient notice to warn town- 
meetings." In 1789, one notice was to be " set up at Mr. Joel Adams's, 
and the other at Mr. Woodcock's grist-mill." In 1796, they were to be 
posted up " in the most public places in town, and where meetings are 
held on Sundays, when there is any." April 2, 1798, " on the front of 
the meeting-house twelve days prior to the day the meeting is to be." 
This mode was continued till 1805, when they were to " be posted up in 
Messrs. Alden and Robbins's store." In 1806, on the meeting-house ; 
besides which, in 1807, there was to be one "at Jason Ware's, or 
where the Methodist meeting is held ; also one at James [Rice's] seven 
days prior to the meeting." In 1808, the third notice was to be at 
Starrett's Mills, in what is now Washington. In 1811, at each of the 
two meeting-houses; and, in 1817, an additional one at the school- 
house near Sterling Davis's, ten days previous to the meeting. In 
1818 at each of the two meeting-houses fourteen days, and in 1819 
at each of the three meeting-houses twelve days, previously. In 1820, 
notifications were to be put up two sabbaths before the meeting. In 
183-1, the places designated were the Methodist Meeting-house, John 
Little's, John Lermond's grist-mill ; and, in 1838, the Post Office, 
Lermond's mills, and Fossctt's store. In 1848, at the last three places, 



TOWN-MEETINGS. 115 

stores, miUs, school-houses, meeting-houses, and the 
post-offices. This has been done fourteen, twelve, or 
ten days, or two sabbaths, before the meeting. Occa- 
sionally the time has been only seven days for a noti- 
fication sent to a remote part of the town. 

Sometimes notices were added at the bottom of the 
warrant : " Dec. 18, 1788. All those that have any de- 
mands on the town, who are inhabitants, are desired 
to bring in their accounts to the selectmen." " Oct. 4, 
1790. The inhabitants are requested to bring a list of 
all the children born in this town that are not recorded, 
and also the deaths, so as the clerk may make a 
record, as they will avoid the penalties in the law." 

Places of Meeting. — The first meeting on record 
was the plantation-meeting held at the log-house of 
Philip Robbins, June 12, 1786, in regard to an Act 
of Incorporation. The first meeting after the incorpo- 
ration was at the same place, Jan. 15, 1787, for organi- 
zation and for the election of town-officers for the first 
time. Here, too, March 5, 1787, was held the first 
regular March meeting. The meetings were continued 
at private houses till Aug. 29 and Oct. 26, 1791. On 
these tw'o days, they were in the school-house wliich 
had been recently built near Moses Hawes's, after 
which they were again held in private houses or 
barns.^ The first time the meeting-house was used for 

and at the Methodist Meeting-house ; and, in 1849, at the same places 
as in 1848, -with the addition of one at the East Union Post Office. 

' Town-meetings were also held as follows : — In Moses Hawes's 
house, April 2, 13, 20, March 19, May 30, Nov. 19, 1787; March 8, 
April 5, May 26, June 25, Oct. 4, 1790; March 7, April 4, May 23, 
1791; April 1, Dec. 2, 1793; Nov. 3, 1794; March 2, 1795; also in 
his barn. May 7, 1792. Rufus Gillmor's house, Sept. 4, 1789 ; 
March 6, 1797 ; and in his barn, July 8, 1793 ; Feb. 1, 1799, the meet- 
ing was adjourned from his house to the meeting-house. Richard 
Cummings's house, Jan. 4, 1790. Philip Robbing's house, Nov. 5, 8, 
12, 1790; Jan. 3, 10, 25, 1791. Jonathan Newhall's house, April 2, 
1792. Capt. George West's house, Nov. 2, 1792 ; March 4, 1793 ; 
March 3, April 7, 1794 ; Jan. 16, March 7, April 4, 1796. Edward 
Jones's house, Sept. 1, 1794 ; April 6, 1795. Josiah Robbins's, Nov. 7, 
1796 ; Feb. 6, 1797 ; March 5, 1798. John Little's, Nov. 7, 1814, 
where a moderator was chosen, and the meeting adjourned to a future 
day at the meeting-house. 



116 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

the purpose was May 6, 1795. Here the town-meet- 
ings were ordinarily held afterward. The inclemency 
of the weather, however, the house not being warmed, 
sometimes compelled the people to adjourn to dwell- 
ing-houses ; and once, March 5, 1804, to the store of 
Alden and Robbins. Feb. 6, 1809, Major Maxcy and 
IVIr. Pope, who were chosen moderators, having de- 
clined serving, Nathaniel Robbins consented to dis- 
charge the duties, the town having " voted that Esq. 
Robbins have leave to wear his hat." March 2, 1812, 
an unsuccessful attempt was made to have the town- 
meetings held half the time at the Methodist Meeting- 
house. April 2, 1838, was the last day of assembling 
for town-business in the Old Meeting-house. The 
next meeting, held Sept. 10, 1838, was in the Metho- 
dist Meeting-house, when it was " left with the select- 
men to procm-e a suitable place." Oct. 29, 1838, it 
was in " Bachelder's new building, near his mill ; " 
April 1, 1839, in " Ebenezer Cobb's new barn ; " and 
April 16, at the Methodist Meeting-house. The first 
meeting in the Town House was April 6, 1840. 

TOWN-OFFICERS. 

Oath of Office. — April 13, 1787, a warrant was 
issued for a meeting, in order to swear the officers 
chosen at the annual meeting in the March preceding, 
agreeably to an Act passed March 10, 1787. The 
meeting was adjourned to April 20, when each of 
the town-officers subscribed and took the followdiig 
oath of office : — 

" I do truly and sincerely acknowledge, profess, testify, 
and declare, that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is, 
and of right ought to be, a free, sovereign, and independent 
State ; and I do swear that I will hear true faith and allegi- 
ance to the said Commonwealth, and I will defend the same 
against traitorous conspiracies and all hostile attempts what- 
soever ; and I do renounce and abjure all allegiance, subjec- 
tion, and obedience to the king, queen, or government of 
Great Britain (as the case may be), and every other foreign 
power Avhatsoever ; and that no foreign prince, persons, pre- 



TOWN-CLERKS AND SELECTMEN. 



117 



late, state, or potentate hath or ought to have any jurisdiction, 
superiority, pre-eminence, authority, dispensing or other 
power, in any matter, civil, ecclesiastical, or spiritual, within 
this Commonwealth ; except the authority and power which is 
or may be vested by their constituents in the Congress of the 
United States ; and I do further testify and declare, that no 
man or body of men hath or can have any right to absolve or 
discharge me from the obligation of this oath, declaration, 
or affirmation ; and that I do make this acknowledgment, 
profession, testimony, declaration, denial, renunciation, and 
abjuration, heartily and truly, according to the common 
meaning and acceptation of the foregoing words, without 
any equivocation, mental evasion, or secret reservation what- 
soever. So help me God." 



TOWN-CLEEKS. 



Moses Hawes, as plantation-clerk, signed the war- 
rant for the plantation-meeting, June 12, 1786. At 
that meeting he Avas again elected plantation-clerk; 
and, Jan. 15, 1787, town-clerk. From that tmie the 
office has been held as follows : — 



1787-1793. Moses Hawes. 
1794-1802. Edward Jones. 
1803-1806. Stephen March. 



1807. 

1808. 

1809-1811. 

1812. 

1813-1822. 



Edward Jones. 
Jona. Sibley. 
Nathl.Robbins. 
John Little. 
Nathl.Robbins. 



1823-1828. Henry True. 

1829-1830. Nathl.Robbins. 

1831-1836. Jno. Bachelder. 

1837-1846. Cyrus G. Bach- 
elder. 

1846 (June 8)-1850. Zuing- 
lius Collins. 

1851. Andrew Libbey. 



SELECTMEN. 

1787. Jan. 15. Philip Robbins, Joel Adams, Jason Ware. 

1 787. March 5. Philip Robbins, Joel Adams (in whose phice 

was chosen, April 13, Jason Ware), Ezra Bowen, 

1788. Josiah Robbins, Jason Ware, Joel Adams. 

1789. Jason Ware, Josiah Robbins, Joel Adams. 

1790. Jason Ware, Josiah Robbins, Moses Hawes. 

1791. Joel Adams, Joseph Guild, Samuel Daggett. 

1792. Joel Adams, Amariah Mero, Joseph Maxcy. 

1793. Amariah Mero, Moses Hawes, Josiah Maxcy. 

1794. Amariah Mero, Josiah Maxcy, Jason Ware. 

11 



118 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

1 795. Edward Jones, Ebenezer Jennison, Joel Adams. 

1796. Amariah Mero, Edward Jones, Joel Adams. 

1797. Amariah Mero, Edward Jones, Joel Adams. 

1798. Edward Jones, Rufus Gillmor, Joel Adams. 

1799. Rufus Gillmor, Ebenezer Jennison, Josiah Maxcy. 

1800. Edward Jones, Rufus Gillmor, Josiah Maxcy. 

1801. Moses Hawes, Joseph Maxcy, Thomas Mitchell. 

1802. Joseph Maxcy, Edward Jones, Rufus Gillmor. 

1803. Joseph Maxcy, Rufus Gillmor, Nathan Blake. 

1804. Joseph Maxcy, Rufus Gillmor, Joseph Morse. 

1805. Rufus Gillmor, Joseph Morse, Nathaniel Robbins. 

1806. Joseph Maxcy, Nathaniel Robbins, Joseph Morse. 

1807. Joseph Morse, Matthias Hawes, Marlboro' Packard. 

1808. Joseph Morse, Matthias Hawes, Marlboro' Packard. 

1809. Nathaniel Bachelor, Joel Adams, William Hart. 

1810. Nathaniel Bachelor, Nathan Blake, Joel Adams. 

1811. Nathaniel Robbins, John Lermond, Joel Adams. 

1812. John Lermond, Joseph Morse, Matthias Hawes. 

1813. John Lermond, Joseph Morse, Micajah Gleason. 

1814. John Lermond, Joseph Morse, Micajah Gleason. 

1815. Nathl. Bachelor, Micajah Gleason, Nathan Daniels. 

1816. Nathl. Bachelor, Micajah Gleason, John Lermond. 

1817. Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, Thomas Mitchell. 

1818. Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, John W. Lindley. 

1819. Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, John W. Lindley. 

1820. Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, John W. Lindley. 

1821. Micajah Gleason, John Lermond, John W. Lindley. 

1822. John W. Lindley, Herman Hawes, James Littlehale. 

1823. John W. Lindley, John Lermond, Herman Hawes. 

1824. John Lermond, John W. Lindley, Joseph Morse. 

1825. John Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, Noah Rice. 

1826. John Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, Noah Rice. 

1827. John Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, Samuel Stone. 

1828. John Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, Samuel Stone. 

1829. John Lermond, Samuel Stone, Spencer Mero. 

1830. John Lermond, Samuel Stone, Herman Hawes. 

1831. Herman Hawes, Samuel Stone, John Payson. 

1832. Herman Hawes, John Lermond, Peter Adams. 

1833. Herman Hawes, Peter Adams, James Littlehale. 

1834. John Lermond, Peter Adams, John W. Lindley. 

1835. John Lermond, John W. Lindley, Jonathan Carriel. 

1836. J. W. Lindley, Jonathan Carriel, Phillips C. Harding. 

1837. J. W. Lindley, Phillips C. Harding, Nath. Bachelder. 



ASSESSORS. 119 

1838. John Lermond, Peter Adams, Phillips C. Harding. 

1839. Peter Adams, John W. Lindley, Willard Robbins. 

1840. John W. Lindley, Willard Robbins, Wm. Coggan. 

1841. John W. Lindley, John Payson, Nathan Hills. 

1842. John W. Lindley, Ebenezer Blunt, Willard Robbins. 

1843. Ebenezer Blunt, Phillips C. Harding, Wm. G. Hawes. 

1844. Ebenezer Blunt, Phillips C. Harding, Wm. G. Hawes. 

1845. P. C. Harding, George Cummings, Jo. M. Gleason. 

1846. Ebenezer Blunt, Geo. Cummings, Elbridge Lermond. 

1847. Ebenezer Blunt, Geo. Cummings, Elbridge Lermond. 

1848. Ebenezer Blunt, Wm. G. Hawes, Elbridge Lermond. 

1849. William G. Hawes, Elbridge Lermond, Wm. Coggan. 

1850. Ebenezer Blunt, William G. Hawes, John Lermond. 

1851. Ebenezer Blunt, William G. Hawes, John Lermond. 

Selectmen's Compensation. — April 4, 1791, " Vo- 
ted the selectmen's work may be allowed as highway- 
work that is done in laying out roads the year 
ensuing." With this exception, there is no record of 
the compensation to the selectmen till " April 5, 1802 : 
allowed Thomas Mitchell, $5.50 ; Capt. Joseph Maxcy, 
$4; Moses Hawes, $12.84; aU three for serving as 
selectmen the year. . . . Voted the selectmen be al- 
lowed one dollar a day." This compensation con- 
tinues to the present time, the selectmen bearing their 
own expenses when on duty. 

ASSESSORS. 

1786. Jason Ware, Josiah Robbins, Samuel Hills. 

1787. Jan. 15. Samuel Hills, Josiah Robbins, Jason Ware. 

1788. Jason Ware, Josiah Robbins, Moses Hawes. 

1789. The Selectmen. 

1790. The Selectmen. 

1791. Barnard Case, Josiah Robbins, Joseph Maxcy. 

1792. The Selectmen. 

1793. David Robbins, Jason Ware, Josiah Robbins. 

1794. Moses Hawes, Samuel Hills, Joseph Maxcy. 

1795. The Selectmen. 

1796. Edward Jones, Joel Adams, Moses Hawes. 

1797. Matthias Hawes, Josiah Maxcy, Edward Jones. 

1798. Edward Jones, Waldron Stone, Christopher Butler. 

1799. The Selectmen. 



120 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

1800. The Selectmen. 

1801. Ebenezer Jennison, Josiah Robbins, Henry Blunt. 

1802. Josiah Maxcy, John Tobey, Nathaniel Robbing. 

1803. Nathaniel Robbins, Josiah Maxcy, Samuel Daggett. 

1804. Nathaniel Robbins, Josiah Maxcy, Samuel Daggett. 

1805. Josiah Maxcy, Samuel Daggett, Joel Adams. 

1806. Josiah Maxcy, Nathan Daniels, Joel Adams. 

1807. Josiah Maxcy, Samuel Daggett, Timothy Stewart. 

1808. Josiah Maxcy, Edward Jones, Joel Adams. 

1809. Josiah Maxcy, Ebenezer Alden, John W. Lindley. 

1810. Simeon Butters, Timothy Stewart, Nathan Daniels, 

Edward Jones. 

1811. The Selectmen. 

1812. John Little, Timothy Stewart, Spencer Walcott. 

1813. Timothy Stewart, John W. Lindley, Herman Hawes. 

1814. Spencer Walcott, Bailey More, Henry Blunt. 

1815. Henry Blunt, Herman Hawes, John W. Lindley. 

1816. Spencer Walcott, Thomas Mitchell, Nathl. Robbins. 

1817. The Selectmen. 

1818. Thomas Mitchell, Herman Hawes, William Boggs. 

1819. Thomas Mitchell, Herman Halves, Sterling Davis. 

1820. Herman Hawes, Thomas Mitchell, John Butler 1st. 

1821. Thos. Mitchell, John W. Lindley, John Butler 1st. 

1822. Spencer Walcott, Samuel Stone, John Lermond. 

1823. Thomas Mitchell, Spencer Mero, James Littlehale. 

1824. Herman Hawes, Calvin Gleason, James Littlehale. 

1825. Calvin Gleason, Ziba Simmons, James Littlehale. 

1826. Calvin Gleason, James Littlehale, Ziba Simmons. 

1827. James Littlehale, Calvin Gleason, Ziba Simmons, 

1828. John W. Lindley, James Littlehale, Herman Hawes, 

1829. James Littlehale, Calvin Gleason, Noah Bartlett. 

1830. James Littlehale, Calvin Gleason, Noah Bartlett. 

1831. Calvin Gleason, Sterling Davis, Ziba Simmons. 

1832. Thomas Mitchell, James Littlehale, Ziba Simmons. 

1833. Henry Blunt, Christopher Young, John W. Lindley. 

1834. Thos. Mitchell, Phillips C. Harding, Herman Hawes. 

1835. Phillips C, Harding, William Coggan, Nathan Hills. 

1836. Phillips C. Harding, William Coggan, Nathan Hills. 

1837. The Selectmen. 

1838. William Coggan, Nathan Hills, Sterling Davis, jun. 

1839. Ebenezer W, Adams, Isley Martin, Jo. Vaughan, jun, 

1840. John Gowen, Joseph Vaughan, Leonard Barnard. 

1841. James Littlehale, Jo. M. Gleason, Stephen S. Hawes. 



CONSTABLES. 121 

1842. Joseph M. Gleason, Stephen S. Hawes, Elbridge Ler- 

mond. 

1843. Joseph M. Gleason, Stephen S. Hawes, Elbridge Ler- 

mond. 

1844. Joseph M. Gleason, Orson Cromett, Sterling Davis, 

jun. 

1845. Sterling Davis, jun., Cyrus GoAven, Elijah Vose. 

1846. Willard Robbins, William Gleason, Nelson Cutler. 

1847. The Selectmen. 

1848. Moses Hawes, Sterling Davis, jun., Charles Fogler. 

1849. Wm. G. Hawes, Elbridge Lermond, Wm. Coggan. 

1850. Ebenezer Blunt, William G. Hawes, John Lermond. 

1851. Ebenezer Blunt, William G. Hawes, John Lermond. 

Assessors' Compensation. — The assessors have 
commonly been chosen by ballot ; but sometimes, as 
March 8, 1790, the town has voted that the selectmen 
should be the assessors for the year. 

The compensation has not been uniform. 1793, 
April 1, " Voted, for making taxes, to Capt. Joel Ad- 
ams, £1. 14s.; to Lieut. Maxcy, £1. 4s.; to Amariah 
Mero, £1. 12s." 1794, April 7, " Voted to allow Mr. 
Jason Ware XI. 14s. for taking valuation and making 
taxes." 1802, April 5, "Allowed the following accounts, 
viz.: Josiah Robbins, $10.50; Henry Blunt, $7.50; 
Ebenezer Jennison, $16.75 ; all for taking valuation 
and making taxes the year passed." 1796, April 4, 
" Voted the assessors have 83 cents a day for 1795 
and 1796." In 1797 and 1798, the compensation was 
$1.17 a day. In 1800 it was $1 a day, and so contin- 
ued till 1847, when it was fixed at $1.25 ; but, in 1848, 
it was again restored to $1 a day. No extra com- 
pensation is allowed for board, lodging, or travel. 
The assessors divide such expenses by entertaining 
each other at their respective dwelling-houses, wiiile 
making the taxes. 

CONSTABLES. 

1787, Jan. 15. David Robbins. 
1787, March 5, 1788. Abijah Hawes. 
1789-90. Samuel Hills. — 1791-1802. Amariah Mero. 
11* 



122 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

1803. Moses Hawes. — 1804-6. Amariah Mero. 

1807. Spencer Walcott. — 1808. Jabez N. Mitchell. 

1809. John Drake. — 1810. Thomas Mitchell, jun. 

1811. Thomas Mitchell, jun., Rnfus Gillmor. 

1812. Thos. Mitchell, jun. — 1813-17. Eben. W. Adams. 
1818-19. Rufus Gillmor. — 1820. John Chapman Robbins. 
1821. Herman Hawes. — 1822. Rufus Gillmor. 

1823. Nathan D. Rice. — 1824. Thomas Mitchell. 
1825-28. Isaac Hills. — 1829. John Chapman Robbins. 
1830. Samuel Daggett, jun. — 1831. Nathan Hills. 
1832-33. Nelson Cutler. — 1833, Oct. 28. Wm. Caswell. 
1834. Robert Thompson, jun. — 1835-39. Nathan Hills. 

1840. Christopher Young, Nathan Hills, Thomas C. Fos- 

sett, Elbridge Lermond, Thurston Whiting. 

1841. Nathan Hills, Thos. C. Fossett, Christopher Young. 

1842. Elisha E. Rice. 

1843. Christopher Young, Nathan Hills, Elisha E. Rice, 

Thomas C. Fossett, Joseph M. Gleason, Robert 
Thompson, jun. 

1844. Christopher Young, Nathan Hills. 

1845. Christopher Young, Nathan Hills, Ebenezer Blunt. 

1846. Christopher Young, Nathan Hills, Ebenezer Blunt, 

George Jones. 

1847. Christopher Young, Ebenezer Blunt, Edward Hills, 

Charles Fogler. 

1848. Edward Hills, Christopher Young, Ebenezer Blunt. 

1849. Edward Hills, William Caswell, Christopher Young, 

Charles A. Hawes, Nathan Hills, J. W. Payson, 
Samuel Haskell, Thomas C. Fossett. 

1850. Edward Hills, William Caswell, Joseph M. Gleason, 

Danford Blackington, Nathan Hills, William Glea- 
son, Nathan Whiting, Christopher Young. 

1851. Edw. Hills, Christopher Young, Joseph M. Gleason. 

Constables' Compensation. — May 20, 1799, it 
was " voted to allow Amariah Mero eight dollars for 
eight years' service as constable." April 5, 1802, 
" Voted to allow the constable one dollar a year." 
Oct. 28, 1833, " Voted to set up the office of consta- 
ble to the highest bidder." It was taken by William 
Caswell at five dollars and seventy-five cents. April 7, 
1834, it w^as bid oft' by Robert Thompson, jun. at fif- 
teen dollars. 



COLLECTORS. 



123 



COLLECTORS 

1786. David Robbins, 

1787. Jan. 15. David Robbins. 

1787. April 2. Joel Adams, at . , Os, 6d. 

1788. March 3. Richard Cummings Os. lOd. 

1788. April 7. Amariah Mero . -* Os. lOd. 

1789. Ebenezer Jennison . . . . Os. lid. 

1790. Ebenezer Jennison .... Is. lOd. 

1790. Nov. 8. Joel Adams ... 2s. Od. 

1791. David Robbins Is. lid. 

1792. Samuel Hills is. Od. 

1793. Edward Jones Is. 7d. 

1794. Timothy Stewart 1 . . . . Os. 7d. 

1794. David Robbins 2 .... Is. lOd. 

1795. Josiah Robbins Is. 7d. 

1796. Richard Cummings .... Is. Od. 

1797. Richard Cummings .... Is. 4d. 

1798. Thomas Mitchell .... Is. 4d. 

1799. March 5. Edward Jones, who 

was excused Is. 

1799. April 1. Nathaniel Robbins . Is. 

1800. Thomas Mitchell .... Is. 

1802. Spencer Walcott . . . . Os. 

1803. Spencer "Walcott .... 8 cents 

1804. Jabez N. Mitchell .... 2c. 5m. 

1805. Spencer Walcott .... 8c. Om. 

1806. Jabez N. Mitchell .... 8c. Om. 

1807. Josiah Robbins 7c. 5m. 

1808. Jabez N. Mitchell .... 8c. Om. 

1809. John Drake 7c. Om. 

1810. Thomas Mitchell, jun. . . . 10c. Om. 

1811. Thomas Mitchell, jun. . . . 3c. Om. 

1812. Thomas Mitchell, jun. . . . 5c. 9m. 

1813. Ebenezer W. Adams ... 6c. 8m. 

1814. Ebenezer W. Adams ... 6c. 

1815. Ebenezer W. Adams ... 5c. 

1816. Jeremiah Mitchell .... 7c. Om. 

1817. Ebenezer W. Adams . . . Ic. 9m. 

1818. Rufus Gillmor 2c. 5m. 

1819. Rufus Gilhnor 2c. 5m. 



4d. 
8d. 
4d. 
8d. 



9m. 
9m. 



per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound. 
25er pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per povmd. 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound. 

per poxmd. 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per dollar, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per dollar, 
per pound, 
per pound. 
j)er pound, 
per pound, 
per pound, 
per dollar, 
per dollar, 
per dollar. 



For the inhabitants. " For non-residents 



Lawful moner. 



124 



MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 



1820. John Chapman Robbins 

1821. Herman Hawes 

1822. Herman Hawes 

1823. Nathan D. Rice 

1824. Thomas Mitchell 

1825. Isaac Hills 

1826. Isaac Hills 

1827. Isaac Hills 

1828. Isaac Hills 

1829. John C. Robbins (April 6) 

1829. Saml. Daggett, jun. (Sept. 14 

1830. Samuel Daggett, jun. 

1831. Nathan Hills, giving for the 

privilege 

1832. Nelson Cutler 

1833. Nelson Cutler 

1834. The Treasurer 

1835. Nathan Hills . 

1836. Nathan Hills . 

1837. Nathan Hills, giving 

1838. Nathan Hills 

1839. Nathan Hills, giving 

1840. Nathan Hills . . 

1841. The Treasurer . 

1842. Elisha E. Rice . 

1843. Ebenezer Cobb . 

1844. Ebenezer Cobb . 

1845. Ebenezer Blunt . 

1846. Ebenezer Blunt . 

1847. Ebenezer Blunt . 

1848. Ebenezer Blunt . 

1849. Joseph M. Gleason 

1850. Joseph M. Gleason 

1851. Joseph M. Gleason 



3c. Om. per dollar. 

2c. 5m. per dollar. 

3c. Om. per dollar. 

2c. Cm. per dollar. 

2c. 7m. per dollar. 

2 c. 5m. per dollar. 

Ic. 9m. per dollar. 

2c. 9m. per dollar. 

2c. 9m. per dollar. 

Ic. Om. per dollar. 

2c. 8m. per dollar. 

Oc. 9m. per dollar. 

4m. per dollar. 

Om. per dollar. 

8m. per dollar. 

(no record.) 

Uc. 4m. per dollar. 

Oc. 5m. per dollar. 

Oc. lyLm. per dollar. 

9m. per dollar. 

7m. per dollar. 

Im. per dollar. 

(no record.) 

(no record.) 

5m. per dollar. 

5m. per dollar. 

Om. per dollar. 

Om. per dollar. 

5m. per dollar. 

5m. per dollar. 

5m. per dollar. 

5m. per dollar. 



Oc. 
Ic. 
Oc. 

Oc. 



Oc 
Oc 
Oc. 



Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 
Ic. 



uiii. pel uuiitti- 

5m. per dollar 



Collectors' Compensation. — Against the preced- 
ing names are placed the terms on which the taxes 
were collected in the different years. The office has 
generally been " set up at vendue," and undertaken by 
the lowest bidder. The first record of this proceeding 
is dated April 2, 1787; and the assessors were in- 
structed " to add sixpence a pound on the next tax," 



COLLECTORS. 125 

this being the rate at which the collecting was under- 
taken. In 1846 and since, a collector has been regu- 
larly chosen, the terms on which he would undertake 
the business being understood before his election. 

If a collector fails to procure satisfactory bondsmen, 
or to do the duty, or resigns, a substitute is chosen. 
Nov. 3, 1794, it was voted to allow to John Butler 
Is. 6d. on the pound for collecting No. 3 tax ; and an 
order of the same date was accordingly issued to pay 
him £4. Os. 4d. The No. 3 tax was the one for the 
third year from the incorporation of the town, and 
Butler may have discharged part of the duty of col- 
lecting it. 

The collector is held accountable for the whole 
amount of the taxes committed to him, whether they 
are against responsible persons or not. The risk he 
thus assumes is not great. A very poor person is sel- 
dom taxed, lest he should thus gain a residence in the 
town, and the people become liable for his support. 
If, after reasonable efforts, it is considered impractica- 
ble to coUect any one's tax, the amount is remitted by 
an act of the town^ in town-meeting, and thus the 
collector's liability ceases. But it must be apparent 
that the collector has made reasonable exertion to ob- 
tain it. Jan. 4, 1790, an article was brought forward 
" to see if the town will allow John Butler such taxes 
as he cannot collect on the tax-bills committed to him 
to collect, for the reasons that he can produce ; " but 
" the town voted that they supposed he had not tried 
sufficiently." 

The rates for collecting taxes sometimes have de- 
pended in part on the additional duties or privileges of 
the collectors. In 1839, it was voted that the person 
who " bid them off" should " have the constable's 
berth." In April, 1843, a vote was passed to choose a 
collector by ballot; but it was immediately recon- 



' April 6, 1829, -when the subject of abatement of taxes came 
before the town, it was " voted that the selectmen should abate such 
taxes as they might think proper." 



126 



MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 



sidered, and the selectmen were instructed to receive 
proposals and report at an adjourned meeting. At the 
adjourned meeting, it was " voted that the collection 
of taxes be put up at auction to the lowest bidder, he 
having the privilege of being constable, and doing the 
business of the town gratis." 







TREASUKERS. 






1787- 


-95. 


Matthias Hawes. 


1834- 


-35. 


Nathl. Robbins. 


1795- 


-1800. Jason Ware. 


1836. 




Amos Drake. 


1801- 


-10. 


Levi Morse. 


1837. 




Ebenezer Cobb. 


1811- 


-18. 


Spencer Walcott. 


1838- 


-43. 


Amos Drake. 


1819- 


-28. 


Ebenezer Alden. 


1844. 




Bradley R. Mow- 


1829- 


-31. 


Danl. F.Harding. 






n- 


1832. 




Nathl. Robbins. 


1845- 


-50. 


Elijah Vose. 


1833. 




John Little. 


1851. 




Spencer Walcott 



The name of the town-treasurer for 1792 and 1793 
is not on record ; but it was undoubtedly Matthias 
Hawes. He was regularly elected also in 1795, but 
soon declined, and was succeeded by Jason Ware, 
May 6, 1795. 

Treasurer's Compensation. — May 20, 1799, " Vo- 
ted to allow Mr. Jason Ware twenty-four dollars for 
four years' services as treasurer." April 5, 1802, 
" Voted to allow the treasurer six dollars a year." 
The same allowance was made in 1804 and 1805, and 
has been continued to the present time. 

TITHINGMEN. 

1787. John Butler. — 1788. Samuel Hills. 

1789. Amos Lawrence. — 1790. David Woodcock. 

1791. Jason Ware. — 1792. Richard Cummings. 

1793. Christopher Butler, Seth Luce. 

1794. George West, Bailey Grinnell. 

1795. George West, Edward Jones. 

1796. Jessa Robbins, Levi Morse. 

1797. Bailey Grinnell, Joseph Butler. 

1798. David Snell, Thomas Daggett. 

1799. Christopher Butler, Matthias Hawes. 

1800. Matthias Hawes, Christopher Butler. 



TITHINGMEN. 127 

Jason Ware, Rufus Dyer. 
Matthias Hawes, Jason Ware. 
Rufus Dyer, Daniel Walker. 

Joel Adams, Abel Walker. — 1805. Amos Walker. 
Danl. AValker. — 1 807. Danl. Walker, Abel Walker. 
Jessa Robbins, Samuel Daggett. 
(March.) David Robbins, Wm. Boggs, Edward Jones. 
(April) Joel Adams, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel Hills. 
George Bowes, Israel Leavitt. 
Jason Ware, Christopher Butler, Abijah Hawes. 
Samuel Hills 1st, Thaddeus Luce, Jessa Robbins. 
Simeon Butters, Jessa Robbins. 
Solomon Hewes, Susman Abrams. 
Jonathan Carriel, Solomon Hewes, Simeon Butters, 
Joseph Morse, Samuel Hills, Richard Cummings, 
Aaron Young, George Wellington, Jacob Ring, 
Abel Walker, Thomas Mitchell, and Zebulon Sar- 
gent. The latter chosen May 8, in the place of 
Otis Bills, excused. 
Sterling Davis, Simon Fuller, Spencer Walcott, not 
sworn; Abijah Hawes, Jessa Robbins, Solomon 
Hewes, Cornelius Irish, Amos Walker, Simeon 
Butters, Jeremiah Stubbs, John Butler 1st, Benja- 
min Walker, Samuel Hills, sworn. 
Cornelius Irish, Samuel Hills 1st, Simon Fuller, 
Jessa Robbins, Calvin Gleason, Thaddeus Luce, 
Abijah Hawes. 
Jessa Robbins, Daniel Walker, Joel Adams. 
Daniel Walker, Bela Robbins, Simeon Butters. 
Daniel Walker, John Walker, Abel Walker. 
Samuel Hills, Simeon Butters. 
John KiefF, Simeon Butters, Phinehas Butler. 
Daniel Walker, Simeon Butters. 
Daniel Walker, Simon Fuller, John Butler. 
Daniel F. Harding, James Moaxfield, Abel Walker. 
Edward Brown, John Hemenway, Reuben Hills. 
Zaccheus Litchfield, Roland Cobb, James St. Clair. 
Johnson Pilsbury, James Maxfield. 
-41. (No record.) 
Joseph Irish, Obadiah Harris, Prince Luce. 
Robt. Thompson, j un., Elisha E. Rice, Nath. Whitney. 
George W. Butler, David Hill, Ebenezer W. Adams. 
Nathan Whitney, Walter Blake, Nathan Hills, jun. 



128 MUNICIPAL HISTORY. 

1846. Horace Titus, Walter Blake, Nathan Hills 2d. 

1847. Abel Walker, William Shepard, Oren O. Stewart, 

Thaddeus Luce, Nathan Walker. 

1848. Abel Walker, William A. Thayer, Samuel Bowker, 

Isley Martin, Charles Kahler. 

1849. Obadiah Harris, William Caswell, Calvin Boggs, 

Nathan D. Rice. 

1850. William Shepard, Hugh Gordon, George M. Fossett, 

James Davis, David Blackington. 

1851. Hugh Gordon, Ebenezer W. Adams, Nathan Whit- 

ney, Samuel Howland. 

In 1815, the law for prosecuting violators of the 
Lord's Day was vigorously enforced. As the com- 
plainant was entitled to one-half of the fine, it is not 
to be supposed that he was always indifferent about 
the fee, or that he was actuated solely by a desire to 
check the profanation of the day. 

On one occasion, a teamster, who had been carting 
goods to Boston, arrived at Waldoborough on Satur- 
day. Being very unwilling to spend Sunday on the 
road, he took his departure about midnight for his 
home in Union. One of his oxen was thus over- 
tasked, and he was delayed. For this delinquency he 
was complained of by a vigilant tithingman, whose 
house he was obliged to pass, and was fined. 

On another occasion, a citizen of Boston, having 
heard of the dangerous illness of an intimate friend, 
was hastening home, and tarried at the tavern over- 
night. He rose very early on Sunday morning, and 
quietly departed with his family in his carriage, while 
many of the neighbors were yet asleep. But his de- 
parture did not escape the vigilance of a tithingman, 
who entered a complaint, though he did not himself 
see him. 

All persons were permitted to enter complaints ; and 
sometimes ill-will was gratified. A young man went 
to spend the Lord's Day with a relative, whose nearest 
neighbor he disliked. During the day, the neighbor 
went into the field to look at his cattle or sheep. Ac- 
cordingly, on Monday, a complaint was entered against 



FISH- WARDENS. 129 

him for violating the Lord's Day. There were similar 
proceedings in other towns. They show the practical 
operation of the la^v. 

FISH-WAKDElSrS. 

1787. David Robbiiis, Amariah Mero, John Butler. 

1788. Royal Grinnell, John Butler, David Robbins. 

1789. Jessa Robbiiis, Amariah Mero, Royal Grinnell. 

1790. David Woodcock, Josiah Robbins, Philip Robbins. 

1791. John M. Wight, Samuel Hills, Thomas Daggett, jun. 

Levi Morse, David Robbins. 

1793. Edward Jones, David Robbins, Christopher Butler, 

Samuel Hills, Levi Morse. 

1794. David Robbins, Josiah Hart, William Hart. 

1795. Rufus Gillmor, Philip Robbins, Jessa Robbins, Chris- 

topher Butler, Josiah Maxcy. 

1796. Royal Grinnell, Nathaniel Robbins, Christopher But- 

ler, David Robbins. 

1797. David Robbins, Christopher Butler, Moses Hawes, 

David Gillmor, Rufus Gillmor. 

1798. Olney Titiis, Josiah Maxcy, Christopher Butler, 

David Gillmor, Nathaniel Robbins. 

1799. David Robbins, David Gillmor, Thomas Nye, Jere- 

miah Mitchell, Matthias Hawes. 

1800. Thomas Nye, Rufus Dyer, Olney Titus, George 

Washington West, Royal Grinnell. 

1801. David Gillmor, Edward Jones, Nathaniel Robbins, 

Matthias Hawes, Thomas Nye. 

1802. Olney Titus, Rufus Dyer, Edward Jones, Edward 

Oakes, Jesse Rogers. 

1803. A. Mero, John Butler, Nich. Smith, Tho. Nye, R. Gill- 

mor ; April 4, Rufus Dyer, in the place of T. Nye. 

1804. Abel Walker, Royal Grinnell, Nicholas Smith, John 

Clark, Benjamin Eastman. 

1805. David Robbins, John Clark, Calvin Morse. 

1806. Jonathan Daggett, Ezekiel Hagar, Amos Barrett. 

1807. Spencer Walcott, Thomas Nye, Christopher Butler, 

David Robbins, Royal Grinnell. 

1808. Edward Jones, William Hart, James Rice, Nathan 

D. Rice, Richard Grinnell. 

1809. Timothy Stewart, Thomas Nye, Zelotes Tucker. 
1823. Eben. W. Adams, John Butler 1st, Phinehas Butler. 

12 



130 TOPO&RAPHICAL HISTORY. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

Pirst Burial Place. — Old Burying Ground. — First Private Burying 
Ground. — Second Private Burying Ground. — East Union Bury- 
ing Ground. — Hearses. — Common. — Pound. — Town House. 

BURIAL-PLACES. 

First Burial Place. — Fourteen ^ persons were buried 
in David Robbins's field, on the point of land which 
juts into the west side of Seven-tree Pond. The only- 
adults were Elisha Partridge and Jessa Robbins's first 
wife. 

Old Burying Ground. — Who owns the Old Bury- 
ing Ground ? This question is often asked, and from 
the town-records will now be given all the information 
respecting it which they contain. 

Nov. 8, 1790, Matthias Hawes, Ezra Bowen, and 
David Woodcock, were chosen a committee " to look 
out a plat of ground and procure the same for a bmy- 
ing-place," and " to settle with David Robbins in 
regard of the inhabitants that had been buried on his 
land." David Woodcock^ died Dec. 9, and was the 
first person buried in the Old Burying Ground. 
March 7, 1791, the " report of the [other members of 
the] Committee on the spot for a burying-place at the 
north end of the spot for the meeting-house," was ac- 
cepted by the town. At the same time it was " voted 
that Mr. Philip Robbins shall clear and improve the 

» N. P. Hawes's MS. 

* Mr. Woodcock lived at South Union. The road around the head 
of Seven-tree Pond was so bad that it was hardly passable. The pond 
was frozen so as to prevent crossing with boats, and yet the ice was 
not thick. The funeral procession went to the pond ; and the people, 
two by two, passed along on the margin very near the shore, at great 
distances from each other, lest the cracking ice should give way be- 
neath their feet. 



OLD BURYING-GROUND. 131 

spot for a biirying-place, till it be subdued according to 
his proposal." Aug. 29, 1791, " Chose two sextons 
to attend the graveyard, viz. E-ufus Gillmor and 
Nathaniel Robbins." It was expected that the meet- 
ing-house would be erected near the place selected for 
burials. When it was determined to build the house 
on the Common, the inhabitants continued to bury 
where there had already been several interments. 

There is no other record on the subject till Jan. 16, 
1796, when it was voted to fence the burying-ground 
and measure it, — a vote which was reconsidered 
AprU 4. May 20, 1799, Rufus Gillmor, for fr^venty- 
five dollars, agreed to put round it " a good five-rail 
fence, with a decent gate in the front," by the last of 
June ; and David Robbins, Amariah Mero, and 
Thomas Mitchell, were chosen a committee to see 
that it was done according to agreement. April 7, 
1806, the selectmen were directed to fence it with 
boards and pine-posts. April 4, 1808, upon an article 
" to see if the town will request Mr. Robbins to pas- 
ture the burying-ground with sheep and horses only, 
or act and do any thing relative thereto," it was 
" voted that the selectmen be a committee to contract 
with some person or persons to fence " it, and report 
at the May meeting. In May, 1809, Amariah Mero 
took at auction, for thirteen dollars, the job " to make 
a new fence on the north side, . . . similar to that now 
standing by the road, and to have the remainder of the 
old fence repaired well." The records make no further 
mention of the subject till Sept. 10, 1827, when it was 
"voted that the selectmen make or repair the fence 
about the burying-ground, to the best advantage." 
Nov. 7, 1836, " voted that the selectmen see that the 
burying-ground near WUlard Robbins's be fenced as 
soon as may be for the interest of the town, and with 
such materials as they may think most suitable." 

There is no record of any purchase or agreement 
respecting the land. It is doubtful if any record was 
made. Mr. Robbins, the owner of the land, gave the 
place to be used as a burying-ground ; it being under- 



132 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTOEY. 

stood that the town should fence it, and that he should 
pasture it with sheep or such cattle as would not in- 
jure the graves or grave-stones. " The town," accord- 
ing to the late Nathaniel Robbing, Esq. " has generally 
been negligent about fencing it." In April, 1842, 
William Gleason, Calvin Gleason, and Samuel Stone, 
were chosen a committee to examine the condition of 
the fence ; and, upon their making a report, Aug. 27, 
it was " voted that the building of said fence be left 
in the hands of the selectmen." Probably nothing 
was done ; for, Sept. 29, 1845, the town voted to allow 
" Willard Robbins's bUl for repairs done on graveyard- 
fence from 1834 to 1845." 

At the meeting in April, 1842, when the subject of 
the fence was brought forward, it was " voted that the 
selectmen procure a deed of said ground in behalf of 
the town." A deed w^as not obtained. Sept. 29, 1845, 
when WUlard Robbins's bill for repans was allowed, 
an article was brought forward " to see if the town 
will allow any person to pasture the town bmying- 
ground ; " whereupon Walter Blake, Nathan HOls, and 
Elijah Vose, were chosen a committee " to ascertain 
what right, if any, the town had to said burying- 
ground, and report at the next town-meeting." Their 
report is not recorded. In July, 1846, Nathaniel, son 
of Josiah Robbins, not knowing, and not being able to 
ascertain from his father's deed, whether he had any 
title to it or not, gave a quit-claim deed of the Old 
Burying Ground to his son Willard. 

The situation of this ground is very beautiful ; and 
if trees, shrubbery, and flowers were planted, it would 
be one of the most interesting spots in Union. Here, 
too, is the only monument in town. It is of marble, 
and was placed over the grave of Nathaniel Robbins, 
Esq. Dec. 4, 1850, in memory of him and his wife 
Lovey, who is buried by his side. 

First Private Burying Ground. — The warrant 
caUing a town-meeting, July 4, 1820, contains an arti- 
cle " to hear the report of the selectmen relative to 
buying a piece of land for a burying-ground ; " and it 



PRIVATE BURYING-GROUNDS. 133 

was " voted that the selectmen be a standing com- 
mittee, and make further report respecting the burying- 
ground in the west part of the town." May 7, 1821, 
the selectmen were authorized to purchase a piece of 
land of Samviel Daggett, provided they could obtain a 
sufficient quantity for a sum not exceeding twenty-five 
dollars. The next mention of the subject bears date 
April 5, 1830, when Calvin Gleason, Henry Fossett, 
and Henry Blunt, were chosen a committee " to make 
such inquiries as they think proper, as to purchasing a 
piece of land for a burying-ground." The tow^n voted 
not to accept their report, which was made Sept. 13. 
Individuals then took up the subject, and a justice's 
warrant for incorporation was granted Nov. 22, 1830 ; 
at which time ground was bought in the corner of the 
field made by the two roads, about 100 rods north-east 
of the present graveyard. The funeral of Mrs. Jane 
Bryant, the only person buried here, was Jan. 14, 1831. 
The ground was so wet that the coffin rose, and the 
body was removed, April 16, 1831, to the present 
burying-ground, which was purchased by a commit- 
tee chosen Dec. 30, 1830, and was accepted Jan. 22, 
1831. The burial of Mrs. Jonathan Morse was the 
next. There were fourteen removals from other places, 
most of them from the Old Burying Grouijd. Heruy 
Fossett, Ebenezer Blunt, Brotherton Daggett, and 
Thomas Mitchell, had each of them one child, and Cal- 
vin Gleason, Nahum Thurston, and John Tobey, had 
each of them two children, reburied here. Beside 
these were Jonathan Carriel ; also Philip Grinnell and 
wife, who were removed from Liberty in 1834 ; and a 
child of Nathan D. Rice, Nov. 18, 1835, which was 
re-interred at the time he buried another. The records 
were remarkably weU kept, giving the ages, and also 
the time of all the burials, by Samuel Daggett, the 
sexton and clerk, till his decease in the fall of 1846. 

Second Private Burying Ground. — A justice's 
warrant was issued Nov. 1, 1841, and a meeting held 
and proprietors incorporated Nov. 8, at which time 
may be dated the opening of the Second Private 

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134 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

Burying Ground. The deed of the land probably is 
of a later date. Formerly the spot was the northern 
part of the Rev. Mr. True's orchard. In April, 1844, 
the town voted to pay half the expense of building the 
fence between it and the Old Burying Ground. It is 
divided into family lots, cornered by marble posts. The 
first person buried in it was David Cummings, who 
died the 24th, and not, as the grave-stone states, the 
17th of March, 1842. Several bodies in the Old Bury- 
ing Ground were disinterred, and rebm'ied here. Here 
are the only tombs in the town. The first was built 
in the north-east corner of the ground, in the autumn 
of 1846, to be a temporary receiving tomb when the 
ground is frozen. Before this time, graves were dug 
during the winter. The first person whose remains 
rested here temporarily was the wife of Dr. Jonathan 
Sibley. A few weeks afterward, the tomb was again 
opened to receive the remains of Mrs. Reed, who was 
the second tenant, and who with the first was interred 
in the spring of 1847. In the autumn of 1848, two 
contiguous tombs were built by Ebenezer Alden and 
John Little, who owned adjoining lots. Some of the 
proprietors have ornamented their squares with trees. 

East Union Burying Ground. — July 4, 1820, 
John W. l^indley, Micajah Gleason, and Reuben Hills, 
were chosen a committee " to examine and report on 
the petition for a burying-ground in the east part of 
the town." Nov. 6, the town accepted a report "to 
purchase a piece of land of John Lermond at twenty- 
five dollars an acre, and one dollar per rod for the wall 
standing thereon." This land was about 100 rods, in 
a north-easterly direction, from the present private 
burying-ground, and near a large rock. Ephraim 
Bowley and four (?) children were buried here ; but 
the ground was so wet, that it was voted, Sept. 11, 
1826, that " the treasurer be authorized to exchange 
deeds with John Lermond," for another spot " more 
suitable." The spot obtained was north of this, on 
the north side of the river, near the mills. Sept. 8, 
1828, it was "voted that John Lermond build the 



HEARSES. 135 

fence, to the best advantage to the town." Several 
persons were buried here ; but the ground was so 
rocky, that nearly all the inhabitants in the vicinity 
united in purchasing the spot now known as the East 
Union Private Burying Ground. The first burial in 
this yard was of Sarah G. Collins, who died Feb. 27, 
1846. As early as Aug. 17, 1846, sixteen bodies, 
mostly from the second place selected, had been re- 
interred. The gi'ound is the property of individuals, 
and divided into lots. 

HEARSES. 

For many years, the remains of the dead^ were 
carried to the grave on biers, which were borne on 
men's shoulders, sometimes two or three miles. There 
were commonly eight bearers ; four to relieve the 
other four at short distances. Subsequently, when 
horse-wagons came into use, the custom was intro- 
duced of removing the body of a wagon, and " strap- 
ping " or cording the coffin to the axle-trees. May 1, 
1817, and Sept. 27, 1822, the selectmen were autho- 
rized " to procure a good decent hearse for the use of 
the town." There was none in town before this time. 
Dec. 20, 1823, Abiel Gay, for $23.50, bid off the job of 
building a hearse-house, sixteen feet by eight, and 
seven feet high, and agreed to have it done to the ac- 
ceptance of the selectmen in June. Sept. 13, 1824, it 
was voted to purchase a pall, paint the hearse-house, 
and repair the fence. April, 1845, P. C. Harding was 
authorized to purchase two hearses, with palls for the 
same, and to dispose of the old one. April, 1846, it 
was voted that the town provide a hearse for the bury- 

^ Of course, when there were but few families, a death was imme- 
diately known by all in town. Now it is generally announced by the 
bell. Within a few hours after a death, the bell is rung in the usual 
manner, — unless it be in the night, when the ringing is deferred 
till the following morning. Then, for a male, the bell is struck three 
strokes in rapid succession three times, there being between each 
three strokes an interval of one two or minutes. For a female, it is 
the same, except that the strokes are three times two. After this the 
age is tolled, — one stroke for each year. 



136 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

ing-ground at East Union. One for the Fii\st Private 
Burying Ground was voted in May. In April, the 
selectmen were authorized to purchase two harnesses 
to accompany the hearses ; also, in May, another for 
the hearse at the West Burying Ground. 

COMMON. 

The Common also has been a topic of much discus- 
sion. The earliest record alluding to the subject bears 
date April 5, 1790. " Voted that boars and rams shall 
not have the liberty of going on the Common." Voted 
that " hogs shall have liberty of going on the Common 
at large." ^ Jan. 16, 1796, Josiah Robbins, Timothy 
Stewart, Amariah Mero, Samuel Hills, and David 
Robbins, were chosen a committee " to apply to Da- 
vid Gillmor for a deed of two acres for a meeting- 
house lot, and to measure the same." There does not 
seem to have been any action upon the subject im- 
mediately; for, Nov. 5, 1798, the town voted not to 
accept the report of a committee chosen to lay out 
the Common round the meeting-house, but " to have 
the Common as surveyed by Mr. Waldron Stone." 
It was somewhat rough at this time, as we may infer 
from an article in the warrant for May 27, 1801, " to 
•see if the town will clear out the stumps and stone 
out of the Common, so as it may be fit for training 

' Votes of a similar nature were frequently passed. Hogs were 
privileged characters each year afterward till 1794. From 1794 to 
1799, votes were annually passed that " swine be allowed to run at 
large, being yoked and ringed as the law directs." With the excep- 
tion of the year 1804, they have never since been allowed their lib- 
erty, not even if subjected to the ignoble yoke on the neck and wire- 
ring in the nose. Several movements have been made in their behalf; 
but their friends have been so disconcerted in town-meetings at hav- 
ing their articles always " dropped," that it is many years since they 
have given up in despair all attempts to procure for them the rights and 
privileges which they enjoy in some of the streets of large cities. 

The general principle of choosing all men hog-reeves who have 
been married in the course of the preceding year has not always pre- 
vailed here. Unmarried persons have sometimes attained to the dis- 
tinguished honor, though there is no record that the honor has been 
conferred on anyone since April 4, 1825, when it was "voted to 
choose no hog-reeves." 



THE COMMON. 137 

for the town-soldiers." The same warrant contained 
an article " to see if the town will accept of a deed 
of land for a Common, for a training-field, from ]\Ir. 
David Gillmor." The town " voted the selectmen be 
a committee to apply to Mr. David Gillmor for a deed 
of the Common in the best manner they can get it 
for the town, and to postpone the clearing until a deed 
is procured." 

April 4, 1808, upon an article to see if the town will 
survey the Common, it was " voted that the selectmen 
look up the deed of the Common, and put it on record 
as soon as convenient." On the 2d of May following, 
it was " voted that the selectmen survey the Common, 
and compromise with Capt. [Rufus] Gillmor, and 
David his brother, by giving up the old deed, and tak- 
ing a new one on the terms proposed by Capt. Gillmor, 
and get the deed recorded." Accordingly, the follow- 
ing deed was obtained : — 

" Know all men by these presents, that I, David Gill- 
mor, of the Plantation No. Two, in the county of Hancock, 
and State of Massachusetts, gentleman, in consideration of 
one hundred dollars, well and truly paid by Nathaniel Bache- 
lor, Joel Adams, and William Hart, selectmen of the town 
of Union for the year A.D. 1809, and their successors in said 
office as selectmen of Union, the receipt whereof I do hereby 
acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell, and convey unto 
the said Bachelor, Adams, and Hart, and their successors 
in the office of selectmen of said Union, for ever, a certain 
tract of land lying in Union aforesaid, and is bounded as fol- 
lows, viz. : Beginning at a stake and stones standing west 
thirty-three degrees south seven rods and five links from 
the south-west corner of Capt. Rufus Gillmor's dwelling, at 
the northerly corner of said tract ; thence south seven de- 
grees east [west ?] fourteen rods to a stake and stones ; 
thence east fifteen degrees south twenty-three rods to a 
stake and stones ; thence east seventeen degrees north thir- 
teen rods and five links to a stake and stones ; thence east 
twenty-six degrees north eight rods to a stake and stones ; 
thence north seven degrees west four rods and sixteen links 
to a stake and stones ; thence west fourteen degrees north 



138 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

forty rods and twenty links to the bound first mentioned, 
be the same more or less ; and the above premises are to be 
occupied for the sole purpose for a Common for the use of 
the town of Union, to have and to hold the afore-granted 
premises to the said Bachelor, Adams, and Hart, or their 
successors, to their use and behoof for ever. 

" And I do covenant with the said Bachelor, Adams, and 
Hart, that I am lawfully seized in fee of the afore-granted 
premises ; that they are free of all incumbrances ; that I 
have good right to sell and convey the same to the said 
Bachelor, Adams, and Hart, or their successors in office ; 
and that I will warrant and defend the same premises to the 
said Bachelor, Adams, and Hart, for ever, against the law- 
ful claims and demands of all persons. 

" In witness whereof, I, the said David Gillmor, have here- 
unto set my hand and seal, this fifteenth day of June, in the 
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine. 

" David Gillmok, and seal. 

" Signed, sealed, and delivered in presence of us, 

"RUFUS GiLLMOE. 

"Nathl. Bobbins. 

" Lincoln, ss. June the 15, A.D. 1809. Then the above- 
named David Gillmor personally acknowledged the above 
instrument to be his free act and deed before me, 

" Nathl, Bobbins, Justice of Peace." 

1809, April 3, the town "voted that cattle shall 
not be allowed to run loose on the Common on pub- 
lic days." Sept. 25, 1809, David Robbins, Nathaniel 
E-obbins, and Amos Barrett, were chosen a committee 
to keep the Common clear of incumbrances. 

1830, April 5, an unsuccessful proposition was 
brought forward " to see if the town would pay Daniel 
F. Harding and John Little for the powder already 
expended, and necessary to be expended, in removing 
the ledge on the Common." 

1838, Sept. 10, an article was " dropped," which re- 
quested the town to " authorize the treasurer to release 
to D. F. Harding, and the subscribers associated with 
him, for building a Congregational Meeting-house, the 



THE COMMON. 139 

land on which the Old Meeting-house stood, including 
that portion of the Common below Ebenezer Cobb's 
line and the road leading from said Cobb's new build- 
ing to Zaccheus Litchfield's house." This was at the 
begmning of an excitement in regard to the location 
of the meeting-houses. At different times, several 
votes were passed, the object of some of which may 
have been to test the feelings of the town as to how 
far they meant to allow the Common to be trespassed 
upon. The deed was obscm'e ; and, Nov. 29, 1838, it 
was " voted that the selectmen survey, or cause to be 
surveyed, the Common, and erect suitable monuments 
at every angle and corner, and ascertain the right said 
town has to it, if any." April 1, 1839, an application 
was made by the Universalists "to see if the town 
would allow Nathaniel Bachelor, and such others as 
may be associated with him, to build a free meeting- 
house near where the old house stood, blow the rock, 
and level the ground in front of the contemplated free 
meeting-house. . . . Voted that they be allowed to blow 
out the rock and level off the spot in front." An ap- 
plication came from the other party, April 16, 1839, " to 
see if the town would allow Joseph Vaughan and 
others to blast rocks and remove them from the ledge 
on the Common for the use of a meeting-house. . . . 
Voted that they be allowed to blow out and remove 
the rock from the Common." 

Upon recurring to the deed, it was found impossible, 
by pursuing the coui'ses marked out in it, to arrive 
at the point of departm'e ; and it was concluded that 
the word east meant west. April 29, 1839, the town 
" voted that the selectmen survey the Common as now 
holden, and [that] dm-able monuments [be] erected at 
the angles of the same, and a plan thereof made and 
filed in the clerk's office." From this plan, it appears 
that the Universalist Meeting-house projects somewhat 
upon the Common. 

Several articles have been brought forward in town- 
meetings, during the last eight years, respecting incum- 
brances and pasturing cattle on the Common, — 



140 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

designed probably by a few individuals to tease each 
other, or for sport. 

POUND. 

Of course, the cattle of the early settlers grazed 
in meadows and browsed in woods in the sum- 
mer, and were fed principally on meadow-hay in the 
winter. Cow-bells and sheep-bells were fastened to 
the necks of the leaders of the herds and flocks, so 
that they might be the more easily found. From an 
early period, owners have left with the town-clerks 
records of the marks of their cattle. " Thomas Dag- 
gett's mark for his cattle, sheep, &c. is half a crop on 
the foreside of the left ear, and the end of the right ear 
cut off. Entered Aug. 28, 1790." Another entry, 
dated March 27, 1840, " is a swallow's tail on both 
ears, and a notch in the underside of both ears." 
Among the early settlers it seemed desirable that this 
or some other mode of identifying the cattle and sheep 
should be adopted, by which, in case of their straying 
or doing damage, the owners might be known. April, 
1824, a vote was passed " that cattle shall not run at 
large the present year." Similar votes have generally 
been adopted at the annual April meetings since that 
time. 

The subject of a pound was brought up June 20, 
1803, but voted down. March 3, 1806, " Voted to 
build a pound, and set it near the Common." It was 
to be of pine, forty feet square, and to be completed 
by the first of June. William Boggs undertook the 
job for forty-six dollars. It was erected on the west 
end of the Common, and occupied the spot where the 
store of N. Cutler, Esq. now stands. Robert Bunting 
was annoyed ; and. May 2, 1808, obtained leave of the 
town to move it " to some suitable place near the dwell- 
ing-house of James Rice," who lived by the Methodist 
Meeting-house on the farm now owned by Nathan D. 
Rice. 

April 1, 1822, the selectmen were chosen " a com- 
mittee to examine the pound, and to report their opin- 



TOWN-HOUSE. 141 

ion at the next meeting on the necessity of building a 
new one." Sept. 9, 1822, it was voted to build one 
" in some convenient spot on Rufus Dyer's land ; the 
same to be built of rocks, four feet thick at the bottom, 
and two feet thick at the top ; the wall to be six feet 
high with rocks, with timber on the top ; three square 
good posts for to hang the door to, with a good door 
well hung with iron hinges and well secured with a 
good lock; the whole to be done in a workmanlike 
manner, and to be twenty-five feet square within the 
wall." The building of it was put up at auction, 
Nov. 4, and taken by Nathaniel Robbins for twenty- 
eight dollars. 

TOWN-HOUSE. 

As early as March 3, 1806, the wan*ant for a 
town-meeting contained an article "to see if the 
town would build a town-house." The subject was 
not again brought forward till July 1, 1837. The 
east and the west parts of the town became divi- 
ded. Some of the people wanted to have it at Bar- 
rett's Corner, north-west of the Middle Bridge. Some 
wanted it near the Methodist Meeting-house, on 
land which would be given by Nathan D. Rice ; and 
others near the Common, where Ebenezer Cobb was 
willing to have it erected " east of his new building, 
without expense to the town for land." Each of these 
places was approved by the town at one or another of 
the meetings. Plans were also adopted, and committees 
were chosen and authorized to make contracts for the 
building. Even a deed for the land was obtained of 
N. D. Rice. The whole population became excited ; 
at one meeting reconsidering votes passed at a preced- 
ing meeting, or in the earlier part of the same meeting. 
The people often met, and the discussion was con- 
tinued till June 17, 1839, when the whole town rallied ; 
and it was voted, yeas 157, nays 146, " to reconsider 
all votes formerly passed." This being done, it was 
" voted that we build a town-house, to be located near 
the powder-house ; and that it be built according to the 
13 



142 TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 

blue plan, 40 by 48 feet, as accepted at a former meet- 
ing; that the selectmen be a committee to superin- 
tend the building of said house, and give directions as 
to the height of the posts and finishing said house. 
And the treasurer be authorized forthwith to enter 
into bonds with Ebenezer Cobb to build the same for 
the sum of six hundred dollars ; one-half to be paid 
by the first day of April, 1840, the other half by the 
first day of September, 1840, when said house is 
finished ; said Cobb to furnish land and other mate- 
rials suitable for said house." 

July 1, 1839, an attempt was made to procure 
another reconsideration of the votes ; but the town, 

143 to 73, " voted not to reconsider," and the select- 
men were appointed " a committee to locate the town- 
house in the vicinity of the powder-house, and agree 
with Mr. Cobb for a piece of land suitable for the 
same." The house was built, and thus ended the strug- 
gle. A stove was voted April 7, 1845. Further de- 
tails^ would be uninteresting, except as they might 
illustrate the orderly manner in which town-affairs are 
conducted, when hundreds of people are exceedingly 
zealous in matters considered favorable or prejudicial 
to their interests and convenience. 

* In April, 1844, it was voted that the building should "be used 
only for political purposes ; " but, April, 1845, the letting of it was 
"left discretionary -w-ith the selectmen." April 7, 1845, voted that 
Ebenezer Cobb take care of the Town-house. April 6, 1846, the 
selectmen were authorized to lease the upper part of it " to John W. 
Lindley and his associates, with a privilege for the purpose of finish- 
ing a hall ; provided they shall get and keep the Town-house insured 
so long as they shall occupy the same, reserving the right to rescind 
the lease upon paying a full compensation for their expenditures." 
The building has often been used for public worship, for justices' 
courts and courts of reference, and by the band when practising 
music. 



FIKST MEETING-HOUSE. 143 

CHAPTER XVII. 

FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

Early Efforts for a Meeting-house. — Spot selected. — Location 
changed. — Contracted for. — Porch. — Raising. — Enclosed. — 
Pillars. — Pulpit Window. — Outside to be finished. — Temporary- 
Seats. — Pews. — Roof to be painted. — Sale of Pews. — Names 
of Owners. — Lock voted. — Description of the House. — Pews 
built in the Gallery. — Repairs. — Stove. — Decay and Desecra- 
tion of the House. — Taken down. — Associations with it. — Cus- 
toms. — Marriage Publishments. — Dogs and Dog Whippers. 

The present generation knows but little about the 
efforts of the fathers of the town to provide a place for 
worship. The country had not recovered from the ex- 
haustion consequent on the revolutionary war. The 
burden of building a meeting-house was heavy. 
The people were poor. They were also embarrassed 
by the wants and inconveniences always incident to 
new settlements. But, in their day, a meeting-house 
was considered nearly as important to a town as a 
dwelling-house to a family. Accordingly, in showing 
the patience and perseverance of the inhabitants from 
the beginning to the completion of the house, more 
details will be given than can be generally interesting. 

1787. 
The first recorded notice occurs April 2, the year 
after the incorporation. Then, every house in town, 
except the Taylor House, was made of logs. Philip 
Robbins, Matthias Hawes, Josiah Robbins, Ezra 
Bowen, Joel Adams, Moses Hawes, and Abijah 
Hawes, were chosen a committee " to look out and 
find the most convenient spot to set a meeting-house, 
and procure a deed of the same." PhUip Robbins 
was " to see if Mr. Jonathan Amory would give a lot 
of land for the support of the gospel, and get a deed 
of it. . . . [The town] would not do any thing in 



144 PIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

regard to clearing a spot, [or] hiring preaching." 
Nov. 19, the committee reported that the most conve- 
nient spot was " on the line between Josiah Robbins's 
and the land of David Gillmor. Bounds : South cor- 
ner ; north thirty-six degrees east, sixteen rods ; thence 
north forty-two degrees west, tw^enty rods ; thence south 
thirty-six degrees west, sixteen rods ; thence south forty- 
two degrees east, twenty rods." This spot was on the 
hill now known as the Old Burying Ground. Samuel 
Hills, Moses Hawes, and John Butler, were chosen a 
" committee to write a letter to Mr. Amory for a deed 
for the same." 

1788-90. 

April 7, 1788, " Voted that the town will clear up a 
spot to set a meeting-house." May 28, " Set up at ven- 
due, to be cleared by the lowest bidder. Bid off by Ama- 
riah Mero, who is to clear and fence, and seed to grass 
for the first crop, and to have the improvement till the 
town call for it for the above use ; he keeping the brush 
down and fence in good order." July 14, the town 
" voted that they would build," and " that a tax of 
XllO be assessed and collected, in boards, shingles, or 
any thing that is necessary to build a meeting-house, 
and that it be paid in by the last of May, 1789." 
Messrs. Woodcock, Josiah Robbins, and Moses Hawes, 
were chosen a committee to receive and prize the lum- 
ber. The work, however, progi-essed slowly. The 
time for payment was extended to June 1, 1790. An 
unsuccessful attempt was made to reconsider the vote 
passed July 14, 1788. 

1791. 

March 7, the town " chose Josiah Robbins, Joel 
Adams, Thomas Daggett, Philip Robbins, and Joseph 
Maxcy, a committee to receive and prize the lumber ; " 
and the time for payment was "lengthened to 1| 
months from the date of this meeting. . . . Voted the 
thanks of the town be given to the committee for 
services done in procuring a bond for a deed of Mi\ 



MEASURES FOE, BUILDING. 145 

Woodcock in behalf of IVIr. Jonathan Arnory for a 
[spot] to set a meeting-house." 

1792. 

April 2, " Voted to set the meeting-house on the 
north side of the road from Capt. West's to Christo- 
pher Butler's, and on the east of the road to Senebec 
Pond, in the crotch by Mr. Gillmor's new field." ^ Jo- 
siah Robbins, Joel Adams, Philip Robbins, Bela Rob- 
bins, Seth Luce, Joseph Maxcy, Samuel Daggett, 
Joseph Guild, and Capt. George West, were chosen a 
committee " to look out the most convenient spot near 
where it now is " voted, and to " agree with Mr, Gill- 
mor for the spot, and make their report at the next 
meeting." It was voted that the house should be 
forty feet by fifty,- and that Matthias Hawes, Joseph 
Maxcy, and Amariah Mero, should be a committee 
" to inquire of a suitable person, of the cost and plan 
of such a house." May 7, the town chose Capt. 
George West " chairman of the town's committee," 
to which they added Mr. Thomas Daggett. At the 
same time they accepted the " spot the committee 
looked out to set a meeting-house on," and chose 
Joseph Maxcy, Amariah Mero, and Edward Jones, " a 
committee of three to draw a plan and prize produce 
to pay the <£110 tax that was granted." 

More than five years had thus passed away. Dec. 12, 
1792, effectual measures were taken for making a be- 
ginning. It was voted to put up at auction the job of 
furnishing a frame of the following dimensions : — 

Two sills, 50 feet long, 12 inches sqxiare, oak. 
Five sills, 40 feet long, 12 inches square, oak. 
Two plates, 50 feet long, 8 inches by 12, pine. 
Six beams, 42 feet long, 12 inches by 14, pine. 

' At the same time, Ebenezer Robbins and his estate were " set off 
to Thomaston to do duty and to receive privilege in building a meet- 
ing-house and supporting the gospel — at his request." 

* At the next meeting, the size was reconsidered, and it was voted 
to build forty feet square. This vote was again reconsidered Nov. 2, 
and the house was built forty feet by fifty. 
13* 



146 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

Two gallery girtlis, 40 feet long, 12 inches square, pine. 

One gallery girth, 30 feet long, 12 inches square, pine. 

Sixteen posts, 25 feet long, 12 inches at the foot, oak. 

Ten heams, 12 feet long, 10 inches by 12, pine. 

Six girths, 13 feet long, 8 inches by 10, oak. 

Four girths, 12 feet long, 8 inches by 10, oak. 

Six girths, 10 feet long, 8 inches by 10, oak. 

Twelve rafters, 28 feet long, 8 inches square at head, ten of 

them pine, and two oak. 
Four kingposts, 20 feet long, 10 inches by 12, oak. 

The contract was taken by Josiah Robbins for <£32, 
the lumber to be " on the spot by the first of June, all 
but the slit-work, and that by the first of May." 
" Voted there shall be a committee to take the taxes, 
and deduct out £40 to pay for the getting of the tim- 
ber, and average the remainder on the inhabitants and 
non-residents, to be paid in materials as follows : 
Boards, shingles, joists, or slit-work, at prices set by a 
committee heretofore chosen. And this committee 
shall examine the lumber so delivered, and give orders 
on the collector, which shall pay so much of then- taxes." 

1793. 

March 4, an assessment of £50 was voted ^ for 
framing, raising, and inclosing the house ; and Philip 
Robbins, Rufus Gillmor, and George West, were 
chosen a committee to procui'e workmen. Uriah Cof- 
fin bid off at auction a contract to furnish, for £4, 
sixty sleepers hewed on two sides, eight inches thick, 
oak or hemlock. April 1, " Voted to build a porch, and 
there should be 168 feet of square timber and 76 feet 
hewed on two sides for sleepers, and that application 
should be made to Mr. Bosworth- for the dimensions 
of the same." Bid ofi" by C. Butler for £1. 14s. 
Thirty pounds were voted, Dec. 2 and on the seventh 
of the following April, " towards finishing " the house. 

' At the same time, it was voted " to give Mr. Ebenezer Robbins 
his meeting-house tax, as he is old, and nearly past his labor." 

* Mr. Bosworth, of Warren, "was the master-builder, and almost 
the only man who knew how to do such work." 



THE RAISING. 147 

In autumn the frame was completed. The day for 
raising it must have been one of extraordinary inte- 
rest. The hearts of the people were gladdened at the 
prospect of obtaining what had been the subject of 
many prayers and a great deal of anxiety and Yankee 
calculation for more than six years. A " raising," too, 
in those days, was very laborious, Rigging and ma- 
chinery were seldom used. The timber was com- 
monly large and heavy. Pike-poles and men's arms 
were the means by w^hich a frame was put up. In 
raising so large a building as a meeting-house, it was 
necessary to look to neighboring towns for assistance. 

Accordingly, on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when the sun 
rose above the forests and shone on the few cultivated 
fields, it requires no great stretch of the imagination to 
picture the moving of most of the population of Union, 
and of many persons from WaiTen and Thomaston, and 
of some perhaps from Waldoborough, towards a com- 
mon centre. Some were in boats on the pond and 
river. Others were on horseback. The greater part 
were on foot, wending their way through the woods, 
among stumps, stones, and holes, and over corduroy 
roads. As they passed by the humble dwellings, — 
for, with very few exceptions, the habitations were log- 
houses, — they were hailed with loud, sharp voices and 
a hearty welcome to " come in and take some refresh- 
ment, or something to eat." On the tables were 
placed the best of every thing which could be furnished 
from the herds, flocks, fields, and barn-yards. 

By Philip Bobbins a corner-stone had been pre- 
viously taken out of the river near Bachelor's ]\iills. 
It was laid by means of a compass east and west, 
without any other ceremony. As it was always cus- 
tomary for all who attended a " raising " to labor gra- 
tuitously and to be fm^nished with refreshments, "Rufus 
Gillmor got a barrel of rum, and the men took their 
eleven o'clock and their four o'clock in good shape." 
Amariah Mero applied to the heavy timbers some 
rigging which he had previously borrowed at Warren. 
The band of the frame on the east end was raised by 



148 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

fastening the rigging to the limbs of a native oak, 
which was near it. One piece of timber, and then 
another, was slowly and tediously lifted, tiU all were 
put in their places. After two days, or perhaps three, 
of excessive labor, the raising was completed. It is 
said, that, to the eyes and imaginations of some of 
the inhabitants, it seemed almost as if they were to 
have a Solomon's Temple. A general enthusiasm pre- 
vailed among the population, which was then so 
small ^ that nearly one-half of the persons who as- 
sisted in the raising were from the neighboring towns. 
Upon hearing the report of the building committee, 
Dec. 2, it was " voted that the time for getting lumber 
for the meeting-house be prolonged till the middle of 
the next March." Afterward, little by little, for many 
years, additions and improvements were made accord- 
ing to the inclinations and ability of the people. 

1794. 

April 7, thnty pounds were granted toward finish- 
ing the house. Sept. 1, it was voted that twenty 
pounds should be immediately assessed and worked 
out " on the highway, in the room of the twenty pounds 
granted by the General Court to be worked out on the 
highways, and to appropriate the said twenty pounds 
in cash towards inclosing^ the meeting-house." The 
proceedings of the year concluded with a vote, Nov. 3, 
that " the committee procure pUlars to be tm'ned for 
the meeting-house." 

' At this time, says Mrs. William Hart, the only families in town, 
on the east side of Seven-tree Pond, were those of Samuel Hills, 
Joseph Maxcy, Josiah Maxcy, William Hart, Spencer Walcott, 
Christopher Butler, Levi Morse ; and on the road to the east part of 
the town lived Jonah Gay. On the west side lived Ezra Bowen, 
Abijah Hawes, David Robbins, Richard Cummings, Moses Hawes, 
Amariah Mero, Edward Jones, Rufus Gillmor, and Josiah Robbins. 
On the south of Round Pond lived Jessa Robbins ; and on the west 
of it were Joel Adams, Jason Ware, and Matthias Hawes. Besides 
these there were, in other parts of the town, Seth Luce, Bailey Grin- 
nell, George West, Royal Grinnell, William Lewis, Thomas Daggett, 
Thomas Daggett, jun., Samuel Daggett, and Aaron Daggett. 

" That is, boarding and shingling the roof. 



PROGRESS OF THE WORK. 149 

1795. 

May 6, the town voted not to gi-ant more money, and 
that "the money in the hands of the several collectors 
of the taxes granted for building the meeting-house be 
first expended for the purpose of inclosing the same." 
At the same time, Ebenezer Jennison, Rufus Dyer, 
and David Gillmor, and subsequently Amariah Mero, 
in place of E. Jennison, who declined, "were chosen a 
committee to draw a plan of the groundwork, to 
prize the pews, and report at the next meeting. 

1796. 

In the " dead of winter," Jan. 16, a town-meeting 
was held ; and it \Yas voted to raise by tax " sixty 
povinds, or two hundred doUars, to procure lumber for 
the meeting-house, so that it may be seasoned and fit 
to work the ensuing summer ; . . . and that the tax be 
assessed in the course of a fortnight," according to the 
valuation taken for the preceding May. David Gill- 
mor, Rufu.s Gillmor, and Joseph Maxcy, were chosen 
a committee to receive such lumber as was suitable ; 
and it might be brought in until April. April 4, the 
committee were instructed to enlarge the pulpit-win- 
dow as they may think best. May 5, it was voted to 
finish the outside of the meeting-house, and that the 
job should " be set up at vendue to the lowest bidder, 
all but setting the glass." It was to be done " like 
the Warren Meeting-house, and in a workmanlike 
manner, by the first day of November ; all, except the 
window-sashes and doors, which were to be done by 
the last day of June, 1797." The materials were 
requh-ed to be on the ground in two months, or by the 
25th of .Tuly. The contractor was to " enter into bonds 
with sufficient bondsmen," and " to have one-half the 
pay when the clapboarding was done, viz. by the first 
of November, and the other half when the remainder of 
the work was done." The bid was taken by Capt. 
George West, at one hundred and ninety-four dollars. 
He seems to have thought it an unprofitable job ; for, 
Nov. 5, 1798, he made an unavailing application 



150 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

for more compensation. At the same time the subject 
of pews was taken up. The meeting-house was never 
dedicated. As soon as it was covered, and the floor 
laid, religious services were held in it. Temporary 
seats were made by loosely placing the ends of long 
planks or boards on blocks or on the buts of beams or 
logs. 

The committee chosen May 6, 1795, delayed their 
report from one town-meeting to another till Nov. 7, 
1796. Then it was voted to accept the plan of Amariah 
Mero, and not to accept the prices affixed to his plan. 
A committee was chosen upon the spot to re-apprize 
the pews, and to report before the meeting dissolved ; 
and their report was accepted. An article had been 
inserted in the warrant in relation to the selling of the 
pews. It was voted to put them up at auction, the 
bids to be for choice. The terms of payment were 
one-fifth in ten days, two-fifths in six months, and the 
other two-fifths when the work was finished. " Nothing 
short of half a dollar " was to be bid, and " nothing to 
be considered a bid unless it was above the apprize- 
ment." No persons were allowed to bid but the 
inhabitants and such non-residents as owned land in 
the town. No. 18 was reserved by the town as a 
minister's pew. No record is made of the success of 
the sale; but it was "voted to adjourn selling the 
remainder of the pews until March meeting" in 
the next year. 

1797. 

Feb. 6, it was " voted to procure materials, and to 
go on with finishing the house ; " and Josiah Robbins, 
Amos Barrett, and David Gillmor, were chosen the 
committee. They were " instructed to purchase boards 
and such other lumber as was necessary to finish the 
lower part " of it. This seems to have been the extent 
to which it could be expected to carry the finishing. 

When the March meeting was held, it was " voted 
to sell the remainder of the pews this day, upon the 
same terms as before ; the time for payment to be dated 



PEWS. 151 

from this meeting." Aug. 28, the town instructed the 
treasm-er " to call on those who had not paid for their 
pews nor given security, to settle with him and give 
him security, or pay the money in one month from this 
time, viz. by the 28th of September ; but, upon failure 
thereof, the pews to be again the property of the town 
and at the town's disposal." 

1798. 

Pews were probably buUt this year. March 5, a 
new committee was chosen " to go on with finish- 
ing the meeting-house." It consisted of Rufus Gill- 
mor, Christopher Butler, and David Gillmor. April 2, 
the committee were "instructed to inqmre into the 
state of the moneys belonging to the meeting-house, 
to see what is due to the town for pews, and what is 
due from the town for work. If there be money suffi- 
cient for that and other purposes, the committee are to 
paint the roof of the meeting-house, and to act further, 
according to then- discretion in the business." 

Some of the pews which had been sold were not 
paid for : they reverted to the town, and it was voted 
to sell them at the May meeting. The sale was de- 
ferred till Nov. 5. Then the selectmen were chosen a 
committee to report conditions in fifteen minutes. The 
report required the purchaser " to pay two dollars 
earnest, or give a note on demand therefor; to pay 
one-fifth (including the two dollars) in ten days," two- 
fifths in two months, and two-fifths in six months, and 
to give notes to the town-treasurer to that effect. If • 
any one did " not keep the pew after bidding it off, he 
was to forfeit the tAvo dollars earnest " money. Four 
pews only were sold, when it was found necessary to 
postpone the sale. 

At this meeting, measures were taken to confirm the 
titles. The town voted " to have the numbers of 
the pews, together with the prices paid for them, re- 
corded on the town-book, which was to be considered 
as a sufficient title thereto ; a certificate to be given by 
the clerk to the purchasers, if requu-ed." Accordingly 



152 



FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 



there is the following record, which probably includes 
those sold subsequently : — 





No. 


Price. 




No. 


Price. 


Nathl. Robbins 


1 $41.50 


Olney Titus 


21 $25.50 


Philip Robbins 


2 


41.00 


David Gillmor 


22 


27.00 


David Robbins 


3 


36.00 


Moses Hawes 


23 


27.00 


Rufus Gillmor 


4 


35.50 


David Robbins 


24 


27.50 




5 


00.00 


Edward Jones 


25 


26.00 


Philip Robbins 


6 


35.50 


Bailey Grinnell 


26 


25.50 


Joel Adams 


7 


35.00 


David Robbins 


27 


26.00 


Jessa Robbins 


8 


36.50 


Josiah Robbins 


28 


30.00 


Amariah Mero 


9 


31.50 


Samuel Hills 


29 


23.00 


William Lewis 


10 


29.50 


Abijah Hawes 


30 


22.50 


Matthias Hawes 


11 


29.50 


David Cummings 31 


24.00 


Amariah Mero 


12 


29.50 


Moses Hawes 


32 


24.00 


Capt. Geo. West 13 


25.00 


Amariah Mero 


33 


24.50 


Thomas Daggett 14 


20.50 


Waldron Stone 


34 


24.00 


Timothy Stewart 1 5 


20.00 


Chris. Butler 


35 


20.00 


David Gillmor 


16 


40.50 


David Robbins 


36 


21.00 


Richd.Cummings 


,17 


28.50 


Thomas Butler 


37 


21.00 


Clergyman's 


18 


00.00 


John Tobey 


38 


21.00 




19 


30.00 




39 


20.50 


Seth Luce 


20 


32.00 


Rufus Gillmor 


40 


19.50 



1799, 

April 1, instead of forcing the sales, it was " voted 
to keep the pews for the present for those persons to 
sit in who have none." Also " voted to choose a per- 
son to take care of the meeting-house, to sweep the 
same once a month, to set up the same to the lowest 
bidder. Bid off by DaAdd Robbins at one dollar and 
fifty cents." 

1801. 

April 6, " The selectmen to provide a lock, and put 
it on the front door." 

1803. 

March 7, Rufus Gillmor appointed by the town to 
take charge of the meeting-house, keep the key, &c. 



DESCRIPTION OF IT. 153 

1804—1813. 
The history of the house has been given from the 
beginning to the time when it probably received 
the last stroke ever given by the town toward making 
it a convenient place for public worship. In this condi- 
tion it remained for several years. The shingles were 
put on the roof, and the clapboards on the walls, with 
wrought nails, — cut nails not having come into use. 
The ceiling was the only part which was plastered. 
Through this, in the south-east corner of the house, 
was an opening to the garret, in which for many years 
the town's powder was kept. The wainscot, rising as 
high as the window-sill, was of planed boards. Above 
this, rough boards, with the points of clapboard-nails 
sticking through them, were visible between the beams 
and studs. The pews were square, and contained 
seats on three sides. There were three body-pews on 
each side of the broad aisle, and three back of them ; 
and these twelve pews were separated by an aisle from 
the wall-pews, which extended entirely round the build- 
ing, except where they were interrupted by the pulpit 
and the single place for entrance to the house. None 
of the seats in the pews were nailed down, very few 
were hinged, and all could be turned up edgewise. At 
the beginning of a prayer, not a little noise was made 
by the universal practice of carelessly turning them 
up ; and, on concluding it, the building rang with the 
clattering sound as they were slammed down. The 
upper part of each pew, instead of being panel-work, 
consisted of small trunnels, fancifully Awought with a 
lathe, and placed almost but not quite far enough 
apart for the chikh-en to put their heads through ; re- 
minding one of sheep-racks. The fronts of the galleries 
rested on square pillars covered with planed boards, 
at the upper part of which was something probably 
meant to be an entablature. Around the gallery, loosely 
laid on refuse ends of joists and beams, extended two 
sets of plank-seats, the rear range being a little higher 
than the other. In front of the preacher sat the 
singers. On his left sat the girls, and on his right 

14 



154 



FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 



the boys, who sometimes by their improprieties at- 
tracted the attention of the congregation below. Large 
holes, where the braces were not closely fitted into the 
beams, were sometimes occupied by bats, which occa- 
sionally squealed in the time of divine service. In the 
garret was a large number of them. The plaster, in 
one or more places, dropped from the ceiling ; and, soon 
after it was repaired, its downward tendency would be 
renewed, to the great annoyance of any who might sit 
under it. 

1814—1823. 

Such was the state of things, Jan. 5, 1814, when it 
was " voted that Capt. Amos Barrett and his asso- 
ciates be allowed the east and west galleries in the 
easterly meeting-house, €or the purpose of building 
twenty pews therein to be owned by them ; and, in con- 
sideration thereof, to finish off the whole of the inside 
of the house in a neat and workmanlDvc manner, with- 
out any expense to the town." This was done. Two 
ranges of square pews, with an intervening aisle, were 
built in the east and west galleries, and one range 
back of the singers' seats, before May 17, 1815 ; when 
"the proprietors and owners of the pews in the gal- 
lery met in said house, and, on examination, found 
but nineteen pews subscribed for ; and they voted, that, 
if any one or more would pay for the remaining pew, 
they should have their choice." Rufus Gillmor and 
Nathaniel Robbins took the remaining pew, selecting 
No. 9. The other nineteen were disposed of by draft. 

Names. 

Fogler and Little 
Maxcy and Eastman 
Nathaniel Robbins . 
David Robbins 
Amos Barrett 
Ebenezer Alden . 
Mitchell and Mitchell 
Vaughan and Hart . 
Gillmor and Robbins 
Jessa Robbins 



No. 


Names. 


No. 


. 1 


Elisha Bennett . . 


11 


. 2 


John Drake . 


12 


. 3 


Susman Abrams 


13 


. 4 


Rufus Gillmor . 


14 


. 5 


Robert Foster . 


15 


, 6 


Joseph Miller . 


16 


. 7 


Micajah Gleason 


17 


. 8 


Nathan Daniels 


18 


. 9 


Luce and Hawes 


19 


. 10 


Hart and Thorndike 


20 



ITS DECAY. 155 



1824—1833. 

Nothing more was done to the meeting-house till 
May 3, 1824, when, from the consideration that it was 
used as a place to transact town-business, it was voted 
to shingle it, " to repair the jets and the plaster over- 
head, and to put it out to the lowest bidder." Voted 
liberty to lower the roof ^\dthout expense to the town. 
Bid off by Nathaniel Robbins at $113, " including 
repair of jets and plaster." 

Jan. 1825, " the first stove was put up," and " some 
of the men who put it in bound themselves that they 
would drink no rum for one year." 

The house, however, had seen its best days. All 
efforts afterward to keep it in good condition were un- 
successful. In the course of time, the steps, which 
were hewed logs extending the w^hole length of the 
porch on each of its three sides, began to decay and 
settle, so that it was difficult to get into the house 
and out of it. Parts of the floor became uneven, and 
exhibited marks of age. The doors were often ajar. 
The wind rattled the loose windows, and whirled the 
snow through the crevices. A board was nailed over 
a part of the pulpit-windoAV to prevent the storms 
from driving through the broken panes of glass. The 
carpenter stored lumber and window-sashes in the 
house, and the saddler found it convenient to dry his 
hair in the porch. An old horse, w^hich was going at 
lai'ge on the Common, was mischievously led into it 
by some one, and ranged there and was fed for several 
days. Some of these evils were removed, and others 
remedied in part, by the different denominations which 
occasionally worshipped there. But the improvements 
were only temporary. Neither the town nor indivi- 
duals felt interest enough to preserve the building, 
which was not worth repaking. 

1834—1839. 

April, 1834, a proposition " to see if the town will 
sell the Old Meeting-house or purchase the pews of 



156 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

such pew-owners as may wish to sell the same, or do 
any thing relative thereto," was dropped ; as likewise 
was an article, April 18, 1836, " to hear the report of a 
committee upon the Old Meeting-house, and take 
such further measures as the town may think proper 
on said report." Nov. 20, 1837, an article " to see if 
the town will make repairs on the Old Meeting-house " 
drew out a vote, " that the selectmen make such 
repairs on the Old Meeting-house as they may think 
[proper], not to exceed five or six dollars." Several 
Universalists joined the Congi'egational Society, and 
the house was finally demolished in 1838. This act 
caused some excitement. Sept. 12, 1838, Walter 
Blake and Nathan Hills were chosen a committee " to 
ascertain whether the town had any right in the Old 
Meeting-house, and to report at the next meeting." 
At the next meeting, Nov. 29, the report was re-com- 
mitted. Legal counsel was asked of Hon. Samuel E. 
Smith, ex-governor of Maine, in a communication 
dated March 28, 1839. The committee mention, as 
reasons for thinking the house belonged to the town, 
several circumstances in its history which have already 
been noticed, and conclude by stating that " the Con- 
gregational Society never claimed any exclusive right 
to the house until the year 1838, at which time it was 
taken down by their authority, after an apprizement of 
the pews by a committee appointed by the Congrega- 
tional Society, without notice to the pew-owner or the 
town." Mr. Smith's opinion bears date April, 1839. 
In accordance with it, the report to the town, made 
April 16, states, " Your committee are clearly of opi- 
nion, that the town, as such, had, at the time the said 
house was taken down, no title to or interest in the 
same." The report was laid on the table. This was 
the end of the house. 

It may be added, that there were many persons in 
Union who felt regret when it was pulled down. Some 
were living who had been familiar with all the strug- 
gles, in the poverty of the town, to have it erected. 
Others had sat around the Lord's table, not only in the 



ASSOCIATIONS WITH IT. 157 

best days of the house, but when the beams and rafters 
and rough boards were in plain sight ; happy in having 
any place, however humble, where they could meet to 
worship God. They had enjoyed more in this build- 
ing than many do in splendid cathedrals. Here, too, 
some had consecrated themselves and their children to 
God at the baptismal font; and the remains of dear 
friends and relatives had been placed in front of the 
pulpit, while the last service was performed before they 
were committed to their final resting-place. Almost 
every person in town had some interesting associations 
with the building. 

How many, even in middle life, recollect some of the 
habits of the time ! The husband came to meeting 
on horseback, with his wife on a pillion behind him, 
and stopped at a long log, on the west side of the 
house. One end of this crotched log, which had 
been cut from a large tree near the canal in Robbins's 
Meadow, was " canted up," so that the wife could 
alight without inconvenience ; the other was hewed so 
thin that she walked ten or twelve feet down an in- 
clined plane to the ground. The husband, without 
dismounting, rode away to the withe-and-stake board- 
fence, in the rear of the house, to tie his horse. One 
venerable, excellent old man, always at church, though 
he lived some miles distant, stood during prayer with 
his arms folded, and face to the wall ; while his queue, 
carefully tied with a leathern string or an eel-skin, pro- 
jected over his coat-collar, and hung down between 
his shoulders. The horses — a long row — "were 
hitched " to the fence during the service. Of vehicles 
of any kind there were but few. In winter might be 
seen a light sled, and in summer a light cart, in which 
a very fleshy woman, drawn by a pair of steers, was 
generally brought to meeting, as late even as the year 
1814. To the close of the last century, while the 
country was new, there were customs which now 
would create great sensation. On stormy days, women 
wore their husbands' hats and great-coats. Mrs. 
Moses Hawes and Mrs. Snell, not having bonnets, for 



158 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

years wore handkerchiefs on their heads. Thomas 
Daggett, sen., Captain Nicholson, and Ebenezer Dag- 
gett, consulting their own convenience and comfort, 
were in the habit, even in meeting, of wearing cotton 
caps, which rivalled the snow^ in whiteness. As most 
of the mothers had nobody to leave their small chil- 
dren with at home, and were very desirous of going to 
meeting, they often took them ; and sometimes their 
juvenile concerts attracted more attention than the 
minister or the music of the choir. In the intermis- 
sions, before mails were so common and intercourse so 
easy as they now are, the people usually took a small 
lunch from their pockets, a few doughnuts, or " fried 
cakes " as they were ordinarily called, or a few apples, 
if they had them ; and, as they were eating them, col- 
lected in groups in front of the house to hear and 
retail the gossip and the news. The women, as now, 
were grouped in pews in different parts of the house, 
through which might be heard the pleasant murmur- 
ing sounds of their happy voices ; ^vhile the younger 
portion of the fair sex stood in the entry or strolled 
away, three or four at a time, to get a draught of water, 
or to look at the gravestones in the Old Burying 
Ground, or to enjoy the prospect from the summit of 
the hill. From Thanksgiving Day to Fast Day, when 
there was but one service on a Sunday, before people 
had become as effeminate as now, the inhabitants 
came several miles and sat in the cold, when this, like 
all meeting-houses of the time, was not provided with 
fire, and the only protection from the storm and cold 
without was one thickness of boards and clapboards. 
If, before or after the season for a single service, a cold 
day came, the rousing wood-fire at John Little's bar- 
room, and the warm rooms of the neighbors, were ever 
ready to give the worshippers welcome ; and they went 
to them as freely as to their own dwellings. 

Publishments for marriage, too, are associated with 
the Old Meeting-house. Very seldom were they 
posted, as they are now. Occasionally, a very modest 
couple, or the lady to whom a public annunciation 



DOGS AND DOa-WHIPPERS. 159 

would be unpleasant, had the intention posted up in 
the porch. But commonly, just after the benediction 
by the minister in the forenoon, and sometimes imme- 
diately before the service in the afternoon, the town- 
clerk, with the preface " Please to take notice," 
proclaimed aloud the names of the persons and their 
intentions. 

On one occasion, the town-clerk, being called away, 
requested his son to put up in the porch a WTitten no- 
tification for a marriage. The lad, fifteen or sixteen 
years old, feehng confidence in his ability to perform 
the duty according to the common mode, assumed the 
responsibility of deviating from his father's instruc- 
tions, and, with some degree of animation and gesti- 
culation, but without any other preface than what Avas 
used by his father, amused some and distressed others 
by crying the intention aloud. 

There is another interesting association with the 
Old Meeting-house. In those days, dogs were no- 
wise remarkable for good manners. Occasionally, 
they would intrude into the aisles, and trot round the 
meeting-house during public worship. Two men, 
David Robbins and Jessa Bobbins, who had long 
whips, and who sat in convenient pews, were by the 
town chosen dog-whippers.^ Considerable skill was 
necessary on their part to discharge their duty effec- 
tually, and in such a way that their constituents, or at 
least all those who were at the meeting, should have 
ample auricular evidence from the dogs themselves 
that the dog-whippers were faithful guardians of the 
rights and privileges of the people who came to wor- 
ship. Accordingly, when a dog, following the praise- 
worthy example of his master, walked into the house, 
one of the dog-whippers, generally David Robbins, 
whose pew was about half-way from the door to the 
pulpit, would get up with the stillness and caution of 
an old hunter, carefully raise his whip, holding it so 

' Dog-reeves, March 3, 1800, Amariah. Mero, David Robbins, Rufus 
Dyer; March 2, 1801, David Robbins, Rufus Dyer, Jessa Robbins, 
Daniel McCurdy. 



160 FIRST MEETING-HOUSE. 

that it would have free sweep along the broad aisle, 
watch his opportunity as the dog was passing, and 
bring it down upon him "^dth unmerciful energy. The 
yelping was unmusical, awakened undevout feelings 
through the congregation, and disturbed 

"Both mongrel, puppy, -whelp, and hound. 
And curs of low degree," 

everywhere on the Common, and set them all to bark- 
ing. Even when David Robbins was old and infirm, 
his zeal and fidelity did not abate. Not being able, 
without gi'eat pain, to rise from his seat, he would 
then strike and pommel the dogs with his crutches. 

The preceding statements do not all apply exclu- 
sively to Union. They illustrate the customs and habits 
of people in new settlements. The contrast at the pre- 
sent day is so striking, that it is hard to believe some 
of them could have been true here, even so late as half 
a century since. The Old Meeting-house, around 
which are clustered a multitude of early associations, 
has been demolished. The old pew and the seat 
among the singers are gone. The locks of the vene- 
rable man who spake the words of warning and of 
exhortation have become silvery white, and he dwells 
far from the place of his pastoral labors. But, on 
many persons, impressions were made which can never 
be forgotten or effaced. Peace to the departed spirits 
who were wont to gather within the walls of the old 
house I The time will soon come when it will be said 
that " no one is living who saw the Old Meeting- 
house, which was erected with many prayers, strug- 
gles, and sacrifices." 



X 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 161 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1779—1806. 

Going to Meeting at St. George's. — John Urqnhart. — Isaac Case. — 
Nine Pounds raised for Preaching. — William Riddel called. — 
Aaron Humphrey. — Two hundred Dollars raised. — Mode of 
dividing the Money. — Abraham Gusheo called. — Jabez Pond 
Fisher called. — Jonathan Gilmore. — Henry True called and 
settled. 

1779—1781. 

" Sunday, May 30, 1779, went to meeting at George's, 
and heard Rev. Mr. Auherd [Urquhart]^ hold forth. . . . 
Sunday, July 11, 1779, I went to meeting, and heard 
the Scotch minister preach. . . . Sunday, Sept. 17, 
1780, Mr. Adams, Mr. Ware, and Mi-s. Jemima Rob- 
bins, are gone to meeting this day. . . . Sunday, 
Sept. 16 [1781], Mr. Adams and his wife are gone to 
meeting ; likewise Mr. Ware and Hills." These no- 
tices, taken from the old account-book of Matthias 
Hawes, are the earliest relating to attendance on pub- 
lic worship. Mr. Hawes makes similar memoranda 
respecting himself and his neighbors three times 
during the following two years. To go down the 

' According to Greenleaf 's " Sketches," the Rev. John Urquhart, 
a Presbyterian, came to this country in 1774, and was soon employed 
to preach at Warren. He was regularly removed from his charge 
there by the Presbytery convened at Salem, Mass., in Septem- 
ber, 1783. The people were more desirous to get rid of him than 
he was to go. In the autumn of 1784, he was preaching at Ellsworth, 
and in the summer of 1785 at Topsham. In the fall of 1785, he com- 
menced his labors at Union River; but was dismissed early in 1790. 
The name is sometimes pronounced Urcutt, and sometimes Orcutt. 
When he was at Union, Messrs. Jessa Robbins and Jacob Robbins say 
their father requested him to write his name. He wrote it Auqu- 
hart, with a piece of chalk over the fireplace, where it was legible for 
many years. He spelt and pronounced it with the broad Scotch 
accent ; A-u — atoe, q-u-a — awe, h-a — aice, r-t, thus giving the sound 
awe three times in spelling it. 



162 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 

river by water, and attend divine service a few times 
in a year at Warren or Gushing, — for Mr. Urquhart 
preached alternately in those places, — was as much 
as could reasonably be expected. 

1782— 1784* 

Feb. 6, 1782, Mr. Hawes writes, " The Rev. Mi-. Ur- 
quhart preached a sermon at Mr. Philip Robbins's." 
This was undoubtedly the first sermon ever preached 
in this town. Before Mr. Halves moved to Stirling- 
ton, there were not people enough to make a congre- 
gation ; and, as he was in the habit of noting events, 
particularly those that were of a religious nature, there 
is no good reason to doubt that he recorded the first 
meeting ever held in the place. There seems not to 
have been any more preaching till Mr. Hawes writes : 
" March 7, 1784. Last week, Mi-. Case ^ was in this 
place, preaching with us." This is all that is known 
about the public worship before the town was incor- 
porated. 

1787—1791. 

At the April town-meetings in 1787 and 1788, there 
were unsuccessful attempts to obtain a vote to hire 
preaching. March 30, 1789, the town voted to raise 
nine pounds to hire preaching part of the year. Samuel 
Hills, David Woodcock, and Abijah Hawes, were 
chosen a committee to hire the preachers and lay out 
the money. April 5, 1790, fifteen pounds were voted, 
and Thomas Daggett, Philip Robbins, and Josiah 
Robbins, were chosen the committee ; but the vote 
was re-considered Jan. 10, 1791. With the exception 
of the nine pounds in 1789, it is not probable that any 
ministerial money was raised by the town for nearly 
twenty-five years from the time of the occupancy by 
the Anderson party. 

' Rev. Isaac Case, then a young Baj^tist preacher at Thoniaston, 
■was lately living at Monmouth, and occasionally preaching, -though 
probably more than ninety years old. 



AVILLIAM ETDDEL. 163 



1796. 

The inhabitants had been putting forth then* ener- 
gies to build a meeting-house. Tliey were too poor 
to be doing much for the support of public worship. 
The next allusion to preaching is an article in the 
town-warrant for March 7, 1796, "to see if the town 
will hire IMr. Riddel to preach the ensuing summer; 
whereupon it was voted to hue him, if the committee 
could agree with him." The committee chosen were 
Thomas Daggett, Philip Robbins, Amos Barrett, 
Josiah Maxcy, and Edward Jones. The further con- 
sideration of the subject was deferred till April 4, when 
it was voted, 31 to 4, to give Mr. Riddel a call to set- 
tle in the ministry, wdth an annual salary of two hun- 
dred and fifty dollars, to be increased five pounds 
yearly till it amounted to one hundred pounds. The 
town-record states, that " the committee went to see 
him and give him a call ; but he would not accept, and 
so ^vent away and left us to take care of our own 
souls." The matter was brought to a close. May 5, by 
a vote to raise money to pay him ^ for his past services, 
and to pay his board ; but not to raise any for preach- 
ing the ensuing summer. 

' The Rev. "William Riddel was born at Coleraine, Mass., Feb. 4, 
1768, and graduated at Dartmouth College in 1793. He studied divi- 
nity a short time with Dr. Burton, of Thetford, Vt. ; and afterwards 
pursued the study with the Rev. Dr. Emmons, of Franklin, Mass. 
He was ordained colleague-pastor with the Rev. Alexander McLean, 
of Bristol, Maine, in June, 1706, and was dismissed in the summer of 
1801. He then labored some time in the employment of the Massa- 
chusetts Missionary Society in the State of New York, — the Western 
Home Missionary field at that time. He was afterwards twice settled 
in Vermont. He spent the last years of his life at South Deerfield, 
Mass., where he died Oct. 24, 1849. Sept. 4, 1797, he married Lucy, 
daughter of the Rev. Samuel Hopkins, D.D. of Hadley, Mass. : she 
died in December, 1813. They had three sons and four daughters. 
Two of the daughters and two of the sons died in infancy. The other 
son is the late Secretary of the American Education Society. — Ame- 
rican Quarter!)/ Register, xiii. 2q3, 259 ; S. IL Riddel's MS. Memoranda. 

The same day on which his call was voted, the town "voted the 
committee be instructed to procure a lot of land of Messrs. Amorys 
for a ministerial lot ; if they will give it, to accept it thankfully ; if not, 
to purchase, if they can, on reasonable terms." 



164 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

1797—1801. 

Aug. 28, 1797, it was voted « to hire a Methodist 
preacher, and to raise one hundred dollars by tax, 
agi-eeable to law, to pay said preacher, — none to pay 
but such as are willing." Edward Jones, Amos Bar- 
rett, and Matthias Hawes, were chosen the committee ; 
and they continued in office in 1798. Aaron Hum- 
phrey^ was employed. July 16, 1798, the town voted 
to hear him another year, if the committee could agree 
with him " for half the time as heretofore." 

April 1, 1799, an article proposing to re-hire Mr. 
Humphrey, and another to hne a Congregational 
preacher, were both dropped ; as likewise was an arti- 
cle, May 20, to gi-ant money for preaching. 

In 1801, no money for preaching was granted. 
April 6, it was voted that the Congi-egational part of 
the town have the meeting-house half the time. 

1802, 1803. 

Feb. 8, 1802, Moses Hawes, Thomas Mitchell, and 
Samuel Hills, were chosen a committee " to procure a 
candidate to preach two or three sabbaths, to be paid 
by contribution." April 5, it was voted to hire preach- 
ing the ensuing summer, and to raise two hundred 
dollars by a tax, and that every man might pay his 
money for the support of preachers of his own reli- 
gious sect or denomination. A ministerial committee 
to procure preaching was chosen, consisting of Stephen 
March, Rufus Gillmor, and Nathan Blake, Congi-ega- 
tionalists ; and Edward Jones, Joel Adams, and Chris- 
topher Butler, Methodists. The method of distributing 
the money agreeably to the spirit of the foregoing vote 
was acted upon in town-meeting, Nov. 1, and is re- 
corded in the following words : — 

' Rev. Aaron Humphrey subsequently joined the Episcopalians. 
He ■Nvas preaching at Gardner in 1812. It is supposed he afterwards 
preached in Vermont and New York, and subsequently in Wisconsin. 
It may be added, in illustration of the religious spirit of the times, 
that Mr. Humphrey made a prayer at the raising of Mr. Cashman's 
barn. 



ABRAHAM GUSHEE. 165 

" Voted to accept Mr. Blake's motion, as made in writing, 
respecting the division of money granted to hire preaching, 
viz. : In order that the money granted for ministerial use 
the present year may be distributed agreeable to the spirit 
and intention of the vote which made the grant, it is mo- 
tioned that the following mode be adopted to effect the 
purpose, viz. : That the denomination of Christians called 
Methodist deliver to the selectmen a certificate in the words 
following (and signed by all who wish to have their money 
applied agreeable to said vote) : — 

" ' This may certify, that we, the subscribers, do approve 
of and embrace the doctrine and church- discipline of the de- 
nomination of Christians called Methodist, and are of that 
sect.' And, as soon as the selectmen shall be notified by the 
Methodist Society, in writing, that any specific sum of money 
is due to any of their public preachers, it shall be the duty 
of the selectmen to order the same to such preacher, pro- 
vided those who certify they are Methodist have paid the 
collector so much money of the grant for ministerial use. 
And any person or persons certifying to the selectmen in 
writing, that he or they embrace the doctrine and discipline 
of the Baptist Society, and certify that the money they are 
taxed in said grant is due to a public teacher of their deno- 
mination, the selectmen may order it accordingly, provided 
the same is paid to the collector. 

" And whatever sum of money is due to Mr. Abraham 
Gushee for preaching, or others for boarding him, and certi- 
fied to the selectmen in writing by such committee as the 
town may appoint for that purpose, may be ordered out of 
the above-said grant. 

" And if any description of persons may think themselves 
aggrieved by this method of distributing the money, they 
may have opportunity to lay their case before the town for 
redress." 

It seems, however, that this mode of proceeding did 
not give universal satisfaction; for, March 7, 1803, 
there was an unsuccessful attempt to re-consider part 
of the vote. 

In the meantime the pulpit had been supplied by- 
Mr. Abraham Gushee. He came to Union, July 3, 
1802, and began his labors on the following day. 
July 29, a proposition to hire him to preach for tw^o 
15 



166 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

months was referred to the ministerial committee. 
Nov. 1, the day on which Mr. Blake's motion was ac- 
cepted, it was voted to hire him on probation until 
after the March town-meeting. A change was made 
in the committee, which appears to have consisted 
subsequently of the three Congregational members 
only. March 7, 1803, the town voted to invite Mr. 
Gushee to settle in the ministry. At the same time it 
was — 

" Voted to accept a motion made by Mr. Nathan Blake, 
which was expressed in the following words, viz. : Agree- 
ably to the 16th article in the warrant, it is proposed to the 
town to invite Mr. Abraham Gushee to settle here as a 
minister of the gospel, and pastor of the Congregational 
Church which is now contemplated to be formed in this 
town ; and that the town oflFer Mr. Gushee for his support 
an annual salary of $334, so long as he shall continue to be 
the minister of this town, and to commence on the day of 
ordination. 

" And, as it is the opinion of this town that a minister 
cannot be useful to a society when a majority are dissatisfied 
with his ministration, therefore, to prevent the series of con- 
troversy and animosity which have often occurred in towns 
under those circumstances, it is proposed that the settlement 
be on the following conditions, viz. : That, if a major part 
of the supporters of Mr. Gushee shall become dissatisfied 
with his ministration, and shall, in a meeting for that pur- 
pose, state the cause of their uneasiness, and communicate 
the same to Mr. Gushee, and said cause shall continue six 
months after, then, in a legal meeting for that purpose, the 
major part of Mr. Gushee's supporters may vote his dismis- 
sion. Or, if Mr. Gushee shall be dissatisfied, and shall state, 
the cause thereof to the society, and said cause shall not be 
removed in the term of six months after, Mr. Gushee may 
make known to the society his wish to have the contract of 
his settlement dissolved ; and said contract shall be dissolved 
in either case, and Mr. Gushee's salary paid up to said time. 

" Voted that Josiah Robbins, Stephen March, Amos Bar- 
rett, Thomas Daggett, and Samuel Hills, with the selectmen, 
be a committee to confer with Mr. Gushee,* respecting his 
settling among us as a minister of the gospel." 



JABEZ POND FISHER. 167 

Mr. Gushee/ after receiving his call, made a visit to 
Massachusetts, returned in June, and gave a verbal 
answer in the negative. " One great and principal 
reason was, there was a respectable number of inhabi- 
tants of the town who were opposed to Congregation- 
alists, — there were Methodists, Baptists, &c." He 
" had an idea that another person with prudence might 
somewhat further unite, or at least avoid the censure 
that fell upon one who first came among them." 

On the 30th of June, after Mr. Gushee received his 
invitation to be settled, the town " voted to raise by- 
tax five hundred dollars for ministerial use." A com- 
mittee of five, including the selectmen, was chosen 
to agree with a candidate. Two of the selectmen 
declined ; and the committee chosen consisted of Na- 
than Blake, Stephen March, Thomas Mitchell, Josiah 
Robbins, and Amos Barrett. Dec. 19, Mr. Fisher was 
employed to preach four sabbaths. At the same time, 
there was an unsuccessful attempt to get a vote " to 
exempt the Methodists from paying their ministerial 
tax to the collector." 

1804. 

Jan. 16, there was another attempt on a larger scale. 
It was designed to unite all the denominations but the 
Congregational. It was expected, that, at this meet- 
ing, Mr. Fisher would be invited to become the minis- 
ter. If so, there were some who apprehended there 
might be difficulty about having their ministerial taxes 
paid to preachers of their own denomination; and 
there were others, who, fearful of heavy taxes, were not 
disinclined to worship where they would pay less. If 
the article had been voted to the letter, it would have 
opened the way for evasions of the ministerial tax. It 
was " to see if the town will set off all the people of 
different denominations that do not hold with or do 

> Mr. Gushee was born in Raynham, Mass., Sept. 19, 1775, gra- 
duated at Brown XJniversLty in 1798, studied divinity with the Rev. 
Mr. Fobes, of Raynham, and was licensed to preach by the Bristol 
County Association. He was ordained, Sept. 23, 1803, at Dighton, 
where he continues in the pastoral office. — MS, Letter. 



168 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

not attend to the Congregational order, so that they may 
enjoy their own principles and pay their own preach- 
ing; so that the town shall not have any demands 
upon them as it respects raising money to support 
ministers or pay for preaching, or act or do any thing 
as the town may think proper." The town " voted 
that the society of Methodists be exempted from pay- 
ing the last year's ministerial tax, they producing to 
the selectmen a satisfactory certificate that they ought 
to be excused by law." 

At the same meeting, it w^as voted to invite Jabez 
Pond Fisher ^ to settle in the ministry, with an annual 
salary of four hundred dollars. The invitation was 
accompanied with the conditions which had been 
annexed to the call given to Mr. Gushee. Mr. Fisher 
did not accept the invitation. 

April 2, Geo. Wellington, Stephen March, Thomas 
Mitchell, Abijah Hawes, and Samuel Daggett, were 
chosen the ministerial committee. July 9, an article 
being before the town-meeting in relation to giving 
Jonathan Gilmore^ a call to settle, it was voted to 
hire him for six months ; and a committee, consisting 
of Ml-. Blake, Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. David Robbins, 
was chosen " to wait on him, and inform him that the 
town request the favor of his attendance." But there 
is no further record as to the proceedings. 

' ' Mr. Fisher was born at Wrentham, Mass., Oct. 7, 1763 ; served in 
the war of the Revolution ; graduated at Brown University in 1788 ; 
and, in February, 1790, was licensed to preach. " He received several 
calls to settle ; one at Ashby, Mass., 1791, and another the same year 
at Pelham, N.H. ; it is believed, another from Claremont, N.H. ; and, 
not far from that time, one at Hcnniker, N.H." He was ordained at 
West Nottingham, now Hudson, N.H., Feb. 24, 1796 ; and dismissed 
in June, 180i. A lawsuit followed, which cost the town $1,500 or 
$2,000. He declined a call from the church in Washington, N.H. 
He was installed at Boothbay, Maine, June 29, 1809, and dismissed in 
1816. Subsequently, he was employed by the New Hampshire Mis- 
sionary Society four years. After this, he preached six or seven years 
at Deering, N.H. ; and died there, Dec. 13, 1836. 

* Mr. Gilmore was from Raynham or Franklin, Mass. He gra- 
duated at Brown University in 1800. After being at Union, he went 
back to Massachusetts, was married, and subsequently became a far- 
mer in Starks, Maine. 



HENRY TRUE. 169 

1805, 1806. 

March 4, 1805, the proposition, " to raise money to 
hire preaching the year ensuing," was dropped. But, 
April 1, Nathan Blake, Seth Luce, Amos Barrett, 
Jonathan Carriel and Samuel Daggett, were chosen 
a committee to " hire a candidate ; " and they were in- 
structed to send to " Mr. Fobes [ of Raynham ] or to 
Mr. Ripley [ of Concord ] for such candidate as they 
think proper." ^ 

The next movement was Nov. 11, "to see if the 
town will give Mr. Henry True a call to settle in 
the work of the ministry in this town, agreeably to the 
request of the church." The call was voted, and Mr. 
True invited to settle " as a minister of the gospel and 
pastor of a Congregational church in this town," with 
" an annual salary of four hundred doUars, so long as 
he shall continue to be the minister of this town," to 
" commence on the day of his ordination." Coupled 
with the invitation, and in the same language as 
before, were Mr. Blake's conditions. Mr. True preached 
from September to December. He went to New Hamp- 
shire, and spent the ^vinter ; and, April 21, 1806, the 
church " voted renewedly to invite him to take the 
charge and oversight of the church as pastor thereof." 

May 14, 1806, it was voted to add twenty cords of 
wood and twenty-five doUars annually to the salary, 
and "to allow Mr. True^ fom* sabbaths in the year to 
visit his friends." 

^ April 1, 1805, upon an article continued from March 4, 1805, " to 
see if the town will allow the Methodists to have the use of the meet- 
ing-house a part of the time for the year ensuing," it was " voted that 
the Methodists and Baptists have the use of the meeting-house at all 
times when the town is not supplied with a candidate." 

* The Rev. Henry True was born at Hampstead, N.H., May 20, 
1770. His father, the Rev. Henry True, of Hampstead, born at Salis- 
bury, Mass., Feb. 27, 1726, was a staunch whig. He would not drink 
any but "home-made" tea, and published, probably in a newspaper, 
a poem on Liberty Tea. He married, Nov. 30, 1753, Ruth, daughter 
of Deacon James Ayer, of Haverhill, Mass., who died Jan. 18, 1810, 
aet. 81. One of her uncles, it is said, was killed at the Indian attack 
on Haverhill. Mr. True's grandfather, James [?], belonged to Salis- 
bury, Mass., where the early ancestors of the name settled, and died 
15* 



170 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Notwithstanding an opposition, which will be no- 
ticed in detail hereafter, Mr. True accepted the invita- 
tion. Measures were taken for the ordination. July 14, 
Capt. Amos Barrett, Mr. Nathan Blake, and Mr. 
McDowell,^ were chosen a committee to join with the 
church in inviting the council. Major Maxcy, Capt. 
Barrett, Captain Gillmor, Mr. David Robbins, and Mr. 
Nathaniel Robbins, were chosen to make provision for 
the council. Major Maxcy, Capt. Bachelor, and Capt. 
Barrett, were chosen a committee " to put the galle- 
ries of the meeting-house in such order, by laying 
joists in the same, as will answer the temporary pur- 
pose of an ordination." The ordination took place 
Sept. 24, 1806. By a special vote of the church, six 
members present, the pastor elect was admitted to 
their fellowship and communion. The services were 
probably as follows : Prayer by Rev. Freeman Parker, 
of Dresden ; reading the Scriptures by Rev. Mr. Coch- 
ran, of Camden ; sermon by Rev, Hezekiah Packard, 
of Wiscasset ; ordaining prayer by Rev. Mr. Johnson, of 
Belfast ; charge by Rev. Manasseh Cutler, of Hamil- 
ton, Mass., an eminent divine and naturalist, and the 
pioneer from Massachusetts to Ohio ; right hand of 

at Ilampstead about the time of the American Revolution. Mr, 
True's father died Miiy 22, 1782. On .Sunday, he preached and ap- 
pointed a lecture for Thursday. On Tuesday, he attended family 
devotions in the morning, apparently well, and died before noon. 
Mr. True was fitted for college. i)artly at the academy in Atkinson, 
and partly with the Rev. Mr. Merrill, of Plaistovv, whose house was 
just within the bounds of Haverhill. He graduated at Dartmouth 
College in 1796. He tauf^ht school five or six years in Salisbury, 
Beverly, Tyngsborouiih, and other i)laces. He studied divinity, partly 
with the Rev, Mr, Laurence, with whom he boarded when teaching 
in Tyngsborough, and ])artly with Rev, Dr. Chaplin, of Groton, He 
preached some at Tewksbury and Draeut ; one summer at Mr, Mer- 
rill's, in Plaistow ; and, during one session of congress, for Rev. 
Manasseh Cutler, of Hamilton. He has been one of the trustees of 
Warren Academy for many years, also chaplain of a regiment, jus- 
tice of the peace and quorum, and town-clerk ; " none of the offices 
very profitable." He jjublished a sermon delivered at Hampstead, 
Nov. 15, 1807. In the fall of 1849, he moved with his wife to 
Marion, Ohio, to reside with his son, 

' Mr, McDowell, a Scotchman, settled in the part of Union which 
is now withm the bounds of Washington. 



FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 171 

fellowship by Rev. Jonathan Huse, of Warren ; con- 
cluding prayer by Rev. Mr. Dow, of Upper Beverly, 
Mass., who was afterwards settled at York. The coun- 
cil was entertained at Capt, Barrett's. The meeting- 
house was thronged. The occasion was one of great 
interest and excitement. Ordinations were not com- 
mon. This was the first in the town. Among the 
persons present were Major- General He my Knox's 
family from Thomaston. The evening, as well as the 
day, was not without manifestations of much joy on 
the part of a great portion of the inhabitants. 



CHAPTER XIX. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

{Continxied.^ 

Organization of the First Congregational Church. — Mr. Huse's Ac- 
count of the Proceedings. — Conduct of Samuel Hills and the 
Rev. Messrs. Sewall, Bajdey, and others. — Articles of Faith. — 
Covenant. — Signers' Names. — Opposition by the Hills Party. — 
Hills's " Ex Parte " Council, Sept. 10, 1806. — Conduct of the llills 
Party about the Ordination. — Hills censured. — Council, June 29, 
1808. — Hills's " Ex Parte " Council, Feb. 15, 1809. — Second Con- 
gregational Church organized. — Mr. Huse's Letter concluded. 

An account of the organization and subsequent move- 
ments of the Fh'st Congregational Church may be 
given, in part, by an extract from a letter of the Rev. 
Jonathan Huse, of Warren, to the Rev. Hezeldah Pack- 
ard, then of Wiscasset : — 

. "Warren, Feb. 20, 1818. 
" Sir, — Agreeably to your request, I will attempt to state 
a number of circumstances and facts, which serve to prove 
the existence of a party, exclusive, and disorderly spirit in 
some clergymen in this district, who profess to be [of] our 
denomination. In doing this, I do not rely entirely on my 
own recollection : I made a minute of them soon after their 
occurrence. 



172 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" Some time abovit the commencement of the year 1803, 
application was made to me by several persons in the town 
of Union, adjoining this town, for assistance in forming a 
church in said town. I accordingly met them with a dele- 
gate from our church, proposed such questions to them as I 
thought proper, gave them some suitable advice, and exhi- 
bited to them a confession of faith and covenant for their 
subscription. After mature consideration and examination, 
they subscribed the articles of faith and covenant, and were 
acknowledged a sister-church. They appeared perfectly 
satisfied with each other, and united as a band of brothers 
and sisters. The sacrament of the Lord's supper was admi- 
nistered to them a few times the ensuing summer, and bap- 
tism to some of their children. 

" In October, 1803, one man in the town, by the name of 
Hills, who wished to join the church, prevailed with the 
members to consent that the Rev. Messrs. Jotham Sewall, 
Kiah Bayley, and Jonathan Huse, should be invited to meet 
the church at Union, and see if it would be advisable to 
alter the covenant and articles of faith. They accordingly 
met. Messrs. Sewall and Bayley (who had seen the cove- 
nant before, and expressed their opinion to Mr. Hills) 
declared the covenant and confession of faith were not suffi- 
ciently explicit and orthodox ; that Unitarians, and every 
denomination of Christians, might subscribe to them ; that, 
in order that other orthodox churches might fellowship with 
them, especially their own, it was necessary there should be 
an alteration of the covenant and confession. I told these 
gentlemen and the church present, that our church would 
fellowship [with] them, and I presumed the major part of 
the Congregational churches in New England would do the 
same ; that the confession and covenant were almost identi- 
cally the same which our church, and the South Church in 
Andover [Mass.], had adopted. I thought them sufficiently 
explicit, scriptural, and orthodox, and did not think it expe- 
dient any alteration should be made, unless the church was 
dissatisfied and wished such alteration. Each member ex- 
pressed his entire satisfaction with them, and said they had 
no wish for any alteration. Accordingly, nothing was done. 

" The man (Mr. Hills), at whose request these gentlemen 
appeared at Union, was dissatisfied ; and Messrs. Sewall and 
Bayley were disappointed. Hills was determined to have an 
alteration, and agreed with Mr. Sewall, who was then going 



ARTICLES OF FAITH. 173 

east on a mission, to call on his return, and assist him in 
effecting his object. On Mr. SewalFs return, a few months 
afterwards, he went with Mr. Hills to the members of the 
church individually ; and, by talking to them in a plausible 
manner, induced them to give a tacit consent to some altera- 
tion, in order, as was said, for the accommodation of Mr. 
Hills. The church was convened, re-examined, and approved 
by Sewall ; and Hills admitted. These things were done 
without any previous notice being given to me. The covenant 
and confession were afterwards shown me, and I was asked 
if I could fellowship with the church upon their adoption of 
them. I answered in the affirmative, though I expressed 
my dissatisfaction with Sewall's interference, and thought 
the alterations unnecessary. 

" It soon appeared that Hills, at whose importunity and 
for whose accommodation the alterations were made, was 
determined to rule the church. He attempted to bind them 
by obtaining their signatures to certain restrictive articles 
which he presented, the principal of which was to submit 
themselves to the control and superintendence of the asso- 
ciation ^ to which Messrs. Sewall and Bayley belonged. He 
violently opposed almost every candidate they had. He was 
chiefly instrumental in preventing the settlement of one or 
two, to whom calls were presented. It ought to be noticed, 
that there was a constant communication kept up between 
Messrs. Sewall and Bayley, and Mr. Hills, by correspond- 
ence and by visiting. The latter did nothing without the 
advice of the former." 

ARTICLES OF FAITH. 

The following are the " Articles of Faith and Cove- 
nant agreed on by the Congregational Church of 
Christ in Union, at its embodying, March 3, 1803, and 
adopted, with additions," to accommodate Mr. Hills, 
" Feb. 6, 1804." The additions are in brackets ; the 
other parts being what was adopted March 3, 1803. 

' This association considered that the candidate should come " in 
the shadow of Bayley or Sewall, and that the church must not let the 
town employ a preacher ; but the church did not feel bound by this 
rule." Hills insisted that this association alone should supply. The 
town employed Mr. True. 



174 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

The form in which it was adopted, Feb. 6, 1804, for 
the purpose of accommodating Mr. Hills, was the one 
which continued to be used : — 

"We, whose names are hereunto subjoined, that we may 
promote the growth of religion in our souls, and enjoy the 
ordinances of the gospel in a church-state, do now profess 
our faith, and covenant together in manner following, 
viz. : — 

" 1 . We believe in one God, who is Father, Son, and 
Holy Ghost [and that the Son and Spirit are co-equal and 
co-eternal with the Father]. 

"2. We declare our faith in the divine inspiration of the 
Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, which we receive 
as the word of God, and profitable for doctrine, for reproof, 
for correction, for instruction in righteousness [and contain 
a perfect rule of faith and practice, and that no other writ- 
ings ought to be received as a divine revelation]. 

■ " 3. We believe in the fall of man, the [total] depravity 
of human nature [by which he exposed himself and all his 
numerous race to endless misery ; and that, in consquence of 
Adam's fall, all his posterity came into the world in a state 
of condemnation and wrath. 

" 4. We believe] the redemption through the mediation, 
intercession, and atonement of [Jesus] Christ [by which 
God can, consistently with the honor of his law, pardon and 
save all who repent and believe]. 

" 5. We believe the necessity of regeneration in order to 
salvation, and that this is effected by the exceeding great- 
ness of God's [special] power, and [instantaneously] wrought 
in an ordinary way, through the instrumentality of means. 

" 6. [We believe that all things, visible and invisible, 
were created by God for his own glory, and that he governs 
them according to his eternal purpose]. 

"7. We believe the true church is founded on Christ, the 
chief corner-stone ; and that the gates of hell cannot prevail 
against it, to its utter extirpation. 

" 8. [We believe that salvation is offered to all, but that 
none will accept and be brought to true repentance and 
faith in Christ, but those who are chosen through sanctifica- 
tion of the Spirit and belief of the truth according to God's 
eternal purpose. 

"9. We believe that all who are united truly to Christ 



THE COVENANT. 175 

are justified freely by grace, and kept by tlie mighty power 
of God through faith unto eternal salvation]. 

" 10. We believe Christ hath appointed two special ordi- 
nances to be observed by every true believer in his name, 
viz. baptism and the [Lord's] supper. 

"11. We believe the qualifications for these ordinances, 
in all adults, are sincere repentance towards God, and faith 
in our Lord Jesus Christ [without which no person can have 
any right to baptism, either for himself or his children, 
neither can he have any right to the solemn ordinance of 
the Lord's supper. 

"12. We believe that God has appointed an order of men 
to preach the gospel, and administer the ordinances to suita- 
ble subjects. 

"13. We believe that all offences of a public nature 
ought to be publicly confessed. 

"14. We believe the church ought never to receive any 
person into their fellowship, whether he has been professor 
or not, until they are satisfied, in a judgment of charity, 
that he has been born again]. 

" 15. We [also] believe the future existence [and immor- 
tality] of the soul, the resurrection of the bodies [both of 
the just and the unjust], and the day of future judgment, 
in which every one will receive a reward according to his 
works [that Christ will at the day of judgment receive the 
righteous into life eternal, and punish the wicked with ever- 
lasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from 
the glory of his power. Amen]." 

" THE COVENANT. 

" And we do also humbly and penitently, asking the 
forgiveness of our sins through the blood of the great Re- 
deemer, give up ourselves to God in an everlasting covenant, 
in our Lord Jesus Christ ; and, as in the presence of God, 
do solemnly promise, that, by the assistance of the Divine 
Spirit, we will forsake the vanities of the present evil world 
[abstaining ourselves from all gaming, frolicking,^ and do 
our endeavor to restrain all under our care from such sinful 
courses], and [so] approve ourselves the true disciples of 

' For the words " gaming and frolicking," Mr. True, with the 
concurrence of the church, substituted the words " amusements and 
practices which are inconsistent." 



176 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Jesus Christ in all good carriage towards God and towards 
men. And we likewise promise to Avalk together in Chris- 
tian communion, as members of the church of Christ, and 
to attend statedly upon the administration of the ordinances 
of the gospel [baptism and the Lord's supper, and the 
public worship of God on his holy day], when it can conve- 
niently [with respect to health and opportunity] be done. 
And [we promise to sanctify the sabbath, to attend the wor- 
ship of God daily in our families and closets], to watch over 
one another [according to scripture rule], and to submit to 
the discipline of the church now formed in this place [and, 
taking the gospel-rule of discipline for our directory, we en- 
gage to admit all to oiir holy communion who can give a 
rational scriptural evidence of a work of sanctifying grace 
upon their hearts, in a judgment of charity, whose lives 
correspond thereto. We do also covenant to devote our 
offspring to the Lord, doing our duty to them in religious 
instructions, training them up in the nurture and admoni- 
tion of the Lord] ; and finally, by daily prayer to God in 
the name of Christ, we will seek for grace to enable us to 
keep this covenant. [And may the merciful God pardon 
our many errors and imperfections, prepare us for, and at 
last receive us to glory, through the merits of the great 
Head of the church, to whom be praise for ever and ever. 
Amen.]" 

When the church was organized by Rev. Mr. Huse, 
March 3, 1803, the articles and covenant, in the form 
in v^hich he presented them, were signed by Thomas 
Daggett, Josiah Robbins, Abijah Hawes, Seth Luce, 
Margaret Hawes, and Dolly Law. On the 28th of 
August, the Rev. Mi-. Johnson being chosen mode- 
rator, the chm-ch admitted Capt. John Nicholson and 
Sarah his wife, Mi's. Rebecca Daggett, ]\Irs. Sarah 
Robbins, Mrs. Jemima Robbins, Mrs. Dinah Mitchell, 
Miss Sally Boon, Samuel Walker, jun., Thomas Mitch- 
ell, and Stephen March ; also, by letters of recommen- 
dation, Daniel Shepard and Sarah his wife. At the 
same meeting, or not long afterward, Mrs. Abigail 
Hills and ]Mrs. Martha Williams were admitted, and 
Abijah Hawes chosen deacon. Among those who 
subsequently joined it, \\dth or without letters of 



OPPOSITION TO MR. TRUE. 177 

recommendation, were Jonathan Carriel and his wife 
Sibyl, Tempe Briggs, Rebekah Gowen, Jedidah Dag- 
gett, Betsey Allen, Mary Tobey, Mary wife of Thos. 
Mitchell, Mercy wife of Jeremiah JVIitchell, Rhoda El- 
lis, Sarah Barrett, John JMillbanks [?], Jas. Rice, John 
Gleason and wife, David Robbins and his wife Mercy, 
Mary wife of Capt. Amos Barrett, JMary True, Harriet 
Barrett, William Daggett, George Wellington, Polly 
wife of Calvin Morse, Mrs. Mero, Thomas Hemen- 
way and wife, Elizabeth Robbins, Daniel F. Harding, 
and Mrs. Rice. 

"In the autumn of 1805," continues Mr. Huse, "the 
church and congregation invited Mr. Henry True to settle 
with them in the gospel-ministry. Mr. Hills, with two 
others, who were after him admitted into the church, opposed 
his settlement. They took every means in their power to 
prevent his giving an affii'mative answer to the call. They 
made such representations to him as induced him to write a 
negative answer, which was to be read on a particular day. 
But his friends, finding what was done, took jiains to con- 
vince him he had been deceived by the misrepresentations 
of these men. He was consequently prevailed with to sus- 
pend his answer, and afterwards gave it in the affirmative. 
The three disaffected members contended for their right to 
choose half the ordaining council. This privilege was not 
indulged them. The council was called, consisting of a 
representation from the churches in Hamilton, Beverly, Wis- 
casset, Dresden, Belfast, Camden, and Warren." 

Aug. 19, the chm-ch voted " that three churches be 
sent to, in order to settle difficulties between us and 
Brothers Samuel Hills, Stephen March, and Amos 
Walker." The disaffected members, however, obtained 
an ex parte council before the ordination, of which the 
following is the record : — 

" At an ecclesiastical council, convened, in consequence of 
letters missive from a minority of the church in Union, at 
the house of Mr. Samuel Hills, Sept. 10, 1806, — present. 
Rev. Messrs. John Sawyer, Jotham Sewall, Eliphalet Gillett ; 
delegates, Mr. Benjamin Kelley, Mr. Moses Weymouth, — 
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178 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

chose Rev, John Sawyer moderator, Rev. Eliphalet Gillett 
scribe. 

" Voted Mr. Isaac Robinson, deacon of the church in 
Hamden, Bangor, and Orrington, a member of the council. 

" After prayer by the moderator for light and direction 
from God, — 

"Voted that a letter be sent to Deacon Abij ah Hawes, 
informing him and the church of oiu* being convened in 
council, and requesting their attendance at the meeting- 
house at nine o'clock to-morrow morning ; also a letter to 
Mr. True, requesting his attendance at the same time and 
place, in order that the council may have such information 
on the subjects of difference between some members of the 
church as to enable them to give such advice as the existing 
state of things may require. Adjourned to [to-] morrow 
morning. 

"Sept. 11, 1806, met according to adjournment. 

" Voted to proceed to the meeting-house at nine o'clock. 

" After prayer by the moderator in the meeting-house, 
four articles^ of grievance were submitted to the council by 
Mr. Samuel Hills, in behalf of the minority of the church. 
After attention to the subjects of difficulty, and receiving 
what light could be collected from the aggrieved members 
of the church and other gentlemen of the parish who 

^ The articles were the following : — 

" 1. We find ourselves aggrieved, that our brethren have declined 
to accept the offer of the Rev. Mr. Bayley to preach with us, we being 
destitute, and administer the Lord's supper according to a vote of the 
church ; and a continued neglect of attending to that ordinance for 
several months. 

" 2. That our brethren have infringed the rights of the church, in 
deciding a question respecting the rights of the aggrieved in inviting 
a council to assist in the ordination of Mr. Henry True, which we 
think belongs exclusively to the church. 

" 3. That our brethren hold us under discipline, having never 
brought a specific charge against us, and decline to furnish us, ac- 
cording to promise, with a copy of a paper, purporting to be articles 
of accusation against Samuel Hills, Stephen March, and Amos Walker. 

" 4. We consider it of great importance to a people to have such a 
minister set over them as thereby the glory of God and the good of 
their souls may be promoted, and cannot but feel aggrieved that our 
brethren are disposed to urge forward the settlement of a person 
whom we do not consider calculated to answer these great and im- 
portant ends ; especially as we think that more than half of the brethren 
and sisters collectively are dissatisfied, and that he has not that share 
in the affections of the people at large, which is necessary to render 
his ministrations beneficial to them." 



HILLS'S EX PARTE COUNCIL. 179 

attended, the council retired to Mr. Spencer Walcott's, and 
drew up the following result : — 

" ' "With respect to the first article of complaint, this coun- 
cil are of opinion, that the church Avere too inattentive to 
their vote to receive assistance from the Lincoln Association, 
and particularly so in neglecting the proposal of Mr. Bayley ; 
that such neglect was calculated directly to hurt the feelings 
of the aggrieved brethren and sisters. 

" ' With respect to the second, this council are of opinion, 
that, if the church admitted the town- committee to vote 
with them, or use their influence in determining the right of 
some of the members, it is a just matter of grievance. 

" ' With respect to the third, this council do not see that 
there is sufficient evidence exhibited to prove that the church 
did formally or regularly hold the aggrieved brethren under 
discipline ; yet there is too much reason to think that the 
church acted inconsistently in discovering a disposition to 
treat them so, and not doing any thing decidedly ; and also 
exhibiting charges, and not affording the aggrieved an expli- 
cit statement of the same, that they might either clear them- 
selves or plead guilty, appears to this council an unsuitable 
way of proceeding, and is calculated to give off'ence. 

" ' With respect to the fourth article, this council do not 
feel themselves authorized to determine any thing with 
respect to Mr. True's qualifications as a preacher of the gos- 
pel ; but think the church ought to act with the greatest 
caution in so important an affair, and not rashly do any 
thing that would part asunder the mystical body of Christ 
in this place ; carefully and tenderly consult the feelings and 
views of the aggrieved brethren and sisters, and mutually 
seek direction of God. And, if the aggrieved party do not 
obtain satisfaction as to Mr. True's qualifications as a gos- 
pel-minister before ordination, we advise them to lay their 
difficulties before the ordaining council.' 

" The aggrieved members also submitted the following 
questions ; — 

" ' Question 1. — Can there be a case in church-discipline, 
in which the first and second steps pointed out in the 18th of 
Matthew may be dispensed with ? 

" ' Answer. — This council is of opinion, that, as it is evi- 
dently the design of gospel-discipline to preserve or restore 
peace and order to the church, and, as the directions of 
Christ, in the 1 8th of Matthew, are very explicit, it must be 



180 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

a very peculiar case to justify the omission of the first and 
second steps in dealing with an offender. 

" ' Question 2. — What is the right of the sisters of the 
church? and how far may they act, according to the Scrip- 
ture, in the settlement of a minister, whether they belong to 
the town or not ? 

" 'Answer. — We do not consider the sisters of the church 
as having any right to vote in settling a minister of the gos- 
pel. But, as they are members of the body of Christ, and 
are in mutual and solemn covenant with the brethren, they 
have right to the communion and fellowship of the church 
in the means of grace and special ordinances of the gos- 
pel. Therefore the sisters have a right to expect the church 
will conscientiously seek their Christian edification in settling 
a minister ; and Christ will esteem it very offensive if any of 
his flock should be neglected or despised. 

" ' This council regret that the church could not feel so 
much of the condescending temper of Christ as to have at- 
tended the sitting of the council, and assisted them in ob- 
taining that correct information which is so needful and 
desirable in determining matters of such importance. Feel- 
ing the importance of harmony and peace in the churches, 
the council exhort the friends of Christ in this place to look 
to Almighty God for the outpouring of his spirit, that they 
may adopt and pursue all their measures with wisdom, and 
walk in all the divine statutes and ordinances blameless. 

" ' Done in council unanimously at Union, on the tenth and 
eleventh of September, 1806. 

" ' John Saavyeh, Moderator. 
" ' E. GiLLETT, Scribe.' " 

The church, it seems, took no notice of the move- 
ment, it being evidently an ex parte affair. However, 
Sept. 17, they " voted to request Brothers Hill, March, 
and Walker to join in a mutual council to settle diffi- 
culties subsisting in the church, — the council to be 
called at some futm-e day when the chm-ch may think 
proper." 

To the council convened for ordination, continues 
Mr. Huse, — 

"A memorial was presented by the three disaffected per- 
sons, purporting that Mr. True was not the man of their 



MUTUAL COUNCIL. 181 

choice, &c. After attending to the objections, and ex- 
amining the candidate, the council unanimously voted, ' that 
the objections were obviated by Mr. True's confession of 
faith, and by answers he made to questions proposed to him.' 
Mr. True was ordained September, 1806. Hills, with the 
other two, continued their opposition to Mr. True ; and 
Hills, in particular, made great exertions to disaffect the 
people toward him, especially such as he thought could be 
influenced by him. Hills was, after considerable time had 
elapsed, censured by the church^ for some of his conduct 
relating to Mr. True and others." / 

A year and a half passed. March 23, 1808, the 
church voted to join in a mutual council. This coun- 
cil convened in Union, June 29. There were present 

' The records upon this subject are as follows : — 
Oct. 23, 1806, the church, being convened, " voted, We feel it a 
duty to notice the complaints laid before the church by Nathan 
Blake against Brother Samuel Hills." The church met again Oct. 30, 
and heard the charges and Mr. Hills's defence, and adjourned to 
Nov. 13. Then, "after assenting to articles of grievance brought by 
Deacon Hawes and Brother Mitchell, voted to add to the articles 
of grievance the taking down of the names of men not belonging to 
the Congregational Society." At the adjourned meeting, Nov. 24, it 
was voted. "That, on account of the articles of grievance and fault, 
which we have laid before Brother Samuel Hills, we cannot conscien- 
tiously commune with him, and do therefore suspend him from our 
communion till we obtain satisfaction." 

The " taking down of names," just mentioned, needs a word of ex- 
planation. The charge seems to have been that Mr. Hills went to 
different persons, and, without intimating his purpose, elicited from 
them remarks or criticisms unfavorable to Mr. True, and then took 
down the names of these persons as objecting to him. The paper con- 
taininsi these names was brought to the pastor elect, on the evening 
preceding the day when he was to give a reply to the invitation to be 
settled. He immediately wrote an answer in the negative. At the 
intermission on the Lord's Day, on the afternoon of which the answer 
was to be read, the puriiort of it became known. Great indignation was 
expressed; and Mr. Huse, with whom Mr. True had an exchange, 
was persuaded not to read it. Some persons said they had been mis- 
understood by Mr. Hills, and others denied what they were charged 
with saying. Subsequently, as has already been mentioned in Mr. 
Iluse's letter, Mr. True gave an affirmative reply. Mr. Hills sent to 
Mr. True a note, expressing an inclination to make some statements 
re-ipecting aflairs in town. Mr. Blake, thinking it not expedient for 
them to have an interview by themselves, accompanied Mr. True; but 
Mr. H.lls declined saying any thing upon the subject in the presence 
of a third person. 
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182 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

the Rev. Messrs. Scott,^ of IVIinot ; Johnson, of Belfast ; 
Jotham Sewall, of Chesterville ; John Sawyer, of Booth- 
bay (the last two missionaries) ; Packard, of Wiscasset; 
Huse, of Warren ; and Bayley, of Newcastle, who was 
" put on " in place of Rev. Mr. Gillett, of Hallowell, who 
was invited, but did not attend. 

The church, being convened on the same day, 
" voted, upon the concessions of Brothers Amos Walk- 
er, Stephen March, and Samuel HiUs, before the mu- 
tual council, to forgive and restore them." 

The record of the council, signed by Jonathan 
Scott ^ as moderator, and Kezekiah Packard as scribe, 
states that, — 

"After adjusting the council to the satisfaction of the par- 
ties, the Rev. Mr. True was requested to exhibit the doings 
of the church in said town. Upon which the Rev. Mr. True 
produced articles of charge against their brethren, Samuel 
Hills, Stephen March, and Amos Walker ; and, after read- 
ing the same, their reply and defence was called for and ex- 
hibited. The council resulted as follows, viz. : After a de- 
liberate, patient, and impartial hearing and investigation of 
all matters of charge and grievance exhibited by the church 
against their brethren. Hills, March, and Walker, the coun- 
cil were happy to find, that, in consequence of explanations 
and concessions of the accused brethren, the church unani- 
mously voted they were satisfied. The church, on their 
part, made such explanations and concessions with regard to 
the charges produced by said Hills, March, and Walker, as 
manifested a conciliatory disposition ; and we lament, that, 

* Mr. Scott was quartered on Capt. Barrett, with whom Mr. True 
boarded. It is said that the object was to afford Mr. Scott an oppor- 
tunity to ehcit Mr. True's heresies. The result, however, was differ- 
ent. Mr. Scott found there was but Uttle difference of sentiment. 
Friendly letters passed between them afterward. In one dated Oct. 6, 
1808, which Mr. Scott wrote to Mr. True, he observes, " I heard your 
character, as a minister of the gospel, often impeached before the 
council when I was with you, as you know, in such sentences as 
these : ' He is not fit to preach the gospel ; ' ' We cannot be fed by his 
preaching, &c. &c.' But, while there was nothing specified which ex- 
hibited the truth and evidence of the assertions, such impeachments 
did not influence my judgment against you, nor lessen my esteem for 
you, any at all, neither then when uttered, nor in any moment 
since." 



CONTINUED OPPOSITION. 183 

although a full reconciliation was truly desirable, we have 
not the satisfaction of seeing all matters of difficulty done 
away." The result concludes with several apostolical ex- 
hortations to the members of the church to promote peace 
and harmony among themselves. 

"Notwithstanding this result," continues Mr. Huse in his 
letter, "the three members continued restless and dissatis- 
fied ; and, in two or three weeks, they, with nine females, 
sent a request to the church to be dismissed, that they might 
join some other church, or form themselves into a new 
one. ^ The church thought themselves unauthorized to 
grant their request. " After a few months, the before- 
named Sewall came into town, preached several lectures in 
the town, and upon the borders of adjacent towns. And, 
while he was with these disaffected persons, a line was sent 
to Rev. Mr. True, to be communicated to the [church], signed 
by these persons, in which they protested against the ' con- 
duct of the church, and declare that they withdraw from 

' The request was in the following words : " Brethren, you must 
be sensible, that we, the undersigned, members of the Congregational 
Church of Christ in this place, have been for a long time much tried 
and grieved, that we cannot enjoy Christian communion in this 
church, agreeable to our desires ; and, as we have made several at- 
tempts to have our grievances redressed, and as often failed, and now 
feel ourselves held as it were in bondage, therefore, brethren, we desire 
j^our consent, by vote, that we may withdraw our relation from this 
church, and have the liberty of joining some sister-church, or be 
formed into a new church, as we may think most expedient. Your 
comjiliance, we trust, will save us the trouble of another council, as 
we cannot feel content to remain in such a disagreeable and unhappy 
situation." 

^ It is not improbable, that the difficulties in Union led to the 
following determination in the ministerial association : " Warren, 
Aug. 24, 1808. Voted, that to promote a more perfect union among 
our churches, and to form a consistory for hearing and ending all 
questions of discipline, which shall not be settled in each separate 
church, that each of our churches be invited to send a delegate with 
the minister to form a consociation." This proposition being brought 
before the church at Union, Sept. 14, it was voted unanimously to 
accept the above invitation, and to assist in forming a consistoi-y. 

On the same day in which the church agreed to assist in forming a 
consistory, they voted, " We at present deem it improper to dismiss 
members of a church, without recommending them, at the same time, 
to some other church specified in the request." This was in accord- 
ance with the sentiments of Mr. Scott, who stated in his letter of Oct. 
6, 1808, that it would be, "in eifect, to unchurch them; and such 
proceeding has no precedent in the New Testament." 



184 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

them, exhort them to repentance, and say they should re- 
joice to receive any of them who should see the error of their 
ways, repent, and reform.' 

" Directly upon this, and while Mr. Sewall was with 
them, they proceeded to call an ex parte council ; and, a few 
days previous to meeting of council, they gave Mr. True 
notice of what was done, requesting his attendance Avith 
the council." 

RESULT OF THE COUNCIL. 

" Agreeable to letters missive from the aggrieved breth- 
ren, formerly members of the church of Christ in Union, an 
ecclesiastical council was convened at the house of Mr. 
Samuel Hills, Feb. 15, 1809, for the purpose of attending 
to, and giving advice and counsel, in relation to difficulties, 
which have for some time past existed in the church. 

" Present : Rev. Elders Kiah Bayley, John Sawyer, 
Jonathan Ward, Amasa Smith, Jotham Sewall, Samuel 
Sewall, and Jonathan Belden. Delegates : Ebenezer Hag- 
gett, Sewall Crosby, Moses Weymouth, Ezekiel Avery, Asa 
Chase, and Thomas Ring. Rev. John Sawyer was chosen 
moderator, and Rev. Jonathan Belden scribe. 

" After prayer by the moderator, the letter missive from 
the aggrieved brethren was read, in which it was stated, 
that they had, after long waiting and many painful efforts 
to settle the difficulties subsisting between them and the 
majority of the church, finally remonstrated, protested, and 
withdrawn from them. Finding that the aggrieved had ac- 
tually separated themselves from the church, the council 
proceeded to inquire into the grounds and reasons of their 
conduct in withdrawing. Upon inquiry, the council found 
that difficulties had existed in the church for more than 
two years and a half; that, on Sept. 10, 1806, an ecclesi- 
astical council had been convened by the aggrieved, to give 
them advice respecting their difficulties ; that the following 
articles of grievance were laid before the council for their 
consideration." 

Here follow the four articles already printed in the 
note on page 178 ; after which, the narrative conti- 
nues, — 

" That no attention was paid to the advice of said council 
by the church. 



HILLS'S SECOND COUNCIL. 185 

" That, on Sept. 24, 1806, the aggrieved brethren pre- 
sented to the council convened for the ordination of Mr. 
True, a remonstrance, expressing their dissatisfaction with 
his ministrations, and their apprehensions, that, if he was 
settled, they could not conscientiously attend his ministra- 
tions ; and that the consequence would be an unhappy sepa- 
ration of the church ; and that 'evil consequences, civil and 
religious, would result to this society. 

" That, on Oct. 18, 1806, a complaiat was brought by Mr. 
Blake, who was not a professor of religion, before the church, 
against Mr. Samuel Hills, containing several heavy charges. 

"That, on Nov. 13, 1806, the church exhibited articles of 
complaint against Brothers March, Walker, and Hills ; and, 
on Nov. 24, proceeded to suspend Brother Hills from their 
communion. 

" That, after various fruitless efforts to obtain a mutual 
council to settle their difficulties, the following articles of 
complaint were, among others, exhibited by the aggrieved 
against their brethren, May 10, 1808 : — 

"1. That our brethren urged us to take measures to ascertain the 
opposition to Mr. True, and then blamed us therefor. 

" 4. In bringing and acting upon charges against the brethren, 
without sufficient evidence. 

" 8. In refusing to take a vote upon an acknowledgment of one 
of the church, although it had been presented nearly five months. 

"9. In neglecting, for more than thirteen months, to prosecute 
the charges brought against some of the brethren. 

" 10. That our brethren have not been sufficiently cautious in ad- 
mitting persons occasionally to the Lord's table." ' 

"That, on June 29, 1808, a mutual council was convened 
to attend to the difficulties existing in the church. That, 
after the council had heard the charges against the ag- 
grieved, and some explanations were given, the church voted 
to restore Messrs. March, Walker, and Hills. 

" That the matters of complaint exhibited by the ag- 
grieved against the church were not settled by the council. 

" That, on July 12, 1808, the aggrieved requested the 
church to let them withdraw their relation to the church ; 
but were denied their request. 

"That, on Sept. 29, 1808, the following articles of com- 
plaint were exhibited against the church : — 

' The substance of the other articles is comprehended in the sub- 
seqxient charges. 



186 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" To the Rev. Henry True, to be communicated to the church. 

"We, the undersigned, beg leave to state, that we feel much 
wounded and aggrieved by the conduct of the church. 

" 1. That our brethren have, in open violation of their vote, re- 
fused to accept of the assistance of some of the Lincoln Association, 
and have treated, and continue to treat, them with cold neglect. 

" 2. That they have infringed the rights of some of the members 
of the church, in admitting a committee of the town to act with 
them on matters belonging exclusively to the church. 

" 3. That they have, in a hasty and inconsiderate manner, urged 
forward the settlement •f Mr. True, contrary to the judgment and 
feelings of the major part of the brethren and sisters of the church. 

" 4. That our brethren have disobeyed the commands of Christ, in 
not taking the private steps in their discipline ; — 

" 5. In bringing charges against some of the brethren that had no 
foundation in truth ; — 

" 6. In allowing Mr. Blake to interfere in the discipline of the 
church, and using his influence with them, by pleading before them 
against some of their brethren ; — 

" 7. In not consulting the church upon the propriety of coming to 
the Lord's table under existing diiHculties ; — 

" 8. In refusing to act upon business regularly brought before 
them ; — 

" 9. In transacting important church-business before the hour 
appointed for church-meeting ; several of the brethren not having 
arrived, and the said business not having been regularly opened to the 
church for their consideration, or they notified that such business 
was to be acted upon at a future meeting. 

" Samuel Hills, 
" St. March, 
" In behalf of the aggrieved." 

"That, on Nov. 12, 1808, tlie aggrieved presented a re- 
monstrance against tlie conduct of the church, in not at- 
tending to their complaints. 

"That, on Jan. 5, 1809, the aggrieved protested against 
the conduct of the church, and withdrew from their com- 
munion. 

" That, for more than two years, the aggrieved have been 
deprived of gospel-ordinances ; and that little or no pains 
have been taken with the sisters, either to give them satis- 
faction, or to convince them of their error, if they were in 
one. 

" While the council were investigating the business, the 
Rev. Mr. True and some members of the church, at the 
special request of the council, attended, and very candidly 
offered many remarks and explanations and concessions, 
with a view to throw light upon the subject under consid- 
eration, for the information of the council. 



hills' S SECOND COUNCIL. 187 

" It was earnestly recommended, both to the church and 
the aggrieved, that they should make an effort to settle 
their difficulties. And the council conversed with each 
party separately to see if no method could be devised for 
their re-union, but could not discover any way to unite 
them on gospel-principles. 

"All hope of obtaining an object so desirable being at an 
end, in the view of the council, after a deliberate and atten- 
tive review of the difficulties submitted for their considera- 
tion, the council voted unanimously as follows : — 

*' 1. That, in the opinion of this council, the subjects of complaint 
presented by the aggrieved against the majority ai'C matters of real 
grievance. 

"2. That the articles of complaint were generally supported. 

"3. That the covenant-relation between the minority and major- 
ity of the church in this place is dissolved, in consequence of the 
breach of covenant on the part of the majority, and the steps taken 
by the minority ; — on this view of the subject, together with the con- 
sideration that the minority, upon close examination of their experi- 
ences and religious opinions, do appear to be qualified, agreeably to 
the rules of the gospel, to enjoj' gospel-ordinances." 

" And although many unhappy consequences may follow, 
yet this council feel themselves justified, and under indispen- 
sable obligation from Christ's command to feed his sheep and 
lambs, to assist them by forming them into a church. 

" The council deeply deplore the evils that have arisen in 
this part of our Lord's vineyard, and lament that they should 
feel a necessity of taking such a painful step. They compas- 
sionate the deplorable state of that part of the church, whose 
general conduct, in relation to the subjects of complaint which 
have come before the council, they are constrained to disap- 
prove. They ardently pray that God would give them 
repentance unto life ; and they exhort and beseech them to 
turn to God with all their hearts, with supplication and 
prayer, and to amend their ways ; to return to their brethren, 
and endeavor to heal the wounds they have occasioned, and 
build up the kingdom of Christ in this place. ^ 

' According to Mr. Huse's letter, it seems that, in relation to this 
council, " Mr. True, with some of the church, met them, and assured 
them they did not mean to acknowledge them as a council. They 
proceeded, however, to examine the charges of grievance exhibited by 
these three disaffected members against the church. The charges 
were much the same as those laid before the mutual council. They 
all had some relation to the conduct of the church with regard to the 



188 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" The council would betray weakness and the want of gos- 
pel-impartiality, were they to decide that nothing wrong, in 
this long state of controversy and difficulty, had fallen to 
the lot of the minority. But, from a view of the whole of 
their proceedings, we consider them as having acted in the 
main agreeably to the directions of the gospel. 

" And it is our decided belief, that, had the church been 
earnest for the maintenance of a just, equal, and faithful 
gospel-discipline, this very imhappy separation would not 
have taken place. 

" To the church noio formed by their desire, and the appro- 
hation of this council. 

" Christian Brethren, — We acknowledge you as a church 
of Christ, and receive you into the fellowship of the 
churches of Christ. We wish you the presence and bless- 
ing of Jesus, the great Head of the church, and pray that he 
would establish and build you up in the faith and in love, 
and increase you abundantly. But, when we view your 
situation and prospects, we tremble for you. We therefore 
exhort you to be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 
Walk circumspectly towards those that are without, and let 
your light shine before others. Remember you are a city 
set upon a hill. Let the word of God dwell in you richly. 
Be much in prayer. Forsake not the assembling yourselves 

settlement of Mr. True. Nothing intentionally wrong was proved 
against the church, except their persevering to settle Jlr. True in op- 
position to the desire of the minoritj^ It is worthy of notice, that three 
members of this ex parte council were on tlio preceding mutual council ; 
and all, at least except one, assented to the result of said council. But, 
notwithstanding the mutual council resulted that ' the church, on 
their part, made such explanations and concessions with regard to the 
charges produced against them by their brethren, Hills, March, and 
Walker, as manifested a conciliatory disposition,' and exhorted them 
all to be at peace among themselves, this ex parte council resulted 
that 'the covenant-relation between the majority and minority of the 
church in Union is dissolved, in consequence of the breach of cove- 
nant on the part of the majority and the steps taken by the minoritj'' ; ' 
and that they ' feel themselves justified, and under indispensable obli- 
gation from Christ's command to feed his sheep and lambs, to assist 
them by forming them into a church.' They censured the conduct 
of the church, and expressed an ardent prayer ' that God would give 
them repentance unto life,' and exhorted and besought them 'to 
turn to God with all their hearts, with supplication and prayer, and 
to amend their ways, return to their brethren, and endeavor to heal 
the wounds which they have occasioned, and build up the kingdom 
of Christ in this place.' " 



SECOND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 189 

together ; but be careful to meet statedly for the worship of 
God on the sabbath, and endeavor, as far as you can, to ob- 
tain the public ministrations of the word and ordinances of 
God. Hold fast the doctrines^ of the uncorrupted gospel. 
Be attentive to the examination of those who are admitted 
to your communion. Watch over one another in the Lord. 
See that the discipline of God's house be duly executed, and 
that you fall not out by the way. Be not high-minded, but 
fear lest you bring a reproach upon yourselves and others, to 
the great injury of religion. We exhort you to keep toge- 
ther, and to strengthen each other's hands in every good 
work. Bring up your children for God. We charge you 
to live in love, and to cultivate peace and good under- 
standing among yourselves ; and we pray that the God of 
peace may dwell with you. And now, brethren, we com- 
mend you to God and the word of his grace, which is able 
to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all 
them that are sanctified. 

" The above result approved by the unanimous vote of 
council, this seventeenth day of February, 1809. 

" John Sawyer, Moderator. 

"Jonathan Belden, Scribe." 

To continue Mr. Huse's letter : — 

" Even before this separation, it was no uncommon thing 
for missionaries to go into Union, give advice to the dis- 
affected party, preach public lectures, while Mr. True was 
preaching there on probation and after his ordination ; — I 

1 One objection to Mr. True was, that the Rev. Mr. Ripley, of Con- 
cord, Mass., had sent him ; and therefore he must be a Socinian. This 
charge was constantly made throughout his ministry, though Mr. 
Ripley had probably never heard of him till after he came to Union. 
The first sabbath Mr. True was here, " Mr. Sawyer, then of Boothbay, 
was present from the Lincoln and Kennebec Association to hold the 
ground. 'Mi. True supplied in the morning. He went to Warren in 
the afternoon to attend a funeral, and Mr. Sawyer preached in the 
meeting-house while he was gone." A system of opposition ran 
through all the veins of the Lincoln and Kennebec Association. Mr. 
Hills carried his opposition so far, that he " got Mr. True to his house 
one evening to examine his experience, while others were in a differ- 
ent room to listen and report according to his [Hills's] dictation." 
Hills and the Lincoln and Kennebec Association were identified in 
their spirit. When Mr. True was supported by subscription, and be- 
fore dismission, Sewall, Belden, and others took possession of the 
17 



190 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

mean such missionaries as were under the influence of, and 
immediately connected with, the members of the before- 
mentioned party-council. Since the separation, the mem- 
bers of the council have considered this little party as under 
their immediate and exclusive care, and have taken pains to 
countenance and support them in their separate condition, 
by visiting them, preaching to them, administering the sacra- 
ment to them, and by often directing missionaries to them, 
who are of their particular sentiments in religion. They 
are countenanced by the Maine Missionary Society, par- 
ticularly by the Lincoln and Kennebec Association, the 
most active and influential members of which societies com- 
posed the ex parte council. 

" Mr. True is a modest, moderate Calvinist. No one pre- 
tends to find fault with his doctrines or moral conduct ; only 
that he does not go far enough, and they cannot feel that he 
is a converted man. The majority of the church of which 
he is pastor are apparently serious, orthodox, and exem- 
plary Christians. I have personally known them for many 
years. But they do not carry points of doctrine quite so far 
as some others, particularly as Mr. Hills, who is a disciple 
of Dr. Emmons ; and they do not wish to be under the en- 
tire control of the Lincoln and Kennebec Association. 

" Members of the ex parte council above mentioned, and 
missionaries under their influence, not only visit and preach 
to the party in Union, but many times preach in other 
towns Avhere are settled ministers, barely at the request of 
an individual, male or female, boy or girl, over whom they 
have gained some ascendency. They make a practice of 
passing by settled ministers, and associating with those in 
parishes who are a little disaffected toward their own mini- 
sters. These things are done very frequently in this and 
other towns in this county." -"^ 

meeting-house. Even while Mr. True was a candidate, " Jotham and 
Samuel Sewall appointed lectures at the meeting-house and other 
places, without consulting him." It should be added, in justice to 
Rev. Mr. Mitchell, who afterward was settled in Waldoborough, that 
he did not sympathize with the opposers of Mr. True, " and invited 
Mr. True to take a mission from the Maine Missionary Society." 

* The details given will enable those who wish it to judge of the 
merits of a controversy which kept the community in high excite- 
ment for many years, and of which the lamentable effects are felt to 
the present day. A lesson may be learned respecting the sectarian 
spirit of the time, not merely in Union, but in the State generally ; 



PROSELYTISM, 191 

Such was the origin of the Second Congregational 
Church in this town. At the organization, Feb. 17, 
1809, they adopted the articles of faith and the cove- 
nant which were then in use by the First Church, and 
which were adopted by them, Feb. 6, 1804, with the 
alterations then made to suit Mr. Hills. The only 
change of the language was in the substitution of the 
words, " We engage to admit to our Jholy communion 
such, and none but such, as give a rational, scriptural 
evidence," for the w^ord"s, " We engage to admit t<5 our 
holy communion aU who can give a rational, scripture 
evidence/' ^a 

and, though the remaining part of Mr. Huse's letter does not per- 
tain exclusively to Union, it is thought proper to add it : — 

" The Elaine Missionary Society, or rather Mi\ Bay ley, of Newcas- 
tle, its President, and the Lincoln and Kennebec Association, take 
the utmost pains to ascertain every vacant parish, where there is the 
least prospect of establishing a minister, and immediately send them 
one after their own heai't, supported for a while by the society's 
funds, but accompanied with a letter to some individual in the parish, 
suggesting to him the propriety of their hiring him, at least for a 
while, after the term of his mission expires ; and the good, unsus- 
pecting people think they can do no less. By this means, they have 
sometimes succeeded in palming ministers of a particular complexion 
upon towns and societies in this quarter. In some instances they 
have established ministers, whose sentiments, when fully known, are 
very obnoxious to a great majority of the people. 

" The ministers and missionaries from the Maine Society, or Lin- 
coln Association, avoid other settled ministers, who do not belong to 
those societies. They do not allow their candidates to have any mini- 
sterial connection with those ministers, any further than to preach in 
their towns, not exchange. Nor do they allow the churches, over 
which they gain control, to invite the assistance of neighboring 
churches in ordinations, whose pastors are not of their number, or 
whose sentiments, they suspect, do not perfectly correspond with 
theirs. Two such instances have recently occurred in this immediate 
vicinity. I need not mention them to you. I am well acquainted 
with the members of a church in an adjoining town, where they have 
lately settled a minister, have often administered the ordinances to 
them, and am well convinced they are in fellowship with me and our 
church, and yet our church was not invited to assist at the ordina- 
tion. One of the members frankly told me ' they did not send to all 
churches they wished, because they were under the Maine Missionary 
Society.' I must close my narration, though it might be protracted. 
You are at liberty to make any use of it you please. 

*' I am your brother in the ministry, 

•' JONA. HusB." 



192 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

The following are the names of the seceders who 
formed the Second Congregational Church: — 



Samuel Hills 
Stephen March 
Amos Walker 
Abigail Hills 
Mary Fogler 
Hannah Walker 



Abigail March 
Sarah Nicholson 
Martha Williams 
Huldah Blanchard 
Sally Barnard 
Sally Shepard. 



To these were addecl, at the time of the organization, 
Feb. 17, 1809,— 

John Clark, Judith Clark, Judith W-lker. 

There were subsequently added, — 

David Starrett, June 11, 1810; Jane Kirkpatrick, Aug. 
5, 1810 ; Sarah Tucker, Aug. 5, 1810 ; Daniel Walker, 
Nov. 18, 1810; James Starrett, March 5, 1815; Rev. 
James Ricker, July 2, 1815 ; and afterward, Jane Cutting. 



CHAPTER XX. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1807—1819. 

Proceedings of the Town to pay Mr. True. — Remission of Ministe- 
rial Taxes. — Signers to the Methodists ; to the Friends ; to the 
Baptists. — Movements to dissolve the Town's Contract with Mr. 
True. — Incorporation of the First Congregational Society. — Dis- 
solution of the Town's Contract. 

1807. 

During these church-difficulties, the town was re- 
quired each year to act on parochial affaii's ; for 
towns then discharged the duties which now devolve 
on parishes. Mr. True's opponents were not inactive. 
March, 1807, Jonathan Newhall, Nathaniel Robbins, 
Nathan Blake, Joel Adams, Simeon Butters, Oliver 



REMISSION OF MINISTERIAL TAXES. 193 

Pratt, and Marlboro' Packard, being t\vo persons from 
each of the principal denominations in town, and one 
Quaker, were chosen a committee "to consider the 
aggrieved of all parties, to fix a compromise, and to 
report at the May meeting." May 11, the town ac- 
cepted their report, — 

" That all who are not of the Congregational Socifcy^ 
and who do not intermeddle with said society's f^^irs, or 
vote in town on ministerial matters, and w^\\igxhibit to the 
selectmen a certificate thereof signet" oy each person of their 
societv ^y'ko-3JS''^'^C:^Jssi' i^^-oe taxed, and by a committee of 
three members of their church, in the month of June or July 
annually, shall have their ministerial taxes abated before 
the tax-bills are committed to the collector. And it shall 
be the duty of the selectmen and assessors to make said 
abatements, and form a list of said persons, and set the 
sums against each name so abated, and cross said ministe- 
rial tax, and deliver said list to the town-clerk, who shall 
make record of the same, and certify to the town-treasurer 
the amount of said abatement." 

This principle was adopted also in 1808, 1809, 
and 1810. Thus, although the taxes were assessed 
regularly, those of the seceders were not called for 
by the collector; and it was virtually left optional 
with the societies, except the Congregational, to raise 
any thing or nothing for the support of religious wor- 
ship among themselves. 

1808. 

March 7, the town voted " to relinquish so much of 
the ministerial tax of the Methodists for 1806 and 1807 
as the selectmen may think proper to cross." ^ It 
was also " voted to relinquish the ministerial taxes 
assessed to the following names in the year 1807, viz. : 
Spencer Walcott, Oliver Pratt, Simon Fuller, Nathan 

' At the same time it was voted to let the Methodists have the 
meeting-house the last sabbath in March. Sept. 17, it was voted to 
let the Baptists have the meeting-house the first sabbath in Novem- 
ber. 

17* 



194 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTOKY. 



Carver, Thomas Daggett, Sterling Davis, Zelotes 
Tucker, Mar boro' Packard, Barnabas Simmons, Ezra 
Bowen, Abel Walker, Mary Gay, Marble Alford, Ja- 
cob Rmg, and Robert Thompson," who belonged to 
the Baptist denomination. 

loJi accordance with the report accepted May 11, 
4 7 u *own-records, under the year 1808, contain 
th^ :TA^owmg names of persons who did not belong 
to the Co>^|^*^°^^l Society, together with their 
ministerial taxes'1^,^ 





METHODISTS. 




Joel Adams . 


. $4.43 


Solomon Hewes . 


$1.54 


Christopher Butle 


'■ •) 


Levi Irish . 


1.06 


John Butler . 


. > 6.54 


Cornelius Irish . 


1.89 


Gorham Butler 


J 


Edward Jones 


2.77 


Jonathan Brown 


. 1.37 


John KiefF. 


1.41 


Thomas Butler 


. 4.36 


Asaph Lucas . 


1.26 


Joseph Butler 


. 4.40 


Thaddeus Luce . 


1.65 


Simeon Butters 


. 3.05 


Josiah Maxcy . 


6.05 


Charles Butters 


. 1.67 


Hervey Maxcy 


3.95 


Alford Butters 


. 1.02 


Obadiah Morse . 


3.42 


John Clarke . 


. 3.43 


Bela Bobbins . 


4.81 


John Clarke, 2d 


. 1.42 


Nathan D. Rice , 


1.91 


Joshua Collamore 


. 1.96 


Timothy Stewart 


4.25 


Alpheus Collamo] 


re . 1.46 


David Snell . . 


4.06 


Simon Drake . 


. 2.03 


David Snell, jun. 


1.13 


Simon Chaffin 


. 2.18 


Jacob Severance . 


1.73 


John Drake . 


. 2.55 


James Thompson 


4.25 


E-ufus Dyer ' . 


. 3.00 


Olney Titus . 


2.78 


Henry Esensa 


. 3.26 


Daniel Walker . 


2.77 


Jonathan Eastma 


n . 3.71 


John Walker . 


3.78 


Royal Grinnell 


. 4.45 


Jason Ware . 


7.92 


Richard Grinnell 


. 1.54 


Aaron Young . 


2.91 


Bailey Grinnell 


. 6.61 


Aaron Young, jun. 


2.36 


Samuel S. Grinne 


11 . 1.53 


Daniel Murray . 


1.00 


Matthias Hawes 


. 8.27 


James Maxfield . 


1.00 


Reuben Hills . 


. 13.27 


Jeremiah Clough . 


1.00 


Samuel Hills, 2d 


. 1.86 


Lewis Robbins, 2d 


1.00 


Nathan Hills . 


. 1.95 


Isaac Carkin . 


1.00 


Reuben Hills, jur 


I. . 1.86 


Jeremiah Stubbs . 


1.00 



DEFICIENCY OF SALARY. 



195 



FRIENDS. 



Jonathan Newhall, 14.25 ; IcJm^obd Irish, $2.56 ; total, 
6.81. .o ' 



"» ^' '^ 



BAPTISTS. 



Marble Alford 


fl.81 


William Lermond 


$3.46 


Ezra Bowen . 


3.61 


James Lermond . 


2.49 


William Boggs . 


3.40 


Oliver Pratt . . 


5.76 


Nathan Carver 


2.39 


William Peabody 


1.50 


Thomas Daggett . 


4.22 


Marlboro' Packard 


5.67 


Sterling Davis 


3.52 


Barnabas Simmons 


6.41 


Simon Fuller . 


2.78 


Daniel Shepard, jun 


1.70 


Peter Fales . . 


3.55 


Jacob Sibley . 


2.92 


Mary Gay . 


2.92 


Zelotes Tucker . 


2.39 


John Hemenway . 


1.86 


Abel Walker . . 


1.58 


Daniel Howard . 


1.38 


George W. West . 


4.38 


Edmund Luce 


2.19 


Spencer Walcott . 


5.87 


John Lermond 


7.24 


Jacob Ring . . 


1.00 



1809. 

March 6, 1809, a committee, consisting of Amos Bar- 
rett, Nathan Blake, Congregationalists ; Joel Adams, 
Edward Jones, Methodists ; and Spencer Walcott, Oli- 
ver Pratt, Baptists, was chosen to inquire into the state 
of the treasury respecting ministerial money. The 
town accepted the report. May 1, in which they say, " So 
far as we can ascertain by the selectmen's book and 
other documents, there is a deficiency in the treasury, 
to complete Mr. True's salary to September, 1808, of 
the sum of ^262.56, including orders of the assessors 
for Richard Cummings and others," — who stated that 
they belonged to some other society, — " and that JVIr. 
True relinquished his right to twenty-five dollars' an- 
nual allowance in place of firewood," until such time 
as he might signify his want of it. 

At the same time, it was voted to raise one thousand 
dollars for ministerial use ; and Nathan Blake, Ebene- 
zer Alden, and Charles Pope, were chosen a committee 
to treat with Mr. True. There is no record of the re- 
port of this committee. 



196 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORT. 



-io3?^ "^"i^'"? of *^e signers to other societies, Nov. 1, 
1809 with their se-.^oi^al ministerial taxes, are on record 
as loUows : — 





METHODISTS. 




David Snell* . . 


$4.00 


Rufus Dyer* . 


. $3.13 


Cornelius Irish* . 


3.03 


Alpheus Collamore* 2.60 


Obadiah Morse* . 


4.86 


Joseph Butler 


. 5.85 


Edward Jones 


3.94 


Adam Martin . 


. 2.88 


James Thompson 


5.17 


Joel Adams* . 


. 5.85 


Solomon Hewes* 


1.64 


Bailey Grinnell* 


. 6.83 


Jocob S. Adams . 


1.23 


Thaddeus Luce* 


. 2.19 


Matthias Hawes* 


11.94 


James Maxfield 


. . 1.99 


Ehenezer Robhins 


1.91 


Isaac Carkin . 


. 1.23 


Mace S. Grinnell* 


1.23 


Jeremiah Luce* 


. 1.23 


Jacob Sevrance . 


2.30 


Ezra Bo wen, jun. 


. 1.23 


Alford Butters 


2.73 


Samuel Hills, 2d* . 2.68 


Samuel Spurr . 


3.70 


Jason Ware * . 


. . 10.07 


Gorham Butler* . 


2.94 


Philip Bobbins 


. . 0.32 


Aaron Young* . 


2.20 


Thomas Messer 


. 3.39 


Christopher Butler* 


3.16 


John Drake* . 


. . 3.56 


John Lermond* . 


9.74 


Ichabod Maddocl? 


s* 3.17 


Aaron Young, jun,* 


3.41 


Richard Grinnell 


^- . 1.80 


Josiah Hills* . . 


2.46 


Simon Chaffin 


. . 2.96 


Reuben Hills, jun. * 


2.34 


David Snell, jun. 


* . 1.89 


Nathan Hills* . 


3.01 


Royal Grinnell* 


. . 6.98 


Jonathan Eastman* 


5.36 


Bela Bobbins* 


. . 6.28 


Thomas Butler* . 


5.80 


John Walker* 


. . 5.02 


Jeremiah Stubbs . 


1.70 


Reuben Hills* 


. 16.09 


Simon Drake* . 


3.18 


Olney Titus . 


. . 3.35 


William Lermond 


5.22 


John Clark* . 


. . 4.12 


Joseph Miller* . 


4.64 


John KiefF. 


. 1.76 


Hervey Maxcy 


5.60 


Ezekiel Clark . 


. 1.62 


Henry Esensa* . 


4.13 


Nathan D. Rice 


. 2.46 


James Brown . 


1.72 


Joshua Collamore 


* . 2.28 


Simeon Butters* 


3.46 


John Butler* . 


. 2.77 


Timothy Stewart* 


5.68 


Isaac Booth* . 


. . 1.23 



* Under date July 18, 1811, these persons, with Alford Adams, 
Leonard Bump, Jesse Drake, David Grafton, Isaac Hills, James Little- 
hale, Lewis Robbins 2d, Shadrach Snell, Vinal Ware, and George W. 
West, are recorded as belonging to the Methodist Society. 



OBJECTIONS TO MR. TRUE. 



197 





BAPTISTS. 




Jacob Demuth 


. $3.17 


Jacob Sibley* . . 


14.42 


James Lermond'''' 


3.80 


Thomas Daggett* . 


6.67 


Marble Alford 


2.90 


Edmund Luce . . 


3.00 


Abel Walker . . 


. 2.04 


Ezra Bo wen* . 


4.87 


James Sinclair* . 


1.67 


Richard Cummings* 


8.78 


Daniel Howard'^' 


1.83 


Abel Le Doit . . . 


1.23 


Simon Fuller* 


3.85 


Benjamin Buzzell 


1.90 


Nathan Carver* . 


3.47 


William Boggs* . 


4.61 


Marlboro' Packard* 


. 7.60 


Spencer Walcott* . 


9.00 


Barney Simmons * 


9.49 


James Littlehale . 


3.96 


Sterling Davis* . 


4.65 


Peter Fales . . . 


4.56 


Jacob Ring* . 


1.23 


Zelotes Tucker . . 


2.92 


William Peabody 


1.81 


George W. West . . 


6.36 


Oliver Pratt . . 


6.36 







1810. 

In May, and also in September, 1810, unsuccessful 
attempts were made to reconsider the vote relieving 
the Baptists and the Methodists from paying their 
taxes to the collector. Sept. 17, it was " voted to dis- 
miss the Rev. Henry True as minister of the town of 
Union." Nov. 5, a similar idea was contained in an 
article " to see if the town will take measm-es, and 
what they shall be, to dissolve the contract between 
the Rev. Henry True and the inhabitants of this town 
of Union, or act or do any thing relative to ministe- 
rial or religious matters which may come before them." 
No action was taken till Nov. 19, when the town 
voted to " adopt measures to dissolve the contract, 
. . . and to choose a committee of three to state their 



* Together with Mary Gay, Aaron Gleason, John Hemenway, 
Ziba Simmons, and Simon Wingate, are entered on the town-records 
July 18, 1811, as belonging to the Baptists. 

May 6, 1811, the town voted to allow Samuel Hills, Stephen March, 
Daniel Walker, Amos Walker, John Clark 2d, and Stephen Childs, to 
"have the appropriation of their ministerial money to the support of 
their own teacher." And, April 13, 1812, a certificate, signed by Samuel 
Hills and Stephen March, states that Samuel Hills, Daniel Walker, 
Amos Walker, John Clark, jun., Stephen Childs, John Whiting, John 
Whitney, Nathan Barnard, and Stephen March, are members of the 
religious society in Union, called the Second Congregational Society. 



198 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

objections against him." The committee, viz. Ed- 
mund Mallard, Thomas Nye, and Herman Hawes, at 
an adjom-ned meeting, Nov. 19, made the following 
statement : — 

" Your committee, after due deliberation, have unani- 
mously agreed to report as follows : — 

" From our own daily observation, and the repeated com- 
plaints of our friends and many others, supporters of the 
Rev. Henry True, we are led to believe that the said Henry 
True is unmindful of a large portion of his parishioners, 
and treats his congregation with great partiality. "We are 
fully convinced that he, the said Rev. Henry True, treats 
some of his parishioners in a familiar and friendly manner, 
as a minister in our opinion ought to do ; while many others 
are treated Avith great indifference, and, in some instances, 
with an apparent studied neglect. We are of opinion that 
the said Henry True's ministration and manner of instruc- 
tion, for the reasons above stated, has [have] become un- 
profitable, and [are] rather calculated to scatter, divide, and 
wean the members of the Congregational Society in this 
town from each other, than to cherish that equality, harmo- 
ny, and friendship, without which the said society will be 
soon broken up, and the great blessings resulting from such 
regulated and properly conducted societies wholly lost. 
We are fully convinced, that a large proportion of the said 
Rev. Henry True's supporters ai-e dissatisfied, and the dis- 
satisfaction is still increasing, which lessens the number of 
his supporters to that degree, that the ministerial tax on the 
few remaining is very burthensome, and in some instances 
peculiarly distressing. All which is humbly submitted." 

The report was not accepted. The towii adopted 
the motion made by Jonathan Sibley, as follows : — 

" That it is the opinion of this town that the ministerial 
taxes have become too burthensome to be borne, and pray 
the Rev. Henry True to aid the town in taking such mea- 
sures as will have a tendency to ease the town somewhat 
of the burden." Philip Robbins, Josiah Robbins, Henry 
Blunt, Jonathan Sibley, Walter Blake, Edmund Mallard, 
and Nathaniel Bachelor, were chosen " a committee to pre- 
sent the above to Mr. True, and try to treat with him on 
the above subject." 



PROPOSALS BY MR. TRUE. 199 



1811. 



Jan. 7, 1811, the town voted ^ to accept the pro- 
posal made by the Rev. Henry True, " that his parish- 
ioners pay him the same tax upon the poll and the 
same valuation of property as they paid him the first 
year after said True's settlement." 

The subject of dissolving the connection between 
the town and Mr. True was often brought up, and 
might have created much difficulty if he had insisted 
on his salary during the whole of his ministry ; for the 
town would have been obliged to pay it. Consequent- 
ly, the warrants frequently contain articles in relation 
to this subject. Many of them are substantially repe- 
titions of others ; bvit they show the difficulty attend- 
ing a dissolution of the connection between pastor and 
people, and the inclination to have a legal adjustment. 

1813. 

June 19, 1813, the proposition was " to see if the 
town will choose a committee to compromise with the 
Rev. Henry True." They voted "to choose a com- 
mittee to settle " with him. It consisted of Ebenezer 
Alden, Nathaniel Robbins, Joseph Morse, George 
Kimball, and Jonathan Sibley. The committee re- 
ported, — 

" That Mr. True has received nothing for his services for 
his three last ministerial years ; that his legal demand upon 
the town for said services is $1,273.44. 

" That Mr. True makes the same proposition to the town 
now that he made in January, 1811, to wit: 'that his par- 
ishioners pay him the same upon the poll and the same tax 
upon the same valuation of property as they paid him the 
first year after his settlement;' or, in other words, if the so- 
ciety will pay him the amount of the sums already assessed 
for ministerial use, with the addition of $200 before the first 
of March next, he will give a receipt in full for his salary up 

' At the same town-meeting it was •' voted that the town consent 
to have the Methodist Society petition to the Legislature " " for an 
Act of Incorporation." Probably the petition was not sent. 



200 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

to the present month ; which sum of $600 already assessed 
with $200 added, amounting in the whole to $800, in the 
opinion of your committee, is about what Mr. True would 
have received the said three years, provided the said propo- 
sition of January, 1811, had been projDerly met and properly 
carried into eifect. 

" Your committee further report, that Mr. True will not 
make any further demand upon the town for his salary the 
year beginning the present month, from the strength of con- 
tract subsisting between him and the town, provided the 
town desired that he should continue his connection with 
his society that time, and that he will receive his salary by 
subscription. 

" Your committee would recommend, that, on this pre- 
sent day, an order be drawn by the proper officers upon the 
treasurer for the sum of $600, and that the treasurer be or- 
dered to give Mr. True a note of hand for the sum of $200, 
payable next March, that Mr. True may receipt for said sum 
of $800 agreeable to his proposal, which will bar all de- 
mands by Mr. True upon the town for salary, up to the last 
Wednesday in the present month. 

" All which is respectfully submitted, 

"Per order, Ebenr. Alden. 

"Union, Sept. 6, 1813." 

The report was accepted, with the exception of the 
clause respecting the treasurer's giving to Mr. True 
a note of hand. 

1814. 

May 9, the question was again brought forward 
" to see if the town will dismiss the Rev. Henry True as 
a town-minister. . . . Motioned, that whereas the Rev. 
Henry True has repeatedly in the pulpit professed a 
readiness to dissolve the contract between the town of 
Union and himself as their pastor, whenever it was 
their desire, — Voted that it is the desire of the peo- 
ple of the town of Union, one of the contracting 
parties, that the said contract with the Rev. Henry 
True be dissolved, and expire at the expiration of 
six months ; and that the town-clerk be ordered to 



INCORPORATION OF THE SOCIETY. 201 

serve the Rev. Mi: True with an attested copy of 
the above." 

1815. 

May 8, 1815, agreeably to an article inserted in the 
warrant, the town " gave their consent " to have the 
Congregational Society incorporated. Accordingly, 
the Massachusetts Legislatui'e, Jan. 31, 1816, passed 
the following — 

"Act to incorporate the First Congregational Society in the 
town of Union. 

"Sec. 1. — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 
Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the au- 
thority of the same, That Nathaniel Robbins, Rufus Gillmor, 
Ebenezer Alden, Robert Foster, Amos Barrett, John Little, 
Joseph Vaughan, Elisha Bennet, Moses Morse, Jonathan 
Carriel, jun., Calvin Morse, John Fogler, Abijah Hawes, 
David Robbins, James Rice, Seth Luce, Jessa Robbins, 
Herman Hawes, Amariah Mero, Thomas Mitchell, Nathan 
Daniels, Levi Morse, John P. Robbins, Nathaniel Bache- 
lor, William Dougherty, Fisher Hart, Caleb T. Jacobs, 
William Hart, David Robbins, jun., Jonathan Carriel, Mica- 
jah Gleason, Whiting Hawes, John W. Lindley, Ebenezer 
W. Adams, Samuel Spear, John Tobey, David Carriel, Jere- 
miah Mitchell, Thaddeus Shepard, and Noah Rice, with 
such other inhabitants of the town of Union as do not be- 
long to any other religious society, and such as may here- 
after associate with them, with their polls and estates, be, 
and they hereby are, incorporated into a religious society, 
by the name of the First Congregational Society in Union ; 
and the said society is hereby invested with all the powers 
and privileges, and subjected to the same duties and requi- 
sitions as other religious societies are invested and sub- 
jected to, according to the laws and constitution of this 
Commonwealth. 

" Sec. 2. — Be it further enacted, That if any person liv- 
ing in said town of Union, who may at any time hereafter 
desire to become a member of said First Congregational 
Society, shall declare his or her desire and intention thereof 
in writing, and deliver the same to the minister or clerk of 
said society, and a copy of the same to the minister or 
clerk of the religious society to which he or she may at that 
18 



202 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

time belong, such, person shall, from the time of delivering 
such declaration, be considered a member of said First Con- 
gregational Society in Union. 

" Sec. 3. — Be it further enacted. That when any member 
of the said First Cong^regational Society may think proper 
to secede therefrom, and to unite with any other religious 
society in the said town of Union, the same covirse and pro- 
cess, mutatis mutandis, shall be had and done as is presented 
in the second section of this Act. Provided, however, that in 
every case of secession from one religiovis society and join- 
ing another, every such person shall be held to pay his or 
her proportion or assessment of all parish or society taxes 
legally voted by the society, prior to his or her secession 
therefrom, in manner above pointed out. 

" Sec. 4. — Be it further enacted. That any Justice of the 
Peace for the county of Lincoln, upon application therefor, 
is hereby avithorized to issue his warrant, directed to some 
member of said Congregational Society, requiring him to 
notify and summon the members thereof to meet at such con- 
venient time and place as may be appointed in said warrant, 
to organize the said society by the election of its officers. 

"Approved by the Governor, Feb. 1, 1816." 

The warrant was issued by Stephen March, Esq., 
Justice of the Peace, to Ebenezer W. Adams, one of 
the members of the First Congregational Society in 
Union ; and the first meeting was held April 10, 1816. 

1819. 

After the incorporation of this society, parochial 
matters were not acted upon as town-business. But 
a settlement was yet to be made with Rev. Mr. True. 
Nothing seems to have been done tiU April 15, 1819, 
when Mr. True signed the following document : " I, 
the subscriber, hereby release the town of Union from 
all demands and claims whatever, and fully acknow- 
ledge that I have no claim or demands against them." 
Even this seems not to have been entu'ely satisfactory ; 
for. May 8, the selectmen were chosen a committee to 
wait on him, " and in behalf of the town to dissolve 
the contract which was made with him at or about 



SETTLEMENT WITH THE PASTOR. 203 

the time of his ordination." The following report, 
made at an adjourned meeting in May, was accept- 
ed:— 

" Whereas the inhabitants of the town of Union, on the 
eleventh day of November, 1805, voted to pay the Rev. 
Henry True an annual salary of four hundred dollars, so 
long as he should continue to be the minister of said town ; 
and whereas the said vote contains conditions to be per- 
formed by either party wishing a dissolution of the connec- 
tion between said parties, antecedent to such dissolution ; and 
whereas the said True did, in April, A.D. 1816, discon- 
tinue to be the minister of said town ; and whereas doubts 
have arisen Avhether said vote or contract does not remain 
in force, — now, therefore, I, the said True, and we, Micajah 
Gleason, John Lermond, and John W. Lindley, in behalf of 
said town, chosen for that purpose, do hereby agree to dis- 
solve said vote or contract, and all contracts subsisting be- 
tween said town and said True ; and we mutually agree to 
waive all right of notice which either party may have pre- 
cedent to said dissolution ; and I, the said True, for myself, 
my heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, release 
said town from all contracts heretofore made to me by said 
town ; and we, the said Gleason, Lermond, and Lindley, 
on the part of the said town as aforesaid, discharge the said 
True from all contracts and engagements Avhich he may 
have heretofore entered into with said town. 

" Henky True. 

" Micajah Gleason, 

" John Lermond, )■ Committee. 

"John W. Lindley, 

"Union, May 26, 1819." 



;,i 



By this act, Mr. True probably relinquished all that 
was due to him before the incorporation of the so- 
ciety. 

The only other movement which the town as such 
afterward made about sustaining public worship was 
to " pass over an article," Sept. 8, 1823, " to see if the 
town would raise a sum of money, to be divided 
among the several denominations, to defray the ex- 
penses of preaching the gospel." 



204 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XXL 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1816—1825. 

Attempts to raise Money. — Dissolution of Mr, True's Pastoral Con- 
nection with the Church and Society. — Result of the Council. — 
Proposals for uniting the Congregational Churches. — Obstacles to 
a Union. — Union effected. 

CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY. 

The evils which existed while parochial business was 
transacted by the town were not obviated by the incor- 
poration into a society. At the meeting, April 10, 
1816, called for organization, the society " voted that 
$250 be raised by assessment for the support of the 
Rev. Henry True." Similar votes were passed in 1817 
and in 1818. No money was voted in 1819. In 1820 
it was " voted to raise money by subscription for minis- 
terial use." In 1821, propositions, first to raise $200, 
and next $150, both failed; as did another to raise 
$200 in 1824. Mr. True, however, received but a small 
part of what was voted ; a few presents w^ere made to 
him by friends ; and, during the latter part of his 
ministry, he received a small sum for preaching as a 
missionary in the vicinity. 

After several indications of the necessity of a disso- 
lution, the chm'ch, March 7, 1820, " voted unanimously 
that they did not wish the pastoral relation between 
them and the Rev. Henry True dissolved at present." 
But, Sept. 21, the church " met at Brother James Rice's, 
agi'eeably to previous notice ; and it was mutually 
agreed that the pastoral relation between the Rev. 
Henry True and the church should be dissolved,^ and 
the pastor choose the council and fix the time for 
effecting the object ; and that the pastor may remove 
all relation from the church, if he should be desirous of 

' This change in the purposes of the church was brought about by 
the manoeuvring of Mr. Noah Emerson, then preaching in town. 



EESULT OF COUNCIL. 205 

it." The churches in Wiscasset, Dresden, and War- 
ren, were sent to ; but the Dresden church was not 
represented. The council met Oct. 25. 

" After organization and prayer by the moderator, pro- 
ceeded to business. 

" Preparatory to the deliberations of the occasion, the 
church was requested to communicate the several results of 
council relating to ecclesiastical affairs of the town. After 
examining the documents exhibited, the council came to the 
following result : — 

" 1. The connection between pastor and church, minister 
and people, is peculiarly endearing and solemn and sacred, 
and has been, in all ages in the Christian church, instrumen- 
tal in building up the Redeemer's kingdom. The council 
now convened deem this connection too sacred to be dis- 
solved for trivial reasons ; but they doubt not that causes 
may exist and circumstances occur which justify a separa- 
tion. 

" 2. The council, finding that, at a regular meeting of the 
church, Sept. 21, 1820, it was mutually agreed that the pas- 
toral relation between the Rev. Henry True and the church 
be dissolved, and that the pastor choose the council and fix 
the time for effecting that object, by the authority vested in 
them, declare said connection dissolved accordingly. 

"3. The council are happy to find the church have passed 
the following vote : ' The church of Christ, of which the Rev. 
Henry True is pastor, voted, Oct. 25, 1820, that they highly 
esteem their pastor as a neighbor and friend, as a citizen and 
Christian ; and that they regard and respect him as a consci- 
entious and faithful minister of the Christ, and deeply 
lament that circumstances are such that a dissolution of his 
pastoral relation to them has become expedient. The church 
is still anxious for his welfare, and prays for his health and 
prosperity.' And the council cordially unite in giving him 
their approbation as a minister of Christ, and recommend 
him as such to the service of the churches, wishing him to 
administer gospel-ordinances as occasions may require." 
[Then follow pertinent words of counsel and of sympathy 
with the pastor ; after which the fourth section contains 
similar sentiments for the church.] 

" 5. The council think it their duty, before closing this 
result, to introduce the following statement of facts : — 
18* 



206 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

" It appears from letters missive, calling an ex parte coun- 
cil, that those who were erected by that council into a 
church-state had, ' after long waiting and many painful 
eflForts to settle difficulties subsisting between them and the 
majority of the church, finally remonstrated, protested, and 
withdrew.' And yet it appears from the result of the cou.n- 
cil which ordained Mr. True, that, in the unanimous opinion 
of said council, Mr. True's confession of faith, and the 
answers he gave to questions proposed to him by the coun- 
cil, obviated and did away all the objections brought against 
him by the professedly aggrieved. It appears also from the 
result of a mutual council, called in 1808, to adjust difficulties 
subsisting between the brethren of the church in Union, that 
the church manifested toward the disaff'ected a conciliatory 
disposition ; and the council regretted, although a full recon- 
ciliation was truly desirable, that they had not the satisfac- 
tion to see all matters of diflftculty done away. It appears 
likewise that the ex parte council, whose result has been 
carefully examined, ' exhort and beseech the church to repent 
and turn to God with all their heart, with supplication and 
prayer, and to amend their ways, and return to their brethren, 
and endeavor to heal the wounds they had occasioned.' 
And yet great exertions have been made from time to time, 
and even by members of the said ex parte council, to unite 
the two churches ; thus expressing a wish to hold Christian 
fellowship with those whom they had severely censured and 
virtually discarded. Indeed, the council deem it proper dis- 
tinctly to state, from the testimony before them, that the 
original objectors to the Rev. Mr. True have, in the opinion 
of the council, manifested unreasonable opposition to his 
labors and ministry in this place ; and that their advisors 
have been wanting in that xiniting and conciliatory spirit 
which is required in the disciples of Christ, and especially in 
them who are set for the preaching and defence of the gos- 
pel of peace. 

" Voted that the scribe read this result in public. 

" H. Packard, Moderator. 
" D. F. Hakding, Scribe." 

This was the termination of Mr. True's ministry. 
On the same day, the church chose the Rev. Jonathan 
Huse, of Warren, to act as moderator, " during the 
time of their destitution of a pastor." 



KOAH EMERSON. 207 

About this time, measures were taken to effect a 
union of the First with the Second Congregational 
Church. Conversations were held ; but there does 
not appear to have been any action till June 17, 1820, 
when, at a meeting of the two churches, the Rev. 
Amasa Smith was chosen moderator, and Daniel F. 
Harding scribe ; and it was " voted that each church 
have a copy of " certain written " proposals " for a 
union. It was also voted to adjourn the meeting to 
July 6, which should " be observed as a day of public 
fasting and prayer ; and that the Rev. Messrs. Ingra- 
ham, Mitchell, Huse, True, and Smith be requested to 
attend on that day." At the adjourned meeting, Mr. 
Huse was chosen moderator in the place of JVIr. Smith, 
who declined ; and the First Church " resolved that 
a union at that time was unadvisable." 

In a communication to the Maine Missionary So- 
ciety, extracts from which are published in then* four- 
teenth annual report, appended to the anniversary 
sermon of the Rev. Benjamin Tappan, is the follow^ing 
language of Noah Emerson, who was engaged in 
preaching during the greater part of this year : — 

" I labored in the place six weeks, with very little apparent 
success. But it then appeared that the Lord was there by 
the special influence of his Spirit. On the 24th of Septem- 
ber, at the close of the public exercises of the sabbath^ a 
meeting of religious inquiry was appointed for the benefit 
of those that might entertain a hope of renewing grace, and 
for that of others who might be imder serious impressions. 
Eight such individuals attended the first meeting, which was 
solemn and interesting. One about fifty years of age ap- 
peared, and declared, as David, ' what the Lord had done for 
his soul.' One such meeting was held every week ; and, in 
every meeting for six successive weeks, the number of con- 
victed sinners and hopeful converts continued to increase ; 
so that the cries of distressed souls and praises of renewing 
grace were alternately heard, which seemed on the one hand 
to increase the distress and deepen the conviction, while on 
the other to temper the joy and increase the thankfulness 
for saving mercy." 



208 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Oct. 25, 1820, the day when the council met to 
ratify the proceedings in regard to Mr. True's dismis- 
sion, the following vote was passed by the chmrch of 
which he had been the pastor : — 

" Whereas no regular communication has been made from 
the Second to the First Congregational Church in this place, 
relative to a union ; and whereas there are some members of 
the First Church whose feelings and wishes have not been 
consulted, and who have expressed an opinion that there is 
not a probability of a harmonious co-operation in ecclesias- 
tical matters, if a union should take place between the 
churches, — therefore voted unanimously, that, if any mem- 
bers of this church cannot be reconciled to its proceedings, 
they shall have liberty to remove their relation from this 
church, and join any sister-church they may wish." 

"Nov. 1, 1820, voted that the proposals presented by the 
Rev. Noah Emerson be read. Voted to acquiesce in said 
proposals, in case Mr. Samuel Hills withdraw his relation to 
the Second Church, and in case the sisters of the First 
Church acquiesce." The last vote was reconsidered Nov. 16, 
and it was " voted to invite the Second Congregational 
Church to return, agreeably to proposals of Rev. Mr. Emer- 
son. . . . Nov. 23, voted by both churches unanimously to 
unite ; " that " the proposals be read next sabbath, and the 
churches sit together. Voted to dismiss both moderators, 
viz. Rev. Jonathan Belden and Rev. Jonathan Huse." 

The following were the " proposals : " — 

" Considering that, several years ago, a number of our 
church {i.e. the First Congregational Church in Union) be- 
came dissatisfied, and, without our consent, were formed into 
a separate Congregational Church by an ex parte council ; 
that, since the formation of this church, an unhappy division 
has existed, which has occasioned many party feelings, much 
to the dishonor of religion ; that, while this division con- 
tinues, we have but little reason to think that the ministra- 
tions of the gospel will be constantly supported among us ; 
that a number of individuals, giving satisfactory evidence of 
piety, wish to join a Congregational Church and enjoy the 
privileges of the same, but, being much grieved by this un- 
happy division, are hence prevented from joining either 
church ; considering also that a number of said separate church 



UNION OF THE CHURCHES. 209 

have of late manifested a disposition to join us again, — we, 
the First Congregational Church of Christ in Union, de- 
sirous of healing the unhappy division, and of restoring 
peace and prosperity to the church, feel it our duty and pri- 
vilege to invite the said separate church to join us, and, as 
many of them as went out from us, to return to their former 
standing in our church, on the following conditions : — 

" 1. That we, Samuel Hills, Amos Walker, David Starrett, 
Daniel Walker, Abigail Hills, Sarah Barnard, Martha Wil- 
liams, Judith Walker, Jane Cutting, Judith Clark, members 
of the said separate church, do confess to God and man 
whatever we have done amiss, and ask forgiveness of both. 

" 2. That we, John Gleason, Seth Luce, David Robbins, 
James Rice, William Daggett, Dorothy LaAV, Mary Mitchell, 
Mercy D. Mitchell, Anna Gleason, Mercy Robbins, Rhoda 
Ellis, Rebecca Gowen, Mary Tobey, Jedidah Daggett, Daniel 
Shepard, Sarah Shepard, members of the First Congregational 
Church in Union, do, on our part, confess to God and man 
whatever we have done amiss, and ask forgiveness of both. 

" 3. That we, said members of both churches, do now for- 
give each other, and do solemnly promise never to mention 
any past difficidties to the offence or grief of any member ; 
and, should any one be so unhappy as to be overtaken in 
such a fault, he or she, thus in fault, shall immediately con- 
fess it, and be forgiven. 

" 4. That we, the First Congregational Church of Christ 
in Union, do now receive you, the said separate church, into 
our church in regular standing and in full communion, upon 
your giving renewedly your assent to our confession of faith 
and articles of covenant. 

" 5. This exhibition we make in public before all, that 
others also may fear. (1 Tim. v. 20.)" 

[Accordingly], " on the following sabbath, the united 
church made a public exhibition of their union, which, after 
mutual confession and forgiveness of both churches, was 
effected by the First Church's receiving the Second into 
their church in regular standing and in full communion, as 
soon as the Second had given a public assent to their confes- 
sion of faith and articles of covenant." ^ 

Although by this act the two churches came to- 
gether, there were some church-members who did not 

' Mr. Emerson, in Appendix to the E.ev. Dr. Tappan's Discourse. 



210 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

join in it, and they considered themselves not bound 
by it. Dec. 28, there was chosen a committee who 
made an unsuccessful attempt to obtain the records of 
the First Congi'egational Chm*ch. Jan. 9, 1821, the 
committee was increased; and, "to make fm'ther ex- 
ertions to obtain former chui'ch-records." Mr. True 
offered to meet the clerk, and let him copy all he 
wished ; but he declined giving up the original records, 
as he desired to deliver them to his successor. Jan. 16, 
it was voted, " that the deacons and clerk be a com- 
mittee to treat with Deacon Abijah Hawes and 
others respecting a communication received from 
them, and to try to effect a fm-ther union of churches." 
April 26, voted " that Brother James Rice deliver 
those church-vessels, now in his care, into Deacon 
Daniel Walker's hands for keeping." At the same 
meeting, a committee was chosen and " instructed to 
inform our dissenting brethren, that we expect them 
to accede to the articles of our union, or withdraw, or 
agree upon a mutual council, previous to om* next 
communion." May 5, voted " that an address be pre- 
sented to Deacon Hawes, to be communicated to our 
dissenting brethren," The address, which has not 
been found, drew out the following reply : — 

" From the brethren and sisters who decline acceding to 
the articles of union of churches, to Mr. Daniel Walker, 
moderator of a church-meeting, held May 5, 1821 : — 

" Taking into view the communications already passed 
on the subject of the union, we are constrained to conclude 
that your communication, containing only presumptuous 
accusations, inconsiderate assertions, and rash declamations, 
was purposely intended to terrify. 

" We, however, wish you to examine circumstances im- 
partially, and be undeceived respecting the votes referred to. 
The vote of the First Church, giving liberty to withdraw 
and join a sister-church, you have not correctly stated. 
And in no way does it impose on us any duty or obliga- 
tion to avail ourselves of its privileges ; and, until we do 
choose to avail ourselves of it, it is of no effect, and we 
stand in the same condition as if the vote had never passed. 



WANT OF HARMONY. 211 

"The 'vote of the same church at a subsequent meeting, 
to invite conditionally the Second Church to unite,' was not 
a vote of the church, but a vote of five members only, and 
the meeting irregularly and imprudently called. 'And the 
still later vote to receive them ' was not a vote of the 
church, but a vote of five members at an adjournment of an 
irregular meeting. And they did not unite by any vote, 
but in compliance with certain extraneous articles of agree- 
ment. 

" There has nevt jeen an actual reception of the Second 
Church into the Fir. ; but a part of the First have seceded, 
and united with the Second.* 

" We earnestly pray that we and you may be made to see 
the errors of our steps, that if possible we may be delivered 
from persecution, and stand by our covenant without intimi- 
dation ; and, finally, that you may conduct -with wisdom, and 
not be left to such measures as shall extend the mischiefs 
already created." 

May 24, the church-records state: "Whereas the church 
has been charged with taking unlawfully certain articles of 
church-furniture, claimed as the property of Abijah Hawes, 
of Union, and are prosecuted by him for the same, — 

" Voted that we consider the property ours ; that we have 
a perfect right to it in law and equity ; that we feel no fear 
of being unable to substantiate our claims before a proper 
tribunal ; bvit, considering that we are on both sides the 
professed disciples of Christ, brother going to law with 
brother, we are willing, for the sake of peace and to avoid 
throwing a stumbling-block before the world, to relinquish 
our just rights, to give up said property, and pay what cost 
has accrued. Provided, however, this act of ours shall not 
be construed into an acknowledgment of the claim [of] 
Deacon Abijah Hawes and others who unite with him to be 
a church in any form. 

" Voted that a committee of three be appointed to com- 
municate the foregoing vote to Deacon Hawes, and en- 
deavor to effect a settlement on the principles avowed in 
said vote. 

" Voted that Brothers Daniel Walker, Thomas Mitchell, 
and David Robbins, be this committee. 

"June 16. The committee appointed at our last meeting 
to settle with Deacon Hawes report and return a receipt of 
the settlement. 



212 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Sept. 6. " The brethren who consider themselves the 
First Congregational Church in Union, being convened at 
the house of Rev. Henry True, voted they are willing to 
confer with the brethren, Seth Luce, John Gleason, James 
Rice, David Robbins, and the sisters similarly situated, 
upon matters of agreement existing between them, and, if 
deemed expedient, join in calling a council for advice." 

" October. Voted [by the other party] that Brother 
William Daggett sign letters missive, on our part, for a 
mutual council." 

"Nov. 15, a committee was chosen to confer with Rev. 
Henry True relative to a union.* Voted to dismiss Brother 
Samuel Hills from this church, agreeably to his offer to 
withdraw. . . . Dec. 19, after mutual confessions and for- 
giveness on both sides, it was simultaneously voted to be 
united in one body." The meeting was " closed with prayer 
by Rev. Mr. True." 

Several persons now united, on condition that they 
might leave to join any other church within six months. 
The church-meetings held Dec. 26, 1821, and Jan. 10, 
1822, were opened with prayer by Mr. True. But by 
the next church-meeting, Feb. 9, Mr. Hills had re- 
turned, claiming membership, and asserting that by his 
withdrawal he was to lose nothing but the privilege 
of voting. Accordingly, new dissatisfaction arose, and, 
at the church-meetings which followed, it would seem 
that Mr. True and Mr. Hills were absent ; for the prayer 
was offered by Deacon Hawes. 

After Mr. Hills's dismission, Nov. 15, there seems to 
have been a disposition to harmony and co-operation. 
At the next meeting, Dec, 19, Rev. Mr. True, Thomas 
Mitchell, and Daniel Walker, were chosen a commit- 
tee to regulate and adjust past records. But the sub- 
sequent prevarication and evasion of HiUs disgusted 
some. Many very severe remarks had been made 
against Mr. True. He had been falsely charged with 
want of piety, neglecting family worship, &c. June 
13, Mr. True, in accordance with his request made 
June 8, and Mi-, Jonathan Can-iel, were dismissed from 
the church, and recommended to Mr. Huse's in War- 



RECONCILIATIONS. 213 

ren ; and, Sept. 14, it .was voted to dismiss Mary Bar- 
rett, Sibyl Carriel, Mary True, Harriet Harding, and 
George Wellington, to unite with any sister-church. 

" June 12, 1824, voted. Whereas Brother Samuel Hills, on 
account of difficulties in the church of Christ of which he 
was a member, made a proposal to withdraw and unite with 
some sister-church, if said church wovild dismiss him and 
said proposals should be complied with, [and] the proposals 
were altered at the time the council were here and under the 
inspection of Brother Hills ; [and] therefore we, the church, 
thought it our duty to dismiss Brother Hills, without the 
pledge specified in the first proposals, and we regret that 
any misunderstanding exists between Brother Hills and the 
church, — we ask forgiveness of Brother Hills and all con- 
cerned, wherein we have offended. We, therefore, the Con- 
gregational Church of Christ in Union, think[ing] it to be 
the duty of all Christians, especially of the same order, who 
live in the same town, to unite in worshipping God, move to 
invite Brother Samuel Hills to meet with us when he can 
make it convenient, that Ave may confess our faults one to 
another, and pray one for another that we may be healed. . . . 
July 9, voted and chose a committee to visit Brother Hills, to 
consult further with him respecting his being reconciled with 
the chvirch, and the church with him. . . . Aiig. 17, chose a 
committee to inquire and make report what personal objec- 
tion existed in the church against Brother Samuel Hills 
being received to the fellowship of this church." 

Accordingly, Sept. 11, the motion made June 12 was 
accepted, with the modifications that he wq.s 2Jersuaded 
to make a motion to withdraw, and that it was sup- 
posed the alteration by the council was made with 
Mr. Hills' s knowledge and consent. And, Oct. 13, 
1825, it was " voted to invite Brother Samuel Hills to 
withdraw his relation from the church in Waldo- 
borough, and unite with the church in this place." 
And, May 14, 1826, it was voted to receive Brother 
Samuel Hills into this church, agreeably to his dismis- 
sion from the church in Waldoborough. 

Thus, at last, the two churches were united. Nearly 
all the members of each of them have since died. Mr. 
Hills, on his death-bed, sent for Mr. True, and told him 

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214 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

he should be glad " to talk with him half a day ; but his 
strength was not equal to it." He did not experience 
the composure which he had supposed his doctrines 
would inspire. He complained of the darkness and 
clouds that hung around the valley of death. The 
asperity of feeling between different individuals has sub- 
sided. Several who left the church at the time of the 
union returned to it. Of the members now composing 
it, none are more cordial and kind to each other than the 
few who belonged to the two before they were united. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY, 1825—1850. 

Preachers after the Union. — Freeman Parker. — George W. Fargo. — 
Ordination and Dismission of Oren Sik.es. — Meeting-house. — Or- 
dination and Dismission of Uriah Balkam. — Samviel Bowker's 
Ordination. 

Though the First and Second Congregational Churches 
and Societies were united, they were not able to sup- 
port preaching constantly. Several persons officiated 
a few sabbaths, and some for a few months. Rev. 
Freeman Parker, of Dresden, preached two summers. 
After the lapse of ten years, the church, Nov. 13, 1830, 
gave an invitation to George W. Fargo to become the 
pastor, with a salary to be raised by taxation on pro- 
perty. Arrangements were made for an ordination ; but 
he was not settled. May 11, 1831, Mr. Oren Sikes^ was 
" called," with a salary of four hundred dollars a year. 

' Mr. Sikes, son of Jonathan and Cyrena (Hoar) Sikes, was born at 
Ludlow, Mass., Aug. 26, 1805, and graduated at the Bangor Theologi- 
cal Seminary in 1830. He was installed at Mercer, Jan. 30, 1833, 
and dismissed May 2, 1846. He is now settled at Bedford, Mass., 
where he was installed June 3, 1846. His wife, Julia Knox, daiighter 
of Hon. Ebenezer Thatcher, and granddaughter of Gen. Henry Knox, 
was born at Thomaston, Dec. 1805. Children, all born in Mercer : — 
1. Oren Cornelius, Oct. 12, 1834; 2. Julia Cyrena, June 24, 1836; 
3. Catharine Putnam, Dec. 14, 1838 ; 4. Henry Knox, May 8, 1841 ; 
5. Caroline Holmes, Nov. 19, 1843, who died in Bedford, Sept. 9, 
1846. 



PREACHERS AFTER THE UNION. 215 

May 29, arrangements were made for the ordination. 
Invitations to form the council were sent to the Ortho- 
dox Congregational Churches and their ministers in 
Waldoborough, Newcastle, Warren, Thomaston, Cam- 
den, Belfast, Prospect, and Albion, and to the K.ev. E. 
Gillett, D.D. and Rev. Amasa Smith. " Voted Rev. 
Henry True be invited to sit in the council." June 7, 
the " ecclesiastical council convened, organized, and 
examined Mr. Oren Sikes, the candidate, at Mr. John 
Little's ; and, on Wednesday the eighth day of June, 
1831, the public services of the ordination were per- 
formed in the Old Meeting-house." Sept. 29, 1832, 
Mr. Sikes " requested the connection between him and 
the church to be dissolved." A council was convened, 
Oct. 18, 1832, in which were represented the churches 
in Waldoborough, Camden, and Bristol ; and his 
request was confirmed. No other clergyman was 
ordained till after the erection of the meeting-house. 

The meeting-house, containing fifty-two pews, was 
built between the Common and Seven Brook, on the 
north side of the road, in 1839. It cost about three 
thousand three hundred or three thousand four hun- 
dred dollars. At its dedication, Jan. 22, 1840, two 
hymns, composed for the occasion by Mr. Hannibal 
Hamlin, then a trader in town, were sung by the choir, 
under the direction of Dr. Dakin, of Hope. On the first 
Lord's Day after the dedication, the Rev. Horatio Ils- 
ley, from Portland, commenced preaching in it, and 
continued six months. IVIi". Uriah Balkam, a graduate 
of the Bangor Theological Seminary, began on the 
last Sunday in October, 1840. Ere long, an agreement 
was made with him to preach one year for five hun- 
dred dollars ; there being an understanding, that if, at 
the expiration of that time, it should be agreeable to 
both parties, he should be ordained. In April, 1841, 
when but about one half of the year was gone, he was 
asked to be settled. He was ordained June 15, 1841, 
on a salary of five hundred doUars, after an examina- 
tion by a council consisting of pastors and delegates 
from the Hammond-street Church in Bangor, the First 



216 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Church in Prospect, the Congi-egational Churches in 
Belfast, Waldoborough, Washington, Camden, War- 
ren, and the two in Thomaston. The introductory- 
prayer and reading of the Scriptures were by J. G. 
Merrill, of Washington ; prayer by Mr. AVoodhuU, of 
Thomaston ; sermon by Prof. Shepard, of Bangor ; 
ordaining prayer by S. McKeen, of Belfast; charge 
by N. Chapman, of Camden ; right hand of fellow- 
ship by E. F. Cutter, of Warren ; address by Mr. 
Thurston, of Prospect ; concluding prayer by S. C. 
Fessenden, of East Thomaston ; and benediction by 
the pastor. Mr. Balkam ^ continued, to the entu-e satis- 
faction of the parish, till he preached his last sermon, 
Sept. 20, 1844, when, to their great regret, he was 
obliged to leave them for want of adequate support. 

Dec. 7, 1844, Rev. Samuel Bowker,^ the present 
pastor, began to preach, under an engagement for six 
months. Oct. 21, 1845, the church voted to give 
Mr. Bowker a call to become their minister ; and it 
was concurred in by the parish, Nov. 6. His letters 
of acceptance to the church and to the parish are 
dated Nov. 13, 1845. The ordination took place, Dec. 
10, 1845. Churches in Waldoborough, Warren, Wash- 
ington, Camden, Searsport, and the two churches in 
Thomaston, were represented. The services were, in- 
vocation and reading of the Scriptm-es by R. Wood- 
hull ; introductory prayer by J. G. Merrill ; sermon by 
S. Thurston ; consecrating prayer by N. Chapman ; 
charge to the pastor by E. F. Cutter; right hand of 

• Rev. Uriah Balkam, son of John and Abigail Balkam, was born 
at Robbinston, Washington County, Maine, March 27, 1812, and gra- 
duated at Amherst College, in 1837. He was installed, Jan. 21, 
18^5, over the First Parish, or Congregational Society, in Wiscasset. 
Aug. 23, 1841, he married Martha M., daughter of John M. and 
Eleanor Prince, of Guilford, in Piscataquis County. She was born 
at Portland, Maine, June 25, 1819, and died June, 1849. 

^ Samuel Bowker, son of Lazarus and Agnes (T^ennan) Bowker, 
born at Phipsburg, Maine, Sept. 20, 1812, was a member of Bowdoin 
College one year, and graduated at the Bangor Theological Seminai-y 
in 1843. He" married, March 21, 1848, Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph 
and Frances (Tyler) Eaton, born at Ilarpswell, June 3, 1821, and has 
one son, Charles Irwin. 



METHODIST SOCIETY. 217 

fellowship by J. Dodge ; address to the church and 
people by S. C. Fessenden ; concluding prayer by R. 
Woodhull ; benediction by the pastor. 



CHAPTER XXIIL 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.— METHODISTS AND 
BAPTISTS. 

Methodist Church and Society. — First Methodist Preaching. — Circuits 
and Districts. — Organization. — Places of Worship. — Meeting- 
house. — Camp Meetings. — Parsonage. — Preachers. — Baptist 
Chiirch and Society. — Central Baptist Church. 

METHODIST SOCIETY. 

Some incidents in the history of the Methodist Church 
and Society have been noticed in connection with the 
ecclesiastical proceedings of the town. The records 
of the society are incomplete and obscure ; and from 
them but little can be gleaned. The first ^ sermon in 
town, by a Methodist, was preached by Jesse Lee. It 
was probably in 1793, during his first journey into 
Maine. It was delivered in the barn of Rufus Gillmor, 
a short distance north of the Lower Bridge. At this 
time, the whole of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and 
Maine constituted one district, called " Boston District," 
of which Mr. Lee was presiding elder. " In 1796 it was 
found expedient to form a circuit, near the mouth of the 
Kennebec, called Bath Circuit, . . . extending as far east 
as Union. ... At this time, the members in the several 
societies in Maine amounted to three hundred and 
fifty-seven, having among them six preachers regularly 

travelling At the annual conference in 1797, it 

was found expedient to divide Boston District, and to 
constitute the several circuits in Maine into one dis- 

' Mr. John Butler. 
19* 



218 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

trict." ^ " February, 1804, Union Circuit, or a part of it 
at least, formerly belonged to what was called Bath and 
Union Ckcuit. But, at the annual conference held at 
Boston [in 1803 ], it was agreed, as the work of reforma- 
tion had been great in different parts of the circuit, and 
the prospect was enlarged, it should be divided into two, 
of which Union Circuit is one, and Bristol the other." ^ 
In 1806, Maine was divided into the Portland and Ken- 
nebec Districts. In 1816, Union and Hampden were 
united ; but were divided again in 1819. In July, 1828, 
Union became a station, retaining still a class in Liber- 
ty, and another partly in Hope and partly in Appleton. 

Organization and Places of Worship. — The 
Methodist Society in Union was organized by Aaron 
Humphrey, in the house of Jason Ware, in 1797. The 
first preaching in the Old Meeting-house was by a 
Methodist. Methodist meetings for a considerable 
time were held there on the Lord's Days. Money was 
raised in town-meeting to support the preaching. 
When a strong movement was made to settle a Con- 
gregational minister, the Methodists withdrew, and 
held meetings at the dwelling-houses of Jason Ware 
and Matthias Hawes, tUl the Round Pond School- 
house was built ; after which they assembled there. 

The Meeting-house was built by subscription about 
1810. At first the seats were loose. The sexes sat on 
different sides of the broad aisle. Wall-pews ^ were 
built, probably in 1811 ; the seats being still continued 
in the part designed for the body-pews. Subsequently, 
pews were substituted for the seats ; and, at a later 
period, pews were built in the gallery. March 18, 

^ Greenleaf 's Sketches, p. 281. ^ Methodist Church Hecords. 

' The following note shows how one pew at least Avas to be paid 
for : '♦ I, the subscriber, do promise to pay Matthias Hawes, Jason 
Ware, Cornelius Irish, and Nathan D. Rice, trustees for building a 
Methodist Meeting-house in Union, twentj'-three dollars ; it being for 
pew No. 27, in the proposed house, and which is to be paid as follows, 
viz. : Three quarters of said sum to be paid in corn, grain, neat-stock, 
merchantable lumber, materials for building said house, or any pay 
that will suit a carpenter which may be employed in building said 
house, on demand ; and one quarter in cash in four months from this 
date. — Witness my hand, this 8th day of March, 1809. Edwd. Jones." 



METHODIST SOCIETY, 219 

1830, the society was incorporated by the name of 
" The Fu'st Methodist Episcopal Society in Union." 

Camp-meetings. — The fost camp-meeting began 
Jmie 29, 1826. It was on the hill in the woods, west 
by south of Round Pond. The only other camp- 
meeting was held June 28, 1827, west of the Methodist 
Meeting-house, on the knoll where now stands the 
house of Moses Luce. 

Parsonage. — Aug. 30, 1834, a committee was 
chosen to raise subscriptions for a parsonage, for mak- 
ing a contract, &c. A building was erected a few 
rods west of the meeting-house. It is leased to the 
preacher for the time being. 

Preachers. — There never has been any ordained lo- 
cal preacher in Union, except the Rev. Cornelius Irish. 

The following list of all the ministers who have been 
stationed at Union, from the time of the organization 
of the church, has been furnished by Mr. Madison 
Hawes, now of California : — 

1798. Robert Yellalee, Aaron Humphrey. 

1799. John Finnegan, Comfort C. Smith. 

1800. Timothy Merritt, Reuben Hubbard. 

1801. Timothy Merritt, Comfort C. Smith. 

1802. Joseph Baker, Daniel Ricker. 

1803. Daniel Ricker. — 1804. David Stimson. 

1805. Samuel Hillman, Pliny Brett. 

1806. Samuel Hillman, Jonas Weston. 

1807. Samuel Baker. — 1808. John Williamson. 

1809. John Williamson, Benjamin Jones. 

1810. David Stimson, George Gary. 

1811. Nathan B. Ashcraft. — 1812. Amasa Taylor. 
1813. JohnJewett. — 1814. Jona. Cheney, Joseph B.White. 

1815. Benjamin Jones. 

1816. Benjamin Jones, Daniel Wentworth. 

1817. William McGray, Jeremiah Marsh. 
1818-19. Henry True. — 1820. John Briggs. 

1821. John Lewis. 

1822. John Lewis, Nathaniel Devereux. 

1823-24. Sullivan Bray. — 1825-26. David Stimson. 

1827. Ezra Kellogg, John Lewis. 

1828. Ezra Kellogg. — 1829. Gorham Greeley. 



220 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

1830. Ezra Kellogg. — 1831. Cyrus Warren. 

1832. Peter Burgess. — 1833. Benjamin Jones. 

1834. Charles L. Browning. — 1835. 

1836-37. Daniel Cox.— 1838-39. Moses P. Webster. 

1840-41. Rushworth J. Ayer. 

1842-43. Paschal P. Morrill. 

1844-45. Mark R. Hopkins. — 1846. James Th wing. 

1847. H. K. W. Perkins. — 1848-49. Benjamin Bryant. 

1850. M. Mitchell. 

BAPTIST SOCIETIES. 

The early Baptists, as well as the Methodists, have 
ah'eady been alluded to. But little remains to be 
added, except what is contained in the few items 
which follow. In 1801, a church was organized by 
Elders Snow, Hall, and Fuller. It was called the 
Second Baptist Church in Hope. The members lived 
in that town and in the east part of Union. Their 
meeting-house, which was very small, was in Hope. 
They had no pastor, but were occasionally supplied 
with preaching by the neighboring ministers. In this 
condition they continued till the year 1808, when " a 
revival of religion took place in this town and the 
towns adjoining; and the church was revived, and a 
number joined, under the administration of Elder An- 
drew Fiiller." ^ Daniel Pearson preached in 1809. " In 
July, 1809, the brethren in the town of Union and the 
Second Church in Hope met, and agreed to unite 
together, and alter the name, and call it Union Church. 
At this time. Elder James Steward was with us once 
a month, until 1813. . . . We had no regular preaching 
until 1815, when Elder S. A. Flagg preached once a 
month for upwards of a year." In January, 1816, a new 
interest was awakened. " Elder Lemuel Rich came 
amongst us, and preached the word \vith good success, 
so that about forty-seven were added to the church 
this year, which more than doubled our number. . . . 
In 1818, our church was well united ; and, our places 
of worship [being] insufficient to commode the people, 

' The extracts are from manuscript-notices by one of the church. 



BAPTIST SOCIETIES. 221 

it was thought best to build a meeting-house. This 
was accomplished in 1819."^ It was erected near 
Lermond's Mills. In 1820, the church numbered 
Ciighty-five members. Serious difficulties soon fol- 
lowed, and these continued for a long time. In Au- 
gust, 1821, Elder Rich left the society; having preached 
" almost five years, one quarter of the time." In 1821, 
Elder Abiathar Richardson and others preached. 
In 1822, Elder Rich retmned. In " 1824, the church 
had some of the most singular trials with some of our 
most esteemed members, which racked the church 
from centre to circumference.^ ... In 1826, the con- 
nection between the church and Elder Rich, as pastor, 
was dissolved ; [he] having preached about foui" years 
longer, one quarter of the time." In 1826, the church 
consisted of fifty-three members ; sixteen of them be- 
longing to Hope, and a few to other towns. " In a few 
months, obtained Elder A. Richardson to labor with 
us one fom'th of the time. About five years, the church, 
generally, travelled comfortably along the most of the 
time. March 3, 1830, set apart Brother Simon Fuller, 
by ordination, to the \vork of an evangelist." In the 
winter of 1833, the church was so small and the mem- 
bers so scattered, that there were no meetings. In the 
spring. Elder S. Fuller moved into town, and began to 
preach. The attendance was small ; " but a general 
union prevailed amongst them, and quite happy sea- 
sons were enjoyed. ... A sabbath-school was set up, 
and continued two summers ; but there was so little 
interest felt upon the subject, and so much opposition 
and bigotry, that it could not be sustained. . . . April, 

' Probably an error for 1818. 

^ In the Congregational and Methodist Churches, as well as the 
Baptist, there were several cases of church-discipline. On inquiring 
into them, it was found that a transcript of the records would give 
accounts so brief that it would be unjust to the persons arraigned to 
publish them, without going into details impossible, in manj"^ of the 
cases, to be obtained. In the Congregational Church there was one ex- 
communication for Universalism. In some cases, the parties arraigned, 
if thou- own statements had been recorded, would bo considered by 
many persons as " more sinned against than sinning ; " though there 
were other cases where, if ever, church-discipline was justifiable. 



222 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

1837, a Quarterly Meeting of the easterly part of the 
Lincoln Association ^vas held with the church, and 
proti'acted a few days, which proved a blessing." Elder 
Samuel Baker was here this year. " In May, 1838, 
Elder Rich again administered to the church two 
years, a quarter of the time." September, 1840, Elder 
Nathaniel Copeland commenced preaching half the time 
for one year. About December, 1842, " Elder Amariah 
Kelloch was here occasionally for a short time ; then 
we had no other preaching till 1835, when Elder Rich 
began another term of service, preaching one fourth of 
the time for two years." After this there was " no 
regular preaching." 

The Central Baptist Church was organized Feb. 28, 
1844, For some time, meetings were held on alternate 
Sundays, in the hall of the tavern. Subsequently the 
worship has been in the town-house. There have been 
different preachers, and the meetings have generally 
been held once a fortnight. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. — UNIVERSALISTS. 

First Universalist Preaching. — Organization. — Maine Association. — 
John Bovee Dods. — Constitution. — Preachers. — Meeting-house. 
— Bell. 

First Preaching. — The first sermon by an Univer- 
salist was preached, probably, at a third service on the 
Lord's Day, about the year 1814 or 1815, at the house 
of George W. West, on the place since owned by 
Calvin Gleason, Esq., about tw^o miles north-west of 
the Common. There are no records respecting the 
early movements of the denomination, and conse- 
quently no satisfactory account of them can be given. 
It was several years before a second sermon was deliv- 



UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 



223 



ered. About the year 1820, perhaps a little later, there 
was preaching occasionally. 

Organization. — April 11, 1825, the following state- 
ment was addressed — 

" To the Clerk of the First Congregational Society in the 
toion of Union. 

" The following is a list of persons who have organized 
themselves into a religious society by themselves, and wish 
to withdraw themselves from said First Congregational So- 
ciety : — 



jun. 



Nathaniel Bachelor 
Herman Hawes 
Samuel Stone 
David Robbins 
Amariah Mero 
Henry Fossett 
Henry Blunt 
Ebenezer Cobb 
John Drake 
Walter Adams 
Elisha Harding 
Jesse Drake 
Abiel Gay 
Lewis Bachelder 
Olney Titus 
Fisher Hart 
Richard Gay 



Elijah Gay 
Nathan Hills 
John Lermond 
John Bachelder 
Reuben Hills, jun. 
Nathaniel Tobey 
David Bullen 
Phillips C. Harding 
Joseph Gleason 
Nathan Bachelder 
George Cuinmings 
John Fogler 
Ward Maxcy 
Nathaniel Bachelder, jun. 
Charles Hichborn 
David Cumminofs." 



Maine Association. — A letter, dated July 1, 1826, 
says : " On Wednesday and Thursday of the present 
week, we had the Universalists' Association ^'^r the 
State of Maine at our central meeting-hou^j in Uni- 
on ; — seven ministers and as many delegiices ; a large 
concourse of people from ditlerent parts of the State ; 
many ladies, who made a good appearance ; excellent 
music; lectures more popular than any which have 
ever been delivered aforetime in this town. I did not 
see at meeting one Methodist or one Calvinist." 

Another letter, dated June 21, 1829, says : " Yester- 
day, about 5 o'clock, p.m., all connection between 
J. B. Dods, alias J. D. Bovee, and the Universalist 
Society here, was dissolved by mutual consent. Bovee 



224 ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

asked a dismission, and his society readily granted 
his request. We have had a remarkable excitement 
in Union and Thomaston for about ten or fifteen 
days,"^ &c. 

Constitution. — Sept. 9, 1840, the society was re- 
organized. Rev. Albion S. Dudley, Elisha Harding, 
and Nelson Cutler, were chosen a committee to draft 
a constitution ; and Oct. 3, after some modifications, 
the following, drawn up by the chairman, was adopt- 
ed:— 

" Whereas it is the duty of every rational creature to pay 
his homage to the Supreme Creator and Governor of the 
universe ; and whereas we are permitted in this land the un- 
restricted liberty of conscience and right of private judgment 
in matters of faith and duty, and are allowed to Avorship 
God in whatever manner it may seem good to ourselves, — we, 
the undersigned, believing in the existence of one living and 
true God, whose nature is love and whose perfections are 
infinite, and confiding in his gracious pvirpose, as revealed to 
us in the gospel of his Son and the Scriptures of truth, to be- 
stow upon all his intelligent offspring a glorious and blessed 
immortality ; and further believing that it is at once the 
duty and interest of all men to be careful to maintain good 
works, for these things are good and profitable unto men, 
— do hereby, for the better security of these objects, unite 
ourselves in an associate capacity, and agree to be governed 
by the following constitution : 

" 1. This society shall be called the First Universalist 
Society in Union. 

" 2. The officers of this society shall consist of a clerk ; a 
prudential committee, who shall manage the affairs of the 
society ; a treasurer, who shall collect all subscriptions and 
pay them out at the order of the prudential committee. 

"3. This society shall hold their annual meeting on the 
third Monday in November, at such place as the standing 
committee may direct ; at which meeting the officers of the 

^ There was gi'eat excitement during nearly the whole time of Mr. 
Dods's residence in Union. Very grave chai'ges against him were 
published in the Bangor llegister, March 23, 1820. These were re- 
printed, together Avith his reply, in the Thomaston Register, Jan. 9, 
1827. Mr. Dods was subsequently at Taunton and at Provincetown, 
Mass. Afterward he was in various parts of the coiurtry, lecturing on 
animal magnetism. 



UNIVERSALIST SOCIETY. 



225 



society shall be elected, and such other business shall be 
transacted as shall appear for the good of said society. 

"4. It shall be the duty of each member to contribute for 
the support of the ministry liberally as he can, without in- 
jury to himself and family. 

"5. Any person may become a member of this society by 
signing the constitution. 

" 6. Any member may Avithdraw from this society by 
leaving a written notice of his intentions with the clerk of 
the society. 

" 7. No member shall be expelled from this society, except 
by a vote of two-thirds of its members, and not then unless 
the reasons of such expulsion are given in a public manner 
to the society. 

"8. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- 
action of business; but a less niimber may adjourn. 

"9. This society is hereby declared independent of all 
other ecclesiastical associations, and will acknowledge no 
allegiance to any other power save the express Avill of a ma- 
jority of its own members, in accordance with its own con- 
stitution and the laws of the land. 

" 10. This constitution may be altered or amended at 
any time, by a vote of the majority of the members present 
at any regular meeting, provided the amendment proposed 
is submitted in Avriting at a previous meeting and secured 
Avith its ministers. 



" Obadiah Harris 
Charles Miller 
Christopher Young 
Nathaniel Bachelor 
Lyman Alden 
Noah S. Rice 
Cyrus G. Bachelder 
Nelson Cutler 
John P. Robbins 
George Cummings 
Fisher Hart 
William Gleason 
Stephen S. Hawes 
Elisha Harding 
Samuel Hills 
John S. Bean 
Milton Daniels 
20 



Asa Messer 
Edward Alden 
Jesse W. Payson 
Gavinus Henderson 
Rufus Gillmor 
Lewis Bachelder 
Ebenezer Cobb 
Nathan Hills 
John Payson 
Wm. G. Hawes 
Nathan Bachelder 
James Rice 
George W. Morse 
Spencer Merc 
Willard Robbins 
A. S. Dudley." 



226 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 



^s- 



Preachers. — Nov. 4, 1841, Rev. Mr. Dudley, who 
probably came here in the preceding spring, tendered his 
resignation ; and it was resolved that " the connection, 
as pastor, between himself and the First Universalist 
Society, be amicably dissolved." He is now a phy- 
sician and dentist in Boston. Mr. Whittier was the 
preacher in 1842. In 1843,^ the preacher was F. W. 
Baxter.^ 

The Meeting-house, containing sixty-two pews, and 
situated a little back of the first meeting-house built in 
town, was erected in 1839, and dedicated on Christ- 
mas Day. 

The Bell, weighing twelve hundred and thirty-nine 
pounds, was cast by Holbrook, of Boston ; bought 
Oct. 22, 1839, and hung the day before Thanksgiving. 
It cost $322.14 ; and the wheel and yoke, $25. It was 
paid for by subscription, as follows : — 



Nelson Cutler . 


. $15 


C. G. Bachelder 


. 15 


Jason Robbins . 


. 15 


Nathan Bachelder 


. 15 


John Payson 


. 15 


John Burns . . 


. 10 


Ebenezer Cobb . 


. 10 


Willard Bobbins 


. 10 


Nathaniel Robbins, 


jun. 5 


James Littlehale, ju 


n. . 6 


Jesse Robbins, jun. 


2 


Rufus Gillmor . 


. 10 


Nathaniel K. Burke 


tt . 2 



Spencer Walcott 
George Cummings 
Leonard Barnard 
Joshua Morse 
Samuel Hills 
James W. Brown 
William Libbey . 
William G. Hawes 
William Gleason 
Ebenezer Alden 
Augustus Alden 
Nathaniel Bachelor 
Nathaniel Robbins 



10 
5 

10 
5 
2 
3 
5 
5 

15 
5 

25 

20 



* Dec. 4, 1843, " voted that the Congregational Society in Union 
be allowed to have the use of the bell, when not occupied by the 
Universalist Society, provided they employ the same man to ring that 
is employed by said Universalist Society, and paying him for the 
same. 

«' N.B. The time of ringing to be arranged by the committees of the 
two societies, and notice given from the pulpit." 

^ During his ministry, the lamps in the Universalist Meeting-house 
were procured for $20.50, by subscriptions in sums of one dollar and of 
fifty cents each, with the addition of five dollars, given by the Female 
Sewing Circle, making the total amount raised $25. 



SIGNS AND ^MENS. 



227 



Fisher Hart . . . . 


115 


Jason Davis . . . 


• $2 


Levi Morse . . . 


10 


Reuben Hagar . 


. 2 


Lewis Bachelder 


15 


Philo Thurston . . 


2 


Spencer Mero . 


15 


John P. Robbins . 


5 


John Bachelder . 


15 


Jesse Robbins, jun. 


2 


Elisha Harding . 


15 


James Grinnell . 


2 


James Rice . . . 


10 


Charles Fogler . 


. 2 


Thurston Whiting . 


2 


Joseph Gleason . 


. 2 


Jonathan Eastman . 


10 


Reuben E. Lyon 


5 


P. C. Harding , . 


. 10 


Marlboro' Packard, j 


un. 5 


John Lermond, jun. 


5 


Zuinglius Collins . 


5 


Lyman Alden . 


5 


D. F. Harding . . 


5 


John M. Thorndike 


5 


John W. Lindley . 


2 


Stephen S. Hawes . 


5 







CHAPTER XXV. 



DELUSIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS. 



Signs and Omens. — Witchcraft. — Be-n-itched Horse. 

SIGNS AND OMENS. 

Not entirely unconnected with ecclesiastical history is 
that of popular delusions and superstitions. Many 
persons recollect the time when the breaking of a 
looking-glass was regarded as premonitory of a death 
in the family. If a cock crowed at the door, a stranger 
would come. " It was a bad sign " for a person to 
pick up a pin, if he found it with the point toward 
him. The acceptance of a knife, scissors, or other 
sharp instrument as a present, would certainly lead to 
a cutting of friendship between the receiver and the 
giver. A ringing in the left ear indicated slander 
from some one in that direction. Good news would 
follow a ringing in the right ear. If accidentally the 
new moon was first seen over the left shoulder, it was 
ominous of evil ; but the reverse if it was over the 
right shoulder. When a corpse lay unburied over Sun- 



228 DELUSIONS AND SUPERSTITIONS. 

day, there would certainly be another death in town 
before the end of the week. These and similar super- 
stitions were considerably prevalent in the country at 
the beginning of this century ; and there were some 
persons who, in their credulity or for mischief, took 
delight in inculcating them. Even now, kindred fol- 
lies are perpetuated by the advocates of '^ clairvoy- 
ance " and " spiritual rappings." 

WITCHCRAFT. 

At the time of the persecutions in Salem in 1692, 
there were but few persons, either in Europe or Ame- 
rica, who did not believe in witchcraft. Though the 
community in general is now too enlightened for such 
an absurdity, there may yet be a few individuals cheN 
ishing, amid many misgivings, the follies with which 
their minds were imbued in childhood. Some men 
and women have not forgotten the dreadful stories 
which the large school-girls, during the intermissions, 
mischievously repeated to the small children, till their 
eyes opened wide and cheeks turned pale. The super- 
stition, however, never gained much credence among 
adults in this town ; though there was one case which 
attracted considerable attention. 

About the year 1813, a horse belonging to Henry 
Esensa was parted with to Samuel Daggett. IVIrs. Es- 
ensa, who unfortunately had the reputation among a 
few ignorant people of being a witch, was dissatisfied 
with the trade. When the horse was taken away, she 
remarked that it had " always been a plague, and 
would never do the Daggetts any good." It was not 
not long before the horse was mysteriously untied in 
the stable. No vigilance could prevent it. John To- 
bey, an upright sea-captain, familiar with every kind 
of knot used on shipboard, warmed a new rope, 
" made a horse-knot, and put it round the horse's neck 
in proper style," He went to the barn, bored several 
holes through the planks, took half a dozen over-hand 
knots, and then carried the rope up to a brace and 
made it well fast, sailor-fashion, with two or three 
round-turns, and two or three half-hitches. After re- 



WITCHCRAFT. 229 

maining a short time at the house, he started to go 
home ; and, on stopping at the barn to see if all was 
right, he discovered that the horse and rope were gone. 
A light having been procured, the horse was found in a 
remote part of the barn, with the rope coiled securely 
around him. At another time, the horse was on the 
haymow^, and the rope was stuck so far into the hay 
that it requu-ed two or three men to pull it out. At 
another time, the waxed ends, which were used about, 
the seizings, were found lying uncut where the ani- 
mal had been standing. 

These circumstances could not be accounted for. 
The horse was tied, and the barn-doors nailed. Snow 
was sifted round so as to show tracks, if any person 
came. But the horse was nevertheless untied, and 
crawled out under the sill of the barn, leaving the 
marks of his shoes, ^^^here it was considered impossible 
for the animal to get through. If any person w^as pre- 
sent, the witches would not do any thing. Accord- 
ingly, after the horse was fastened, all the company 
would retire to the house, where Mr. Daggett would 
entertain them for an hour or so with the revolution- 
ary and sailors' songs and stories. Then, going to 
the barn, they would find the horse untied. A great 
number of feats was performed. The community "was 
excited. People thronged froin all parts of the town. 
Even from Searsmont, persons came to see the be- 
witched horse. On some nights, fifty or one hundred 
and fifty, prompted by a variety of motives, were in 
attendance. Finally, to put an end to the witchcraft, 
the tips of the horse's ears were cut off", and to the 
bleeding ends was applied a red-hot shovel. This act 
drove oft' the witches. But Samuel Daggett told Cap- 
tain Tobey that he broke the end of his awl in fixing 
the seizings to the rope to prevent it from ravelling, 
and left the point in the rope, and that afterward there 
was no more trouble. Shrewd people have latterly 
" guessed " that the Daggetts, and possibly one of 
Captain Tobey's sons, knew more about the matter 
than they ever had credit for. 
20* 



230 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

CHAPTER XXVI. • 

POLITICAL HISTORY. 

Voting. — Separation of Maine from Massachusetts. — Harmony and 
Diversity of Sentiment. — Embargo. — Petition to the President 
of the United States. — Reply. — Remonstrance. — Petition to the 
Legislature of Massachusetts. — Celebration, July 4, 1810. — Cele- 
bration in 1814. — Ode and Hymn. 

VOTING. 

The votes of a town are not always an index of its 
political sentiments. Elections in Union, as well as 
as in other towns, have been affected by tempe- 
rance,^ sectarianism, private animosities, sectional 

' The subject of temperance has at times excited much interest. 
The First Temperance Society, like all contemporary societies, did not 
exclude the use of wine. This was exckided in the Second Tempe- 
rance Society, formed Nov. 24, 1835. At the town-meeting, April 5, 
1830, it was voted to pass over an article " to see if the town will 
authorize the selectmen to grant licenses for mixing liquors." The 
subject was again brought forward Sept. 13, and it was distinctly 
" voted not to have licenses granted to sell mixed liquors." April 2, 
1832, "voted that the selectmen be authorized to grant licenses to 
retailers to sell mixed liquors in theii- stores or shops." April 1, 1833, 
it was voted to drop the article on the subject. " Sept. 24, 1836, 
agreeable to notice, the selectmen, treasurer, and town-clerk met, and 
licensed Ebenezer Cobb, as an innholder, to sell strong liquors. Li- 
censed Nelson Cutler as a retailer." April 17, 1843, it was voted to 
drop the article on licensing. Members of the Temperance Society 
commenced prosecutions. April, 1844, the town voted not to refund 
the amount of a fine imposed on Henry Fossett, jun., "at the last 
December term of the District Court, Middle District, on complaint 
of D. F. Harding." An unsuccessful application to the town was 
made in April, and again in May, 1846, "to see if the town will re- 
fund the fifty dollars fine-money paid by Nathan Hills, in consequence 
of retailing ardent spirits without license." April 5, 1847, the select- 
men were instructed " to sue for penalties that may be due for selling 
spirituous liquors without license." 

The first person ever licensed here was Philip Robbins. This was 
"within one or two years after he came. Before temperance societies 
were popular, almost every man in the country drank ardent spirits. 
Rum was considered a necessary beverage. Washington, in detailing the 
distresses of his army, speaks of the want of rum much as he does of the 
■want of provisions. Every workman thought it indispensable. SKng 



SEPARATION OF MAINE, 231 

feelings. Besides, in some instances, the records are 
not so explicit as they ought to be. Accordingly, the 
results, as recorded on the town-books, are sometimes 
to be taken with qualifications. 

SEPARATION OF MAINE FROM MASSACHUSETTS. 

One of the subjects early brought before the town 
was the separation of Maine from Massachusetts. 
May 7, 1792, at a town-meeting held in the barn of 
Moses Hawes, there were 27 votes to 2, in favor of 
a separation according to a resolve of the General 
Court, passed Feb. 13 in that year. Dec. 2, 1793, the 
town again voted in favor of a separation, and chose 
Samuel EQlls, Edward Jones, and Moses Hawes, a 
committee " to write to Hon. Peleg Wadsworth, as 
chairman of a committee consisting of a number of 
gentlemen from various parts of the district, on the 
18th of October last, holden at the court-house in 
Portland." April 6, 1795, it was voted, 21 to 12, " to 
have the three upper counties in the province of Maine 
set off for a separate State." May 10, 1797, there 
were 26 yeas and 12 nays for separation ; April 6, 
1807, yeas 53, nays 69 ; May 20, 1816, the yeas were 
41, nays 61, and the number of legal voters 216. 
Sept. 2, 1816, yeas 56, nays 98 ; at which time Robert 
Foster, having 83 votes, was chosen a delegate to 
represent the town in a convention to be holden at 
Brunswick, Sept. 30 ; John Lermond having 62 votes, 
and Nathan Blake, 1. Aug. 26, 1819, there were for 
separation, 19 ; against it, 84. Sept. 20, 1819, Robert 
Foster ^vas chosen delegate to the convention, to form 

and flip, as well as rum, were common at stores and taverns. Sijirit, in 
some form, as well as wine, was provided at balls and parties. Even 
funeral solemnities were sometimes disturbed bj^ the rappings of toddy- 
sticks. There have been cases, though none are recollected in Union, 
in which the tumblers and the decanter stood on the coffin, and that, 
too, in worthy families. The present generation has no conception of 
the extent of drinking throughout the country at the close of the 
revolutionary war, and afterward. The practice of " treating," when 
friends meet, has died away ; and the false notions of former daj's 
have of late been giving place to a sense of duty, of humanity, and of 
happiness. 



232 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

a State Constitution. Dec, 6, 1819, of 53 votes, 49 were 
in favor of the constitution formed in convention at 
Portland, Oct. 29, 1819. Since that time, Maine has 
been an independent State. 

HARMONY AND DIVERSITY OF SENTIhlENT. 

According to the records, the vote for Governor and 
Lieutenant-Governor, as recently as 1797, 1798, and 

1799, was unanimous. After the extraordinary vote of 

1800, in which the two candidates are voted for, both 
for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, there was a 
change. In 1801, there was one dissentient vote ; in 
1802 and 1803, there ^vere two. It is not improbable 
that great electioneering efforts were made in the fol- 
lowing years, by persons who moved into town. The 
harmony which had existed was disturbed ; and violent 
political feelings were shortly aroused. 

EMBARGO. 

After the embargo was laid, an article was intro- 
duced into the warrant for the town-meeting, Sept. 17, 
1808, " to see if it be the mind of the town to petition 
the President to have the embargo taken off, or act or 
do any thing relative thereto." The vote passed in 
the allirmative. " Samuel Hills, Edmund Mallard, 
William Pope, Esquire [Nathaniel] Robbins, and Capt. 
[Peter] Adams, were chosen" the committee, and in- 
structed to " withdraw and report as soon as possible." 
The town voted " to accept the . . . petition, with such 
alterations as the committee think proper to make 
with regard to punctuation and spelling only;" and 
that the committee should send it to the President. 
The document, however, is not to be found. Presi- 
dent Jefferson replied in a printed circular dated Oct. 8, 
1808, superscribed to " Nathaniel Robbins, Esq." 

It is said that the government-party thought the 
other party took advantage of them, and had the peti- 
tion brought forward and accepted ^vhen there were 
but few persons present. They made an application 
to the other party for a copy of the petition. It was 



EMBARGO. 283 

unsuccessful. They then issued a remonstrance which 
was signed by all the party, and forwarded to the Pre- 
sident. The other party, confident of their strength, 
brought foi-^N^ard the subject again ; and the following 
extracts, penned by William White, are from the town- 
records : — 

PETITION TO THE EEGISEATUIIE OF MASSACHUSETTS. 

Feb. 6, 1809, upon an article "to see if the town will 
petition the Legislature of this State to use their influence 
in any constitutional method which they may devise, to 
effect a removal of the embargo-laws, or act or do any thing 
relative thereto. . . . Voted that a committee be chosen to 
draught a jietition to the Legislature of this State. . . . Voted 
that Charles Pope, Ebenezer Alden, Samuel Hills, Calvin 
Chase, and Esquire Bobbins, be this committee. . . . Voted 
that this meeting be adjourned to Monday next. 

"Feb. 13, 1809, voted to petition the legislature of this 
State to intercede for us in a constitutional way to have 
repealed the embargo-laws. Voted to accept the following 
resolves : — 

" To assemble at all times in an orderly and peaceable 
manner, consvilt upon the common good, and request of the 
Legislature, by way of addresses, petitions, or remonstrances, 
a redress of the wrongs we suffer, is a right guaranteed by 
the constitution of the United States and of this common- 
wealth ; and at a time when our greatest and most essential 
rights are attacked, — the right to acquire, protect, and enjoy 
property, and even our liberties threatened with being wrested 
from us, — it not only becomes a right, but a duty of the first 
importance, to watch with a vigilant eye every encroachment, 
and, as a free and independent people, remonstrate against 
every innovation, in a firm, manly, and dignified manner. 

" Resolved, as the sense of this town, that we view the 
several acts of Congress, laying an embargo and prohibiting 
all foreign commerce by sea and land, as arbitrary, oppres- 
sive, and unconstitutional. 

" Resolved that the numerous restrictions and embarrass- 
ments laid upon our coasting-trade are calculated to reduce 
many thousands of our seafaring brethren, together with all 
those whose dependence is on commerce, to a state of abject 
penury and want. 



234 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

" Resolved that the raising a standing army in a time of 
peace, and subjecting the civil power to the military control, 
is alarming to our apprehensions, and creates a trembling 
for the liberties of our country. 

" Resolved that the power given to the collectors and their 
deputies places them entirely out of the reach of the law ; af- 
fording them a strong temptation to oppress, and deprive the 
oppressed of the right of a trial by jury, with the almost cer- 
tain consequence of being taxed with treble cost, without 
the collectors' being obliged to prove an intent to evade the 
law, or so much as a well-grounded suspicion : and the au- 
thority given them to array the naval and military force of 
the United States against the peaceable inhabitants in the 
prosecution of their lawful business, is a stretch of power 
never before witnessed in the annals of a free, independent 
people. 

" Resolved that the patriotic though ineffectual struggle 
made by the minority in Congress to save the country from 
impending ruin, entitles them to our warmest gratitude. 

" That a respectful address be transmitted to the Legisla- 
ture of this State, stating oiir grievances, and praying that 
honorable bodj to use every constitutional measure which 
they in their wisdom shall deem expedient to put a speedy 
termination to our sufferings. 

" Voted to accept the following petition : — 

" To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of 
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

"We, the inhabitants of the town of Union, county of Lin- 
coln, beg leave humbly to represent, that we have long en- 
dured the evils which press peculiarly hard on this portion of 
the Union, resulting from the strange system of policy pur- 
svied by the government of the United States ; and, having 
petitioned the executive of that government without deriving 
the least consolation, but on the contrary the burthens hav- 
ing been unmercifully and unconstitutionally increased, we 
now turn our eyes and our hopes to the Legislature of this 
State. Wc look to you as our fathers, feeling an inward 
presentiment that when we ask bread you will not give us a 
stone, and when we ask a fish you will not give us a ser- 
pent. We are willing to eat our bread in the SAveat of our 
faces ; but we are not willing that our hard-earned morsel 



EMBAKGO. 235 

should be plucked from the moutli of labor by idle spies or 
greedy harpies. 

" The spot we inhabit does not furnish the luxuries nor 
all the conveniences of life. Mvich of our living has been 
drawn from the proceeds of articles exported ; and, if we are 
not suffered to barter our lumber for needful supplies, vast 
numbers will be reduced to a most forlorn and wretched 
condition. 

" Many owe in part for lands, or are indebted for the 
necessaries of life, and no way is left to cancel the demands. 
A dreary prospect opens upon the eyes of the debtor. He 
knows not which way to turn himself. His former sources 
are dried up. Dejection is seated on his brow; we see no 
possible method of procuring a sufficiency of money even to 
pay our taxes. To demand them from us now would be like 
exacting brick without straw. We cannot compare the pre- 
sent with the past without a sigh ; for we experimentally feel 
that our glory is departed. We tvirn back our eyes to the 
golden days of federal administration, and lament the folly 
that has reduced us to our present hvmiiliating condition. 

" The embargo-system appears void of all form and come- 
liness, the offspring of night and twin of chaos. The total 
occlusion of the port of Boston, effected by the aid and ter- 
ror of military force, is a wanton stretch of power, calculated 
not only to injure the capital, but to spread additional dis- 
tress among the inhabitants of the district of Maine. The 
constitution of the United States plainly shows us, that the 
coasting trade within the State is not under the care of Con- 
gress even for regulation. This trade has been subject to 
regulations of Congress, only because no inconvenience re- 
sulted therefrom. 

" But, as this Legislature must know our circumstances 
best, we pray you, gentlemen, to take this remaining branch 
of trade under your direction. We feel the honorable Legis- 
lature of this State will not philosophize on the word regu- 
late, so as to make it mean annihilate. 

"We pray you to take our case into serious consideration, 
and, as far as the constitiition will authorize, do that for us 
which your wisdom and patriotism shall direct. We are 
willing to submit to any laws founded in good policy and 
directed to the good ; but we esteem the constitution of the 
United States and the calls of nature paramount to any law 
of Congress. We pledge ourselves to support such mea- 



236 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

sures as your wisdom shall direct for our relief. If we are 
by others considered the most worthless jjart of the com- 
munity, and threatened with having our blood drawn from 
us, still we humbly trust that you will view us in a different 
light, and grant lis a ray of hope to cheer our spirits. 

" That the Guardian of empires may direct and protect 
you in this trying season is the prayer of your memorialists. 

"Voted that the town-clerk^ sign the petition to the 
General Court." 

FOURTH-OF-JULY CELEBRATIONS IN 1810 & 1814. 

There was probably no time when politics ran so 
high as in 1810. In that year, each party had its 
Fourth-of~July Celebration. In the night preceding 
the Fourth, a straight and graceful liberty-pole, about 
seventy feet high, erected by the democratic party, 
was cut down by a member of the other party, who, it 
has since been ascertained, was Samuel Bunting. The 
orations of Mr. Whiting, of Warren, and William 
White, Esq.,^ were delivered in the meeting-house, 
the one in the forenoon and the other in the afternoon ; 
and the occasions were known long afterward as " the 
morning and afternoon service." It was agreed that 
the old cannon " should speak " for both parties ; who 
dined, the federalist at Rufus Gillmor's, and the demo- 
cratic in a temporary booth in front of John Little's. 

In the Boston Weekly Messenger, July 15, 1814, is 
the following account of the celebration in that year 
by the federal party : — 

" The birthday of our nation was celebrated at Union with 
lively emotions of joy. The celebration was intended as 

' This vote was probably passed because the town-clerk was a lead- 
ing man in the opposite party. 

^ Mr. White's oration was printed. The following is the "Dedi- 
cation : Neither through fear or affection, but of mere charitj', — 
the author of these sheets bestows them upon that snarling, hungry 
horde of curs, called ' The Critics.' " On the preceding page, " the 
public are advertised not to read a single page of this pamphlet, un- 
less they undertake it entirely at their own hazard ; as the author 
has no concern in the thing, — being determined to receive no reward 
from such as may be gratified with the perusal, and to make no 
remuneration to those who may esteem their labor lost." 



FOURTH-OF-JULY CELEBRATIONS. 237 

well in honor of the great events in Europe which have 
secured, as those which obtained, our independence. The 
Washington Benevolent Society in Union was joined by a 
great number of citizens of that town, Warren, Waldobo- 
rough, Thomaston, and the vicinity. The oration by George 
Kimball, Esq., would rank high among productions of this 
class. It exhibited an able and correct view of the origin 
and leading measures of the two great political parties 
which have divided our country, in a chaste style. Aiming 
principally at correctness and utility, it rose occasionally 
into brilliancy, and communicated an electric shock to the 
audience, which was evinced by loud and repeated testimo- 
nials of applause. Two hymns and an ode were prepared 
for the occasion. They do great honor to their author. The 
music has rarely been excelled on any similar occasion. A 
handsome and liberal dinner was provided under the direc- 
tion of Captain Barrett and Major Gillmor. The escort 
duties were performed by the Union Light Infantry in a 
soldier-like manner. The honors of the table were, at the 
request of the company, conducted by the Washington Be- 
nevolent Society. Major Foster, their president, took the 
chair, assisted by Nathaniel Bobbins, Esq., and the other 
officers of the society. Every part of the celebration evinced 
' the feast of reason and the flow of soul.' 

"ODE. — SUNG AT TABLE. 

" Tune — ^ Adams and Liberty.' 

" Our fiithers, impelled by the zeal of reform, 

Sduiiht a lodijment scmirc from the scourge of oppression ; 
Ariel directed their bark through the storm 

To a land wild and drear from the hand of creation, 

Which destiny's page, 

From time's early age. 

Had marked an asylum from ambition's rage; 

"Where altars to freedom in future should rise, 

In majesty towering from earth to the skies. 

Soon the labors of industry gladdened the hills, 

And the vales with the music of artists resounded ; 
The commerce of Europe, restricted by ills. 

Cast a look on the empire • the pilgrims' had founded, 
"Where liberty site 
In majesty's state. 
Securing to con.mcjrce a happier fate ; 
At once she resolved again to be free. 
And the snow of her robes whitened every sea. 
21 



238 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

Columbia the blest, with unparalleled stride, 
Ascended the steep of her national glory ; 
The blaze of her grandeur soon wounded the pride 
Of the mistress of ocean — the lion, in story ; 
Her hero arose, 
All harm to oppose. 
Maintained her rights in the face of her foes, 
Till the angel of battles proclaimed the decree, 
• Great Washington conquers — Columbia is free.' 

Old Anarch, the author of man's greatest curse, 

Soon broke the sweet calm that her policy cherished ; 
Of spirits infernal the fostering nurse. 

The demon enlisted the imps he had nourished. 
From their caverns they poured, 
A poisonous horde, 
More deadly than pestilence, famine, and sword ; 
But Justice eternal holds dominant sway. 
And darkness is deepest at dawning of day. 

The flames of the far-famed Moscow proclaimed, 

That yet to stern virtue remained probation ; 
And the son of the Czars has the trial sustained, 
And purchased redemption for every nation. 
Delusion must cease, 
Truth's empire increase. 
Till the ' star of our peace ' shall appear in the east ; 
Then altars to freedom again shall arise. 
And their incense ascending envelop the skies. 

Then virtue shall take her ascendance again. 

Political truth guide political reason ; 
No more shall that phantom, philosophij, reign, 
Adherence to principle ne'er be made treason ; 
But philosophers keep 
Their * eternal sleep,' 
And their vile host of demons be laid in the deep. 
And ages successive their freedom defend, 
Till darkness and day in eternity blend. 



"HYMN. — SUNG IN THE MEETING-HOUSE. 

««TuNE — 'OM Hundred.^ 

«' Creator God ! the first, the last. 
The same in future as in i)ast. 
Enthroned in majesty above. 
Eternal Source of life and love, — 

When man, forgetful whence he came, 
Contemns thy law, profanes thy name, 
He's in thy hand, one awful breath 
Blasts him in everlasting death. 



MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 239 

When nations lose respect to God, 
They make atonement with their blood; 
But when their sins no more abound, 
He breaks the sword and heals the wound. 

So Europe, while she fed her lust. 
Was with a tyrant's bondage curst ; 
But when she looked in faith to God, 
He heard, and broke the scourging rod. 

Almighty God ! thou art our trust, 
We kiss the rod, we feel it just ; 
But spare us, that we may adore 
And praise and serve thee evermore." 

The other hymn sung on the occasion was not 
printed. 



CHAPTER XXVII. 
POLITICAL HISTORY. 

(^Co7itinued.) 

Members of Congress. — Governors, — Lieutenant-Governors. — Town 
Representatives. — Justices of the Peace. — Coroners. — Post Of- 
fices and Postmasters. 

MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 

A VOTE was passed Dec. 18, 1788, when the Federal 
Constitution was about to go into operation, not to 
ballot for a member to Congress, as the " General 
Court had not furnished the town with a resolve for 
it." Accordingly, the first voting for any officer, under 
the Constitution of the United States, w^as for a repre- 
sentative, Oct. 4, 1790, when William Lithgow had 
nine votes, and Daniel Cony two. There was no elec- 
tion. Jan. 25, 1791, " William Lithgow, jun., had every 
vote of the town present, which was thirteen." At a 
third trial, April 4, 1791, the record states, " The inhabi- 
tants met, and made choice of William Lithgow, jun. ; 
twenty -fom- votes." At the meeting, Nov. 2, 1792, for 
choosing three representatives to Congress, Edward 



240 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

Cutts for the county of York, Enoch Freeman for the 
county of Cumberland, and Waterman Thomas for 
the three lower counties, " had each twenty votes. 
Of the other candidates, Tristam Jordan for York 
had twenty-one, Peleg Wadsworth for Cumberland had 
nineteen, and Henry Dearborn for the three lower coun- 
ties " had twenty. At a second trial, April 1, 1793, the 
delegate for Congress, Peleg Wadsworth, had thu'ty- 
five votes ; Nov. 3, 1794, Henry Dearborn had nineteen, 
as representative for the Eastern District; Nov. 7, 
Isaac Parker, subsequently Chief Justice of the Su- 
preme Court of Massachusetts, had sixteen votes, 
Feb. 6, 1797, twenty-nine votes, and May 10, thirty- 
seven votes ; and, May 10, Henry Dearborn had one 
vote. Nov. 5, 1798, Silas Lee had thirty-two, and 
Nathaniel Dummer five votes. Nov. 3, 1800, Silas 
Lee had thirty-nine votes. Mr. Lee resigned; and, 
Sept. 20, 1801, Nathaniel Dummer had thirty votes. 

After this time, the votes, according to the records, 
are as follows : — 

1801, Dec. 7. Orchard Cook, 31. 

1802, April 1. Orchard Cook, 64. 
1802, June 7. Samuel Thatcher, 49. 

1802, July 9. Samuel Thatcher, 36; Martin Kinsley, 2; 

Jonathan Sibley, 2. 
1802, Nov. 1. Samuel Thatcher, 31. 

1804, Nov. 5. Samuel Thatcher, 22 ; Orchard Cook, 45. 
1806, Nov. 3. Orchard Cook, 50 ; Mark L. Hill, 26. 
1808, Nov. 7. Orchard Cook, 66 ; Alden Bradford, 67. 
1810, Nov. 5. Alden Bradford, 40; Peleg Tolman, 57. 
1812, Nov. 2. Abiel Wood, 140; Erastus Foot, 2 ; Daniel 

Rose, 2. 
1814, Nov. 7. Thomas Rice, 50 ; James Parker, 23. 

1816, Nov. 4. Thomas Rice, 43 ; James Parker, 25. 

1817, Jan. 9. Thomas Rice, 27 ; James Parker, 23. 
1817, May 1. Peter Grant, 37 ; James Parker, 27. 

1817, Sept. 29. Peter Grant, 23 ; Joshua Gage, 4. 

1818, Nov. 2. Peter Grant ; Joshua Gage. 1 

1819, April 5. Thomas Bond, 56; James Parker, 24. 

* Number of votes not recorded. 



MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. 241 

1820, Nov. 6. James Parker, 30; Ebenezer Herrick, 16. 

1821, Jan. 8. Joshua Gage, 25; Ebenezer Herrick, 12; 

Peter Grant, 1. 

1821, May 7. Ebenezer Herrick, 30; Joshua Gage, 26; 

James Parker, 3. 

1822, Nov. 4. (No record.) 

1823, April 7. Jeremiah Bailey, 113; Mark L. Hill, 3; 

Daniel Rose, 11 ; Ebenezer Herrick, 1 ; 
Ebenezer Thatcher, 1 ; Edwin Smith, 1 ; 
Isaac Barnard, 1. 
1823, June 30. Jeremiah Bailey, 48; Mark L. Hill, 8; 
Ebenezer Herrick, 4 ; Samuel Thatcher, 7 ; 
Oliver Pratt, 1 ; M. Hill, 1. 

1823, Sept. 8. Ebenezer Herrick, 60 ; Mark L. Hill, 9. 

1824, Sept. 13. Ebenezer Thatcher, 52; Ebenezer Herrick, 

8 ; Ebenezer Cobb, 1. 

1825, Jan. 3. Ebenezer Thatcher, 47 ; Albert Smith, 2. 
1825, April 4. Ebenezer Thatcher, 88 ; Ebenezer Herrick, 

20; Albert Smith, 3; Henry True, 1. 

1825, Sept.l2. Ebenezer Herrick, 35; Daniel Rose, 25; 

Albert Smith, 2. 

1826, Sept.ll. Joseph F. Wingate, 43 ; Daniel Rose, 34. 
1828, Sept. 8. Joseph F. Wingate, 73. 

1830, Sept.13. Edward Kavanagh, 104; Moses Shaw, 93. 
1830, Nov. 22. Moses Shaw, 52 ; Edward Kavanagh, 54. 
1833, Jeremiah Bailey, 128; Edward Kavanagh, 

129; John McKown, 11. 
1834, Sept. 8. Edward Kavanagh, 152; Jeremiah Bailey, 

147; John McKown, 10. 
1836, Sept. 12. Jeremiah Bailey, 139 ; Jonathan Cilley, 112 ; 

Edwin Smith, 3 ; George Fish, 1 . 

1836, Nov. 7. Jeremiah Bailey, 101 ; Jonathan Cilley, 99. 

1837, April 3. Jeremiah Bailey, 136; Jonathan Cilley, 92. 

1838, April 2. Edward Robinson, 163; John D. McCrate, 

137; William F. Farley, 18. 
1838, Sept.lO. Benj. Randall, 196 ; John D. McCrate, 160. 
1840, Sept.l4. Benjamin Randall, 210 ; Joseph Sewall, 146. 
1843, Sept.ll. Freeman H. Morse, 139 ; Charles Andrews, 

127 ; Charles C. Cone, 12. 

1843, Nov. 13. Freeman H. Morse, 128 ; Charles Andrews, 

116; Charles C. Cone, 7. 

1844, Sept. 9. Freeman H. Morse, 198 ; John D. McCrate, 

182; Charles C. Cone, 13. 

21* 



242 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

1844, Nov. 11. Freeman H. Morse, 183 ; Jolin D. McCrate, 

171 ; Charles C. Cone, 14. 
1846, John D. McCrate, 179 ; Freeman H. Morse, 

171 ; Zury Robinson, 16. 

1847, Freeman H. Morse, 135; Franklin Clark, 

137; Charles C. Cone, 13. 
1848, JohnD. McCrate, 161 ; Rufus K.Goodenow, 

172 ; William H. Vinton, 14. 

1849, Isaac Reed, 182; Charles Andrews, 172. 

GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 

There is no record of votes for Governor or Lieute- 
nant-Governor before April 2, 1787. The warrant for 
the town-meeting on that day contains an article " to 
see whom the town will choose for Governor, Lieute- 
nant-Governor, and senator for the year ensuing." 
The record of the meeting would convey the idea that 
the result depended entirely upon the inhabitants of 
Union ; for it states, " By Avi-itten ballot, made choice 
of John Hancock for Governor, and Major- General 
William Heath for Lieutenant-Governor." April 3, 
1788, " Governor, His Excellency John Hancock ; Lieu- 
tenant-Governor, Major-General Lincoln four, and 
eight for Hon. Wilham Heath." In April, 1789, the 
statement is more explicit : " Chose the Hon. John Han- 
cock, Esq., Governor by thirteen votes ; and the Hon. 
Benjamin Lincoln, Esq., Lieutenant-Governor by thir- 
teen votes." April 5, 1790, " John Hancock had all the 
votes for Governor, which were seven ; and, for Lieute- 
nant-Governor, William Heath had seven, and Benja- 
min Lincoln three." From this time, the votes, during 
the connection of Maine with Massachusetts, are as 
follows : — 

GOVERNOR. LIEUTENANT- GOVEUNOR. 

1791. 
John Hancock ... 22 | Samuel Adams . . . 21 

1792. 
John Hancock ... 23 William Heath . . 27 

Charles Jarvis ... 2 

1793. 
John Hancock ... 17 | William Heath . .21 



LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 



1794. 



GOVERNORS AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. 

GOVERNOR. 

Samuel Adams . 



Samuel Adams . 
William Heath. , 
Elbridge Gerry 



243 



Samuel Adams . 
Moses Gill . . . 

Increase Sumnei . 

Increase Sumner . 

Increase Sumner . 

Caleb Strong 
Moses Gill . . . 

Caleb Strong 
Elbridge Gerry . 

Caleb Strong 
Elbridge Gerry . 

Caleb Strong 
Elbridge Gerry . 

Caleb Strong 
James Sullivan . 

Caleb Strong 
James Sullivan . 
William Heath . . 

Caleb Strong 
James Sullivan . 



20 


William Heath 
Moses Gill . . . 


1795. 
22 Moses Gill . . . 
6 

1 


17 
18 
3 


96. 

Moses Gill . 
William Heath . . 


1797. 
28 1 Moses Gill . . . 


1798. 
30 1 Moses Gill . . . 


1799. 
40 1 Moses Gill . . . 


18 
28 
18 


00. 

Moses Gill . . . 
Caleb Strong 


18 
54 
1 


31. 

Edward H. Robbins 


18 
64 

2 


02. 

Edward H. Robbins 
William Heath . . 


18 
45 
2 


03. 

Edward H. Robbins 


18 
50 
23 


04. 

Edward H. Robbins 
William Heath . . 


18 
42 
52 
1 


05. 

Edward H. Robbins 
William Heath . . 


18 
51 

78 


06. 

Edward H. Robbins 
William Heath . , 



10 
10 

23 



20 

1 

21 

30 

37 

28 
9 

57 



60 
1 

43 



51 



41 
60 



49 
83 



244 



POLITICAL HISTORY.*" 



GOVERNOR. 




LIEUTENANT-GO VER> 




1807. 


Caleb Strong . 


. 62 


Edward H. Robbins 


James Sullivan 


. 102 


Levi Lincoln 
Jonathan Sibley 
James Sullivan . 



Christopher Gore . 
James Sullivan . 
Caleb Strong 
David Cobb . . . 

Christopher Gore . 
Levi Lincoln 
Joseph B. Varnum 

Christopher Gore . 
Elbridge Gerry . 

Christopher Gore . 
Elbridge Gerry . 
William Phillips . 



Caleb Strong 
Elbridge Gerry . 
William Phillips 



Caleb Strong . . 
Joseph B. Varnum 



Caleb Strong 
Samuel Dexter . 
William Phillips 



1808. 



57 

88 

2 

1 



David Cobb . 
Levi Lincoln 



1809. 



93 
2 



David Cobb . 
Joseph B. Varnum 



1810. 



84 
91 

] 

58 

80 

1 



1811. 



1812. 



75 

95 

1 



1813. 



94 
101 



1814. 



97 

103 

1 



David Cobb . 
William' Gray . 

William Phillips . 
William Gray . 
Joseph B. Varnum 
George Wellington 
John Lermond . 

William King . 
William Phillips . 
Samuel Dana . 
Jonathan Sibley 

William Phillips 
William King . 
Caleb Strong 
William Eustis . 
Joseph Varnum * 
Nathaniel Robbins 

William Phillips . 
William Gray . 



51 

102 

1 

1 

56 

88 



84 
93 



81 
88 

57 

75 

1 

1 

1 

92 

69 

1 

1 

92 
98 
2 
1 
1 
1 

96 
104 



GOVERNOR^ AND LIEUTENANT-GOVERNORS. 245 



GOVERNOR. 




LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. 




1815. 




(Meb Strong 


98 


William Phillips . 


99 


Samuel Dexter . . 


92 


AVilliam Gray . 
Samuel Dexter . 
Nathaniel Bobbins 
Mark L. Hill . . 
Martin Kinsley 
James Campbell . 


90 




1816. 




John Brooks 


88 


William Phillips . 


88 


Samuel Dexter . 


74 


William King . 


72 




1817. 




John Brooks 


89 


William Phillips . . 


89 


Henry Dearborn . 


66 


William King . 


72 




1818. 




John Brooks 


58 


\Villiam Phillips . . 


58 


Benj. W. Crowninshield 


51 


Thomas Kittredge . 


51 


Thomas Kittredge . 


1 








1819. 




John Brooks 


71 


William Phillips . 


71 


Benj. Crowninshield . 


33 


Benjamin Austin . 


33 



Of the preceding candidates for Governor, Han- 
cock, Adams, Sumner, Strong, Gore, Brooks, belonged 
to the federal party ; and each of them has been in the 
chair. Of the anti-federal or democratic party were 
Bowdoin, Gerry, Sullivan, Heath, Lincoln, Varnum, 
Dexter, Dearborn, Crowninshield; of whom the first 
tliree have been Governors. 

The gubernatorial election in the spring of 1819 was 
the last in which Maine voted with INIassachusetts. 
After the separation, there was no office of Lieutenant- 
Governor. The first election of State officers by 
Maine was April 3, 1820, when William King had 
fifty-seven votes for Governor, Stephen Longfellow 
twenty-nine, and Jeremiah Bailey one. The election 
since that time has been held in September, and the 
votes for Governor are recorded as follows :— ^ 



246 



POLITICAL HISTOKYi* 



1821. 
Ezekiel Whitman . 


68 


Robert P. Dunlap . 
Samuel E. Smith . 


. 105 
. 23 


Joshua Wingate, jun. 


18 


Thomas A. Hill 


. 11 


Albion K. Parris . 


3 


1834. 




William King . 


1 


Robert P. Dunlap . 


. 152 


1822. 
Ezekiel Whitman . 


47 


Peleg Sprague . 
Thomas A. Hill . 


. 156 
. 10 


Albion K. Parris . 


41 


Noah Rice, jun. 


1 


Samuel Fessenden 


6 


1835. 




1823. 




William King . 


. 115 


Albion K. Parris . 


37 


Robert P. Dunlap . 


. 112 


Benjamin Whitman 


1 


Noah S. Rice . , 


9 


Joseph H. Becket . 


1 


Thomas A. Hill . 


2 


1824. 
Albion K. Parris . 


57 


Jonathan Sibley 
Jack Downing . 


1 
1 


1825. 
Albion K. Parris . 
Avery Rawson . 

182G. 


48 
1 


1836. 
Edward Kent . 
Robert P. Dunlap . 
Jonathan Sibley 


. 139 

. 115 

1 


Enoch Lincoln . 
Noah Rice . . . 
1827. 


51 
2 


1837. 
Edward Kent . 
Gorham Parks . 


. 181 
. 117 


Enoch Lincoln . 

1828. 
Enoch Lincoln . 

1829. 
Jonathan G. Huntoon 
Samuel E. Smith . 


62 


1838. 
Edward Kent . 


. 196 


72 

110 
64 


John Fairfield . . 

1839. 
Edward Kent . 
John Fairfield . 


. 160 

. 179 
. 123 


Daniel F. Harding 


1 


1840. 




James Ptice . . . . 


1 


Edward Kent . 


. 210 


1830. 




John Fairfield . 


. 146 


Jonathan G. Huntoon 


145 


1841. 




Samuel E. Smith . . 


114 


Edward Kent . 


. 174 


1831. 




John Fairfield . 


. 168 


Samuel E. Smith . 


130 


Ezekiel Whitman . 


. 11 


Daniel Goodenow . 


111 


Jeremiah Curtis 


. 3 


1832. 
Daniel Goodenow . 
Samuel E. Smith . 


154 

147 


1842. 
Edward Robinson . 
John Fairfield . 


. 175 
. 155 


1833. 
Daniel Goodenow . 


127 


James Appleton 
Asa Redington . 


4 
1 



REPRESENTATIVES. 



247 



1843. 




1847. 




Edward Robinson . 


134 


David Bronson . 


. 134 


Hugh J. Anderson 


116 


John W. Dana . 


. 137 


Edward Kavanagh 


18 


Samuel Fessenden 


. 14 


James Appleton 


12 


1848. 




1844. 




John W. Dana . 


. 161 


Edward Robinson . 


198 


Elijah L. Hamlin . 


. 172 


Hugh J. Anderson 


183 


Samuel Fessenden 


. 14 


James Appleton 


13 


1849. 




1845. 




Elijah L. Hamlin . 


. 182 


Hugh J. Anderson 


153 


John Hubbard . 


. 161 


Freeman H. Morse 


150 


George Talbot . 


. 10 


1846. 




1850. 




David Bronson . 


179 


William G. Crosby 


. 176 


John W. Dana . 


180 


John Hubbard . 


. 173 


Samuel Fessenden 


16 

ei 11 r>p 1 


George L. Talbot i 

bp «pnnrn+inn frnm IV 


. 7 



chusetts, all, except Huntoon and Kent, have belonged 
to the democratic party. 

TOWN REPRESENT ATIVES.2 

In 1807, " Edward Jones, by a majority of the voters 
present, he having seventy-five votes," was chosen the 
first representative from Union to the General Court of 
Massachusetts. In 1811, John Lermond was elected 
by seventy-eight out of one hundred and forty-five 
votes. The town was liable to a fine, if it voted not 
to send any ; and the mode of evasion was by voting 
to " drop the article." Generally, in each party, there 
was a majority in favor of this. In 1812, John Ler- 
mond, of the democratic party, being chairman of the 
selectmen, presided at the meeting. The vote to pass 
over the article was adopted as usual. Spencer Wal- 
cott, o'",^;he democratic party, then went up to the 

' ^'•'^^ept. 9. 

' In 18'. ithaniel Robbins had twenty votes for State Senator. 

In 1849. Elb. ,e I,ermond had one hundred and thirty-five votes; 
and in 1850, one hundred and sixty-nine votes; and in 1851, he was 
chosen senator by the Legislature. Dr. Harding was senator while 
he resided in Union. 



248 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

moderator, and observed, " You have warned me here 
to vote for representative. Here is my vote, reject it 
if you dare." The meeting, or at least the federal 
party, was taken by surprise. His vote could not be 
rejected. After some discussion and an adjournment 
for an hour or two, during which runners were de- 
spatched to bring in voters, the ballots were called for. 
The poll was about being closed, when Warren Ware, 
sick and feeble, was passing by on a bed in a cart. 
He was solicited to vote; and, being supported on each 
side, he was walked up to the box, and put into it a 
federal vote. At the counting, it was found that his 
vote had elected the federal candidate ; Nathaniel 
Robbins having seventy-seven votes, and John Ler- 
mond seventy-six. 

In 1819, Nathaniel Bachelor had thirty-nine votes, 
and was chosen ; Robert Foster having twenty, and 
Nathaniel Robbins seven. No other representatives 
were sent from Union to the Legislature of Massachu- 
setts, during its connection with Maine. 

In 1820, after Maine became a State, Nathaniel 
Bachelor had seventy-four votes, and was elected ; 
John W. Lindley had fifty-five votes, Robert Foster 
one, and Micajah Glcason one. The State was dis- 
tricted March 23, 1821, and Union was united with 
Washington;^ each of the towns furnishing the repre- 
sentative, according to its proportion of the population. 
From this date the following is the record ; the repre- 
sentatives not tal\ing their seats till the year after their 
election : — 

1821, Sept.lO. Nathaniel Bachelor, 48 ;t John W. Lindley, 
29; Robert Foster, 17. 

1821, Oct. 1. Nathaniel Bachelor, 61 ; f John V^ Lind- 
ley, 12; Robert Foster, 1. 

' Union and Washington have not ahvaj's i >„ e district. 

Washington lias elected a representative in some i years when 

one was sent from Union. In 1831. it elected WillialSOn.ist : in 1832, 
William Rust, jnn.; in 1833, I^aac Ileaton : in 1835\ ames McDow- 
ell; in 183G, William Newhall; in 1839, Joshua Linniken ; and in 
1840, Ichabod Irish. 

t Elected. 



P REPRESENTATIVES. 249 

1822, Sept. 9, Robert Foster, 45; Nathaniel Bachelor, 36; 
John W. Lindle3% 2 ; John Lermond, 2. 

1822, Sept.27. Samuel Doe,--' 27 f; Robert Foster, 11. 

1823, Sept. 8. John W. Lindley, 33; Nathaniel Bachelor, 

22 ; Henry True, 1 1 ; John Lermond, 2 ; 
Joseph H. Becket, 1. 

1823, Sept.22. Nathaniel Bachelor, 41 f ; Henry True, 12 ; 

John W. Lindley, 11. 

1824, Sept.l3. John W. Lindley, 34 ; Nathaniel Bobbins, 

33 ; Robert Foster, 4 ; John Lermond, 10. 

1824, Nov. 1. John W. Lindley, 53 ; Nathaniel Robbins, 

45 f ; Robert Foster, 2. 

1825, Sept.l2. Samuel Doe, ^ 53t; Daniel McCurdy, 16 ; 

George Bailey, 4 ; John W. Lindley, 1 . 

1826, Sept.ll. Nathaniel Robbins, 53 f; John W. Lindley, 

41 ; Henry True, 17. 

1827, Sept. 10. Nathl. Robbins, 59 f ; John W. Lindley, 56. 

1828, Sept. 5. Daniel F. Harding, 76; Isaac Heaton, 11; 

Moses Pelton, 5 ; William Witt, 1 ; Wil- 
liam Newhall, 8. 
1828, Nov. 3. Daniel F. Harding, 72; William Witt, 9 ; 
William Newhall, 8 ; Isaac Heaton, 9 ; 
Moses Pelton, 2. 

1828, Nov. 22. Isaac Heaton, 17; William Witt,:J: 3t ; Ezra 

Kellog, 1. 

1829, Sept. 5. Daniel F. Harding, 104; John Lermond, 

22 ; John Butler, 21 ; Nathaniel Bache- 
lor, 1 ; Walter Blake, 1. 

1829, Oct. 10. Nathl. Bachelor, 56; John Lermond, 52 f ; 

Jno. W. Lindley, 8 ; Daniel F. Harding, 4. 

1830, Sept. 13. Ebenezer Alden, 118; John Lermond, ll7t; 

John W. Lindley, 5; Joseph Morse, 1. 

1831, Sept.ll. John Lermond, 131 f; Daniel F. Harding, 

75 ; Herman Hawes, 6 ; Cornelius Irish, 
5 ; Nathaniel Bachelor, 1 ; John W. Lind- 
ley, 1 ; Ebenezer Alden, 1. 

1832, rpt.lO. Nathaniel Bachelor, 154f; John Lermond, 

139; Plerman Hawes, 1. 

1833, Sept. 9. Nathaniel Bachelor, 129; William Shepard, 

111; Cornelius Irish, 10; Henry Blunt, 
5 ; Jno. W. Lindley, 4 ; Thos. Mitchell, 1. 

* Of Putnam, afterwards called Washington. t Elected. 

X Of Washington. 
22 



250 POLITICAL HISTORY. 

1833, Sept.16. Nathl. Bachelor, 124t; Wm. Shepard, 80; 

Henry Blunt, 21 ; Cornelius Irish, 4. 

1834, Sept. 8. John Lermond, 151 ; Nathaniel Bachelor, 

142 ; Thomas Mitchell, 12. 

1834, Sept.15. John Lermond, 162 f; Nathaniel Bachelor, 
139; Thomas Mitchell, 16. 

1835, John W. Lindley, 128 f; William Shepard, 

110; Cornelius Irish, 2 ; Phillips C. Hard- 
ing, 2 ; Calvin Gleason, 1 ; John Bachel- 
der, 1 ; Nathan Daniels, jun., 1 ; Joseph 
Shepard, 1. 

1836, Sept.l2. John W. Lindley, 135 f; Calvin Gleason, 
99 ; Phillips C. Harding, 6 ; Cornelius 
Irish, 3 ; Obadiah Harris, 3 ; William 
Shepard, 1 ; , 1. 

1837, Peter Adams, 174 f; Cornelius Irish, 117; 

Samuel Stone, 1 ; John W. Lindley, 1. 

1838, Peter Adams, 195 f; Amos Drake, 158. 

1839, Sept. 9. No choice; adjourned to — 

1839, Sept.16. No choice ; adjourned to — 

1839, Sept.23. Samuel Hills, 116 f; Cornelius Irish, 16; 

Nelson Cutler, 2 ; Joel Adams, 2 ; Wil- 
liam Libbey, 1 ; Augustus Alden, 1 ; Au- 
gustus C. Hobbins, 1. 

1840, Sept. 14. No choice; adjourned to — 
1840, Sept. 21. No choice; adjourned to — 

1840, Sept.28. Nelson Cutler, 174 f; Leonard Barnard, 
148 ; Peter Adams, 12 ; Hannibal Ham- 
lin, 5 ; John W. Lindley, 3. 

1841, Phillips C. Harding, 145 f; Peter Adams, 5 ; 

Joel Adams, 2 ; Leonard Bump, 2 ; N. 
Bachelder, 1 ; John Gowen, 1. 

1842, Wm. McDowell, 179 ; Phillips Clark Hard- 
ing, 153f ; Elijah Vose, 1. 

1843, Sept.U. Wm. McDowell, 147; George Jones, 124 ; 
D. F. Harding, 3; Jonathan Sibley, 1. 

1843, Oct. 2. Wm. McDowell,* 147 t; George Babb, 69; 

Wm. Young, 3 ; Joseph Irish, 1 ; Moses 
Pelton, 1 ; D. F. Harding, 1. 

1844, Sept. 9. Otis Hawes, 200 ; Steph. Carriel, 181 f; D.F. 

Harding, 8 ; John Butler, 1 ; Stephen, 1 , 

* Of Washiington. t Elected. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 251 

1845, Sept. 8. No choice. 

1845, Sept.29. Wm. Young,* 128 f; Otis Hawes, 114; 
Moses Pelton, 4 ; Samuel Stone, 2. 

1846, James Newhall, 183 ; Elbridge Lermond, 

I73f; Christopher Young, 1. 

1847, Thomas Burns, 134; William Witt,* ISTf; 

Samuel Bowker, 9 ; Joshua S. Green, 1. 

1848, Christopher Young, 124f; Stephen S. Hawes, 

181; C. Young, 5; Silas Hawes, 1; C. 
Y., 1. 

1849, Elias Skidmore, 175 ; Timothy Cunning- 
ham,* 143 1; Church Burton, 13; Ste- 
phen S. Hawes, 1. 

1850, James Burns, 176; Joseph Irish, 150f. 

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 

Oct. 6, 1781, " a commission was made out to Ma- 
son Wheaton, Esq., of Sterlington, to be a justice of 
the peace in the county of Lincoln." This was before 
there was any organization of the inhabitants. An 
early movement of the town toward procuring a com- 
mission for a justice of the peace was very demo- 
cratic. The warrant calling a town-meeting, July 8, 
1793, contains three articles on the subject: one "to 
see if the town w^ill vote to have a person put in the 
commission of the peace ;" another "to see if the town 
will vote for any particular person ; " and a third " to 
see if the town will choose a committee to petition the 
Governor, or act or do any thing relative thereto." 
The votes in connection with these articles are re- 
corded very distinctly and explicitly. The inhabitants 
" voted they will choose a man for justice of the peace. 
. . . Voted they will have Mr. Edward Jones for a jus- 
tice of the peace," upon which the town-clerk makes 
the memorandum, — " He had thirteen votes ; which 
were all but one that voted." " Voted that the town 
will choose a committee of three to petition the Gov- 
ernor for the peace. . . . Voted Messrs. Josiah Maxcy, 
Amariah Mero, and Samuel Hills, for this committee. 

* Of Washington. f Elected. 



252 



POLITICAL HISTORY. 



. . . Voted that the town-clerk give the committee an 
attested copy of the votes." This is the only record 
of any action by the town on the subject. Jones, 
however, was not nominated, notwithstanding the 
movements of the town in his favor. Ebenezer Jen- 
nison, though objected to, probably by Jones's friends, 
was commissioned. In the following lists, the dates 
of qualifications, which were on record in the offices 
of the Secretaries of the States of Massachusetts and 
Maine, in August, 1850, are subjoined. Whether the 
others were ever qualified or not, does not appear. 
The first list is from the records of Massachusetts : — 



Ebenezer Jennison 
Edward Jones . . , 
Nathaniel Robbins 
Stephen March * 
Edward Jones . . 
Nathan Blake . . 
Jonathan Sibley . 
Nathaniel Robbins 
Timothy Stewart 
Stephen March* 
William Brown . 
Nathan Blake . . 
Jonathan Sibley . 
Nathaniel Robbins 



Dates of Commissions. 


Of Qualification. 


Oct. . 




1795 . . 




Feb. 


lo', 


1802 . . 




Feb. 


14, 


1806 . . 




Feb. 


2, 


1809 . . 




Feb. 


21, 


1809 . 




May 


13, 


1811 . 




June 


28, 


1811 . 




Jan. 


28, 


1813 . 


Feb. 4, 1813 


Feb. 


11, 


1813 . 


April 26, 1813 


Jan. 


19, 


1816 . 




Jan. 


24, 


1816 . 


June 21, 1816 


Feb. 


16, 


1818 . 




Aug. 


19, 


1818 . 


. April 24, 1819 


Jan. 


29, 


1820 . 


Feb. 8, 1820 



The commissions in the office of the Secretary of 
the State of Maine are recorded as follows : — 



Names. Dates of Commissions. Of Qualification. 

Nathan Blake Feb. 16, 1818 

John Bulfinch Jan. 24, 1821 

Nathaniel Robbins * .Jan. 29,1820 

Aug. 19, 1818 

Jan. 24, 1818 

Feb. 23, 1821 

Feb. 23, 1821 



Jonathan Sibley . . 
William Brown . . 
Nathaniel Robbins 
Nathaniel Bachelor 



* Justices of the peace and quorum. 



JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



253 



Jonathan Sibley . . . 
Joseph H. Beckett . 
Daniel F. Harding . 
Timothy Stewart . . 
Walter Blake .... 
Joseph H. Beckett '^'. 
[Re-appointed . 
Henry True ^' . . . . 
Nathaniel Robbins '^'. 
Nathan D. Rice . . . 
John W. Lindley . . 
Nathaniel Robbins '■'•. 
Nathaniel Bachelor . 
Jona. Libby [Sibley] 
Daniel F. Harding . 
Timothy Stewart . . 
Elisha Harding . . . 

John Little 

Walter Blake .... 
Joseph H. Beckett ■^•'. 
Thomas Mitchell . . 
Nathaniel Robbins*. 
Daniel F. Harding *. 
John S. Abbot . . . 
Calvin Gleason . . . 
William Shepard . . 
William Shepard* . 
John W. Lindley* . 
Benjamin Gallop . . 
William Gleason . . 
Nelson Cutler* . . . 
Augustus C. Robbins 
Walter Blake * . . . 
Joseph H. Beckett*. 
Nathaniel Robbins *. 
John Whiting .... 
George Cummings . . 
Calvin Gleason* . . . 
Thomas Mitchell . . 
Ebenezer Cobb * . . . 



Dates of Commissions. 

Feb. 23, 1821 . 
March 13, 1821 . 
May 10, 1821 . 
Feb. 8, 1822 . 
Feb. 14, 1824 . 
Feb. 5, 1825 . 
April 8, 1825] 
Feb. 21, 1825 . 
Feb. 22, 1825 . 
June 22, 1827 . 
Oct. 19, 1827 . 
Feb. 7, 1828 . 
Feb. 7, 1828 . 
Feb. 7, 1828 . 
March 1, 1828 . 
Feb. 13, 1829 . 
Nov, 1, 1830 . 
Jan. 31, 1831 . 
March 12, 1831 . 
Feb. 3, 1832 . 
Feb. 10, 1832 . 
Feb. 17, 1832 . 
Feb. 17, 1832 . 
March 2, 1832 . 
Dec. 24, 1832 . 
Oct. 22, 1834 . 
Dec. 31, 1834 . 
Dec. 31, 1834 . 
March 19, 1835 . 
Jan. 21, 1836 . 
March 30, 1837 . 
March 13, 1838 . 
March 24, 1838 . 
Feb. 7, 1839 . 
March 7, 1839 . 
April 24, 1839 . 
Dec. 31, 1839 . 
Jan. 23, 1840 . 
Feb. 13, 1840 . 
March 18, 1840 . 



Of Qualification. 



March27, 1824. 



March28, 1825. 
Marchl9, 1825. 
Jan. 15, 1828. 
Jan. 19, 1828, 
Appointed before. 



April 4, 1831. 
Feb. 10, 1832. 

Feb. 29, 1832. 

Marchl4, 1832. 
Jan. 30, 1833. 

Feb. 20, 1835. 
Jan. 26,1835. 

Feb. 6,1836. 
April 7,1837. 
April 14, 1838. 
April 7, 1838. 
Feb. 26, 1839. 
April 24, 1839. 



Jan. 28, 1840. 



* Justices of the peace and quorum. 



22* 



254 



POLITICAL HISTORY. 



Dates of Commissions. 


Of Qualification. 


Oct. 8, 


1840 . . 








Feb. 18, 


1841 . . 


April 


5, 


1841. 


March 12, 


1841 . . 


April 


5, 


1841. 


June 25, 


1841 . 








Jan. 22, 


1842 . 


Feb. 


7, 


1842. 


Feb. 24, 


1842 . . 








March 3, 


1842 . 


. April 


9, 


1842 


June 2 1 , 


1843 . 








Feb. 2, 


1843 . 








June 21, 


1843 . 


. Oct. 


6, 


1843 


Feb. 22, 


1844 . 








Feb. 22, 


1844 . 








Feb. 22, 


1844 . 








Feb. 22, 


1844 . 








March 14, 


1844 , 


. April 


18, 


1844 


March 15, 


1844 . 


. April 


3, 


1844 


Jan. 15, 


1845 . 








Jan. 15, 


1845 . 


. Feb. 


6, 


1845 


May 2, 


1846 . 


. May 


15, 


1846 


Nov. 2, 


1847 . 


Nov. 


11, 


1847 


May 1, 


1848 . 


, June 


10 


1848 


May 26, 


1848 . 









Elijah Vose Oct 

Ebenezer W. Adams'' 

John Gowen March 

Nathan D. Rice-'' . 
John W. Lindley* 
Phillips C. Harding 
Nathan B. Robbins 
Nathan Bachelder* 
William Gleason 
Elisha E. Rice ■^' , 
Daniel F. Harding 
Asa Master f. . . 
"Willard Robbins 
Edward Hills . . 
William Gleason 
Asa Messer ■^' . . 
Hiram Dorman* 
Nelson Cutler * . 
M. R. Hopkins*' 
Elijah Vose •'" . . 
John Gowen . . . 
John Goodwin •■' . 

Jan. 28, 1825, Nathaniel Robbins was commissioned 
to qualify civil officers. 

CORONER. 

Dec. 18, 1809. Ebenezer Alden. 
May 5, 1810. Ebenezer Alden. 
Feb. 1,1827. Ebenezer Alden. 

POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. 

The first post-office was established in 1810, through 
the inffiience of the Hon. Mark Langdon Hill, on con- 
dition that it should be without expense to the govern- 
ment. Accordingly, for many years, the postmasters, 
though they made quarterly returns to the General 
Post Office, were entitled to all the money received by 
them. At their own expense, they sent for the mail 

* Justices of the peace and quorum, 
t Error for Asa Messer. 



POST-OFFICES AND POSTMASTERS. 



255 



to Waldoborough or Warren. It was generally 
brought in saddle-bags on horseback, once or twice a 
week. William White was the first postmaster, and 
held the office till he removed to Belfast. He was 
succeeded by Ebenezer Alden, Avhose commission 
was dated Jan. 19, 1813. During the greater part of 
Mr. Alden's administration, the business was transacted 
by deputies, residing on the Connmon. He held the 
office for the long period of thirty-two years. When 
the rates of postage were reduced in 1845, he resigned, 
and was succeeded, Aug. 12, by Jesse Wentworth Pay- 
son. Mr. Payson was removed, and succeeded by 
Edward HiUs, Esq., May 11, 1849. 

QUAKTERLY STATEMENTS OF POSTAGE, 

From which must be deducted Dead Letters, Papers, Pamphlets, 4'c., which average 
perhaps four per cent. 



Year. 


First Quarter. 


Second Quarter. 


Third Quarter. 


Fourtli Quarter. 


1821. 





$25.20 


$17,934 


$21,744 


1822. 


$19.04i 


17.94 


20.20 


20.62 


1823. 


23.854 


20.114 


17.62 


15.994 


1824. 


24.63 


19.59 


21.96 


21.87 


1825. 


23.70 


30.34 


27.67 


26.63 


1826. 


28.58 


28.50 


27.85 


33.01 


1827. 


25.83 


25.93 


25.95 


25.91 


1828. 


28.82 


25.71 


21.46 


25.99 


1829. 


25.83 


30.42 


25.59 


23.08 


1830. 


23.30 


24.74 


31.22 


23.86 


1831. 


28.84i 


35.08 


36.561 


30.171 


1832. 


29.75 


37.091 


46.554 


36.80 


1833. 


39.90 


43.334 


29.07i 


31.604 


1834. 


39.061 


38.52 


33.204 


29.891 


1835. 


39.941 


42.65 


39.594- 


37.77 


1836. 


40.051 


42.664 


45.54 


46.104 


1837. 


41.42^ 


46.62 


47.25 


42.554 


1838. 


52.141 


56.254 


51.44 


50.74 


1839. 


56.684 


50.131 


62.204 


56.33 


1840. 


72.14i 


48.19 


53.664 


65.611 


1841. 


76.523 


63.82 


66.831 


74.62 


1842. 


89.98 


76.331 


62.264 


60.63 


1843. 


70.73 


73.52^ 


66.03 


68.45 


1844. 


73.824 


74.15 


75.34 


51.32 


1845. 


81.07 


73.41 


31.54 


28.15 


1846. 


62.59 


70.80 


70.50 


70.25 


1847. 


82.13 


73.18 


93.40 


82.73 


1848. 


85.53 


85.94 


85.18 


85.00 


1849. 


91.47 


— 


— 


— 



256 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

A post-office was established at East Union, Feb. 28, 
1849, and Joshua S. Greene appointed postmaster, 
He resigned Nov. 1, 1849, when he was succeeded by 
E. G. D. Beveridge, Esq. 

Feb. 12, 1851, Capt. Samuel Stone was appointed 
postmaster of the North Union Post Office, which was 
opened March 3, 1851, near Fossetts' Mills. 



CHAPTER XXVIII. 

FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

Taxes. — Early Apportionment of Taxes. — Controversy with War- 
ren. — Petition to the ],egislature in 1780. — Petition to the 
Legislature in 1783. — Plantation Taxes. — Taxes since the Incor- 
poration. — Taxes paid in Produce. — Exemption of Philip Kob- 
bins, jun. — Table. — Adams's Petition to the Legislature in 1794. 
— State of the Finances in 1795. — Dollars and Cents. — Taking 
the Valuation. — Payment of Taxes. 

TAXES. 

Early Apportionment. — There is a tradition, that, 
soon after the settlement of the plantation, it was 
thought advisable to levy a tax. The population w^as 
very small. The assessor of the taxes, who it seems 
was also collector, not being expert in figures or pen- 
manship, verbally informed the tax-payers of the 
amount Avhich he apportioned to each ; and they 
readily paid him, w^ithout even the formality of taking 
receipts. If this be true, the golden age of tax-paying 
without grumbling has long since passed away. But 
it is to be feared that such a happy state of things 
never existed. 

Controversy with Warren. — The earliest au- 
thentic information which has been found is contained 
in a copied volume of the records of Warren. Capt. 
Mclntyre was constable of Warren in 1779. Nov. 9, 
1780, the inhabitants of that town voted, that " Capt. 



PETITIONS TO THE LEGISLATURE. 257 

Mclntyre proceed according to law in collecting the 
taxes committed to him to collect." Nov. 30, 1780, 
Moses Copeland, William Lermond, and Robert 
Montgomery, were chosen a committee " to treat and 
agree with Mi'. Philip Robbins of Union respecting 
the collecting of taxes ; " and they " were empowered 
to sign arbitration-bonds with him in behalf of the 
town." 

Petition to the Legislature in 1780. — The next 
information is from a document found in the office of. 
the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 
As it contains incidental information of interest, it is 
printed entire : — 

" To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dec. 1780. 
" The petition of the subscribers, inhabitants of a planta- 
tion called Sterlingtown, in the county of Lincoln, humbly 
showeth, — That the said Sterlingtown is an entire new set- 
tlement, consisting of nine families and a few single men. 

" That three '^ of the said families have been settled about 
four years, two^ about three years, and none of the others 
more than one year ; and several of them obliged as yet to 
depend on their friends at the Westward for support. 

" That Sterlingtown, and the settlements therein, are 
situate at a great distance from any other settlement. 

" That we have no other way of passing to said planta- 
tion from other settlements only through the woods, or up 
St. George's River, part of the way by water and part by 
land ; but the passing that way is prevented nearly six weeks 
every spring and fall by reason of the ice. 

" That we have waited on the inhabitants of the town of 
Warren (by our committee chosen for that purpose), request- 
ing them to lay out a road through the woods from the set- 
tlements in their town to the line between said Warren and 
Sterlingtown ; but they utterly refused to have any thing to 
do about said road, but only would consent that we might 
clear out a road (without the same being laid out), the 
length whereof would be about six miles, as it must run, 

^ Philip Robbins, David Robbins, and Richard Cummings, in 1776. 
' Probably, Ezra Bowen and John Butler, in 1777. 



258 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

crossing St. George's River twice in its way, which, would 
require two largo bridges. 

" That, in December, A.D. 1778, a large barn belonging 
to Mr. Robbins, in which was stored almost all the grain 
raised that year by the [then] inhabitants of the place, was 
consumed by fire, with twenty tons of hay ; which brought 
the inhabitants into great want, and occasioned the loss of 
ten head of cattle that winter. 

" That we lie exposed, as a frontier settlement, to the 
scouting parties of the enemy from Majorbagaduce, who, often 
passing this way, keep us in continued alarm ; and, by order of 
Gen. Wadsworth, we have the summer past, and yet do keep 
up a watch and scouting party to discover and detect them. 

" And lastly, notwithstanding all these our difficult cir- 
cumstances and suff'erings, we were taxed by the assessors of 
Warren in the year 1779 ; and they seem further determined 
to assess us in all the taxes. 

" Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray your Excellency 
and Honors to take our case under your wise, just, and 
paternal consideration, and grant that we may be exempted 
from paying taxes until we are in circumstances to bear the 
burden thereof. And, as in duty bound, shall ever pray, &c. 

David Robbins. 
Ebenezek Robbins. 
Jesse RoBBiNa. 
Mason Wheaton. 
Philip Robbins." 



" RiCHAKD Comings. 
Moses Hawes. 
ezba bowen. 
John Butler. 
Phinehas Butler. 
Joel Adams. 



[Consequently], " On the petition of the inhabitants of the 
town of Sterlington, in the county of Lincoln, Resolved 
[May 11, 1781] that the town of VVarren, in the county of 
Lincoln, be directed to pay to the inhabitants of Sterlington 
such taxes as they have taxed and received of said town ; and 
the said town of Warren is further directed not to tax the 
inhabitants of Sterlington until the further order of the Gene- 
ral Court, any law to the contrary notwithstanding." 

petition to the legislature in 1783. 

" To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representa- 
tives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Sept. 1783. 
" The petition of the inhabitants of the plantation called 

Sterlingtown, in the county of Lincoln, showeth, — That 



PETITIONS TO THE LEGISLATUKE. 259 

your petitioners feel themselves insupportably burdened by 
being heavily taxed, and exposed to execution, considering 
the smallness of our number now, being only seventeen 
ratable polls, though we have had twenty-seven ; the new- 
ness of our settlements, and being in the wilderness at a 
great distance from other inhabitants (though bordering on 
other incorporated towns, through the uninhabited parts 
whereof we have not as yet been able to procure any roads), 
our sufferings by fire and from the war, and our having been 
taxed as adjacent inhabitants to another town ; all which we 
have largely set forth in former petitions to the Honorable 
Court. Add to these, that we have no power or authority 
amongst ourselves to assess and collect a tax, though it has 
been requested of the Court of General Sessions of the 
Peace in this county. 

" Wherefore your petitioners humbly pray, that our taxes 
may be abated until we are in circumstances of ability equal 
to our other brethren in the commonwealth, and then we 
will gladly pay our proportion ; and that we then may be 
invested with proper authority to assess and collect the 
same. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, shall ever 
pray, &c. 



" Philip Robbins. 
Ebenezer Robbins. 
Ezra Bowen. 
John Butxee. 
JoEii Adams. 
MosES Hav^^es. 
Richard Comings. 



David Robbins. 
Jessa Robbins. 
Abijah Hawes. 
Matthias Hawse. 
Jason Ware. 
Phinehas Buteer. 



" Resolve on the petition of the inhabitants of the planta- 
tion called Sterlington, directing the treasurer to stay his 
execution, March 20, 1784 : — 

" On the petition of the inhabitants of the plantation called 
Sterlington, in the county of Lincoln, setting forth that they 
have been taxed in two continental taxes, and the last 
[State] tax, the sum of twenty-five pounds each, and repre- 
senting their inability to pay the same, — 

" Therefore resolved, that the prayer of the petitioners be 
so far granted that the treasurer of this commonwealth be, 
and he hereby is, directed to stay his execution upon the 
said inhabitants until the expiration of twelve months from 
the date hereof." 



260 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

Plantation Taxes. — In accordance with an Act of 
the Legislature of Massachusetts, passed July 9, 1784, 
for apportioning and assessing a tax of X 140,000, for 
the sole purpose of redeeming the army notes, issued 
pursuant to an Act, passed Jvily 5, 1781, payable in the 
years 1784 and 1785 ; and for raising the further sum 
of £11,035. 6s. 6d. for the purpose of replacing the 
same sum, which had been paid out of the treasmy to 
the representatives for their attendance on the five last 
sessions of the General Court; viz. from November, 
1782, to March, 1784, — the plantation of Sterlington 
was taxed X17. 10s. 

The next attempt at taxation seems to have been 
made in consequence of the tax-act of the Legislature, 
passed March 23, 1786. The object of this was to 
raise X300,439. Is. 3d.: viz., £145,655 to meet the 
requisition of Congress, made Sept. 27, 1785 ; for 
X 25,784. Is. 3d. for the support of government ; 
X 29,000 for the payment of interest on the consoli- 
dated notes of the State; and X100,000 for redeeining 
the remainder of the army notes, so called, which be- 
came payable in 1784 and 1785; and Xl,786 not pro- 
vided for; and also Xll,001. 18s. to replace the same 
sum drawn out of the treasury, to pay the members of 
the House of Representatives for their attendance the 
five last sessions of the General Court. The apportion- 
ment for Stirlington was X65 ; ^ and the warrant issued 
May 3, 1786, by Mason Wheaton, Esq., of Thomaston, 
gives an additional memorandum of X2. lis. for the 
county tax, and XI. 12s. 4|d. for soldiers' bounty. 

These appear to be all the recorded notices respect- 
ing taxes, before the incorporation of the town. The 

' By way of comparison, it may be observed, that the apportion- 
ment to Pittston was £285. 12s. 6d.; to Medumcook. £175. 18s. 9d. ; 
to Belfast, £78. 8s. 9d.; to Camden, £98. 2s. Gd.; to Hallowell, £473. 
2s. 6d. ; these towns and plantations not being assessed for the pay- 
ment of representatives. The apportionment to Bristol was £715, 
also £G7. 4s. for payment of representatives; to Warren, £223. 2s. 
6d., also £25. 4s.; to Thomaston, £204. 7s. 6d., also £57. 15s.; and 
to Bath, £498. 2s. 6d., also £39. lis. for the payment of representa- 
tives. 



TAXES SINCE INCOEPORATION. 



261 



£65 levied by the last Act led the inhabitants to make 
an application to the Legislatm-e, which resulted in 
the Act of Incorporation. 

Taxes since the Incorporation. — Since the town 
has been incorporated, the taxes, so far as can be as- 
certained from obscm*e and imperfect records, are as 
follows ; probably including school-money, except in 
the years 1787 — 1803, 1805, 1808, 1809, and 1814: — 



1787, £10 


1803, 


$250 


1819, 


$1200 


1835, 


$1300 


1788, £10 


1804, 


$550 


1820, 


$1200 


1836, 


$1300 


1789, £15 


1805, 


$350 


1821, 


$1100 


1837, 


$2500 


1790, £15 


1806, 


$800 


1822, 


$1100 


1838, 


$2000 


1791, £15 


1807, 


$800 


1823, 


$1100 


1839, 


$2000 


1792, £15 


1808, 


$400 


1824, 


$1500 


1840, 


$2500 


1793, £15 


1809, 


$250 


1825, 


$1200 


1841, 


$1500 


1794, £10 


1810, 


$1100 


1826, 


$1300 


1842, 


$1800 


1795, — 


1811, 


$1000 


1827, 


$1000 


1843, 


$2500 


1796, $150 


1812, 


$750 


1828, 


$1000 


1844, 


$2000 


1797, $50 


1813, 


$600 


1829, 


$1100 


1845, 


$1600 


1798, $100 


1814, 


$250 


1830, 


$1000 


1846, 


$1500 


1799, $100 


1815, 


$775 


1831, 


$1250 


1847, 


$1600 


1800, $120 


1816, 


$900 


1832, 


$1000 


1848, 


$1500 


1801, $200 


1817, 


$900 


1833, 


$1000 


1849, 


$1500 


1802, $150 


1818, 


$1050 


1834, 


$1200 


1850, 


$1500 



Taxes paid in Produce. — The pecuniary distress 
of the country, and the poverty and hardships of the 
early settlers, compelled them to resort to all practica- 
ble means for relief. As for specie, it may be said, 
that, dm-ing many years, it was hardly seen. When 
it was requhed for taxes, the only "way to get it was to 
trap and hunt, and send the furs to Boston for sale. 
The tax for 1787 was only ,£10. But it had not been 
paid July 14, 1788 ; for then the vote of April, 1787, 
was reconsidered ; and it was voted that the town 
should have the privilege of paying "town-charges 
and schooling at the following prices in produce, in 
lieu of specie : Rye at 4s. 6d. per bushel, flax at 8d. per 
pound, butter at 8d. per pound, and wool at 2s." This 
plan, it seems, did not work well ; for it was recon- 
sidered Sept. 13, and the town voted " to have it paid 
in specie." 
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262 



FINANCIAL HISTORY. 



When the grant for town-charges was made April 6, 
1789, a vote was also passed that it might be " paid 
in produce at the follo^ving prices, if paid by the 15th 
of November ; if not, must be paid in specie : Rye, 
4s. 6d. per bushel ; sheep's wool, 2s. per pound ; flax, 
8d. per pound; butter, 8d. per pound; and boards, 
staves, and shingles, at market-prices." It was also 
voted that ten pounds should be paid in the same way 
" to procure schooling ; to be laid out at the discretion 
of the selectmen." April 4, 1791, it was again voted 
that the taxes might be paid in produce, at the prices 
affixed in 1789, "the produce to be merchantable." 
Oct. 26, an unsuccessful effort was made to reconsider 
the vote of April 4, with a view to have a part of the 
amount paid in specie. 

Exemption of Philip Robbins, Jun. — " March 7, 
1791, agreeable to the request of JVIr. Philip Robbins, 
jun., voted that Mr. Philip Robbins, jun., shall have his 
taxes for the year 1790, and not be assessed for the year 
1791,^ as a bounty for having two children at a bkth." 

TABLE. 



NUMBER. 


1793. 


1794. 


1795. 


1796. 


1797. 


1798. 


1799. 


1800. 


1840. 


1843. 


Polls. . . . 




50 
13 
14 
3 
1 
12 
54 

79 


48i 

16 

17 

3 

1 

14 

56 

110 

42 

37 

73 


58 
20 
19 
4 

i 

19 
66 
119 
51 
52 
76 


79 
26 
22 
4 
1 
22 
71 
140 
43 
47 
84 


96 
32 
28 
4 
1 
25 
84 

147 
38 
83 

107 


1001 
36 
34 
1 
1 
33 
85 

165 
76 
66 

114 


131i 
42 
36 
3 

1 
37 

104 

208 

72 

57 

123 


129 

62 

42 
3 
1 

53 
1001 
236 1 

62 f 

47 J 
109 


346 

250 

262 

8 

5* 
255 

1459 

363 


348 
241 

228 
8 

4t 
228 

1443 

195 






Saw-mills . . 

Grist-mills. . 
Horses and colts 








Two-year-olds 
Yearlings . . 







ADAMS S PEXITIOK. 



" To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives 
in General Court assembled. 
" The petition of Joel Adams, of Union, in the county of 
Lincoln, humbly shows, — That he was appointed collector 



* The earliest tax-bill preserved is for the year 1791. 
1792 is probably destroyed. 

* With twelve pairs of stones, 
t With ten pairs of stones. 



The one for 



ADAMS' S PETITION. 263 

of State-tax, No. 5, in said town of Union, "which was com- 
mitted to him in the year 1786. That, at that time, the 
inhabitants of the town were few in number, and very poor. 
Remote from navigation, they are destitute of the common 
means of procuring money on the eastern shore. That sun- 
dry persons were assessed in said tax who paid the same in 
the towns they respectively came from ; and that sundry 
others left the town before the petitioner had opportunity of 
collecting their respective rates. That, owing to these and 
other unfortunate circumstances, he has been able to collect 
but a small part of said tax, though he has been at great 
pains and expense in attempting it ; and that he has sus- 
tained considerable loss on what he has collected, as he was 
obliged to take it of the inhabitants in articles other than 
money ; and that, as to a great part of the residue, he 
utterly despairs of ever being able to collect it of the persons 
assessed. 

" Further shows that the sheriff of the county now holds 
an execution against your petitioner for the sum he is defi- 
cient on said tax, being about forty-five pounds, which, if 
extended, will reduce him and his family to great inconve- 
nience and want. 

" Yovir petitioner, therefore, prays yovir Honors to take his 
case into your wise and good consideration, and order such 
relief as your Honors in your wisdom shall think fit. 

" And your petitioner, as in duty bound, shall ever pray. 

"Joel Adams. 

"Union, June 3, 1794." 

The preceding application led to a — 

" Resolve on the petition of Joel Adams, collector for the 
town of Union. 

" On the petition of Joel Adams, a collector of the tax 
No. 5, in the town of Union, for the year 1786, praying for 
relief respecting said tax, which amounted to the sum of 
sixty-five pounds, one-third part of which he has paid into 
the treasury, and execution is now in the hands of the 
sheriff of the county of Lincoln for the remainder : — 

" Resolved, for reasons set forth in said petition, that the 
prayer thereof be so far granted that the sum of twenty 
pounds, part of the balance now due from the said Joel 
Adams to this Commonwealth, be laid out in repairing the 



264 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

public roads and bridges in said town of Union ; and, upon a 
certificate of the selectmen of the said town of Union being 
returned into the treasury office of this Commonwealth, 
within nine months from the passing of this resolve, that the 
said sum has been so expended, the treasurer thereof is 
hereby ordered and directed to pass to the credit of the said 
town of Union the balance due from the said Joel Adams, 
as collector for the said town of Union ; and the sheriff of 
the said county of Lincoln is hereby ordered and directed 
not to levy the said execution on the said Joel Adams, for 
the balance aforesaid, until the expiration of twelve months 
from the date hereof." 

State of the Finances.^ — April 6, 1795, Jason 
Ware, Joseph Maxcy, and Amariah Mero, were chosen 
a committee to examine into the state of the town- 
finances. They reported, May 6, 1795, that " there was 
due from the several collectors to the town, <£146. 
12s. 6d. ; and that there was due from the town to 
several of the inhabitants, <£29. 6s." It was imme- 
diately " voted not to grant any money for town- 
charges, as there appears to be enough due the town." 
It was also " voted not to grant any money for the 
meeting-house." 

Dollars and Cents. — At this time, it is observa- 
ble that the taxes are reckoned by dollars instead of 
pounds. This was in conformity with an Act of the 
Legislature of Massachusetts, passed Feb. 25, 1795, 
ordering that, after the first day of the following Sep- 
tember, " the money of account of this commonwealth 
shall be the dollar, cent, and mille ; and all accounts in 
the public offices, &c., shall be kept and had in con- 
formity to this regulation." 

* April 4, 1791, it was voted that " the assessors may put all town- 
taxes in one tax-bill, except the highway-tax." 

In 1812, a statement in behalf of the town was made to the Legis- 
lature by William White and Nathan Blake, that thirty polls had 
been added to the number which had been returned for the State 
valuation. 

Nov. 28, 1814, Nathaniel Robbins, Simeon Butters, and Joseph 
Morse, were chosen to consult the principal assessor of the Direct Tax 
for the Third Collection District, for the purpose of having the 
tax better proportioned among the different towns in the district. 



VALUATION. — PAYMENT OF TAXES. 265 

Taking the Valuation. — April 3, 1815, an unsuc- 
cessful effort was made to " order the assessors to take 
the valuation under oath ; " but, in April, 1835, it was 
voted that it should be done. A list of suspected per- 
sons -was made out ; but it was too much trouble to 
test all the inhabitants. April 6, 1846, upon an article 
" to see if the town will instruct the assessors to go all 
together, and take the valuation," it was " voted that 
they do not go together to take the valuation." 

Payment of Taj^es. — In 1834, " Voted that the 
treasurer be collector of taxes, and that all those who 
pay in their taxes to said collector within thirty days 
from the time he receives the bills from the assessors, 
shall have ten per cent discount on said taxes ; and all 
those who pay their taxes in sixty days, as aforesaid, 
shall have five per cent discount ; and all those who 
pay their taxes in one hundred and twenty-five days, 
as aforesaid, shall have two and a half per cent dis- 
count on said taxes." In 1839, probably to promote 
the promptness of payment by the collector, as well 
as the tax-payers, it was ordered that the taxes should 
" be collected within the year from the time the " col- 
lector received the tax -bills. 

April, 1841, voted " that the money be paid into the 
treasurer the ensuing year ; and that he give notice to 
the town immediately on receiving the bill, by posting 
notices at the places for notifying town-meetings. And 
all moneys paid in within sixty days from the date of 
said notice shall receive six per cent discount ; one hun- 
dred and twenty days, four per cent ; one hundred and 
eighty days, two per cent ; and, after that time, the 
treasurer proceed to collect the remainder according to 
law, and within one year from receiving the bills, if pos- 
sible." 



23* 



266 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

(Concluded.) 

Reed's Case. — Surplus Revenue. — Paupers. — Warning out of Town. 
— Maintenance of the Poor. 

REED'S CASE. 

In the early settlement of the town, there was consid- 
erable difficulty respecting the taxes on wild land and 
the property of non-residents. A warrant issued for a 
meeting, Jan. 4, 1790, contains three articles on this 
subject : — 

1. " To know in what manner the collectors shall proceed 
with regard to the taxes now in their hands unsettled, 
against Josiah Reed,^ non-resident proprietor of wild land 
in this town. 2. To see if the town will indemnify the col- 
lectors, if they proceed to distrain the goods or chattels, 
lands or tenements of the said Josiah Reed, according to 
their different tax-hills. 3. To see if the town think it 
necessary for some person to advise with some gentleman, 
respecting the taxes, to know whether they will stand in 
law as they are now made, before the collector shall proceed 
to distrain for them." " Voted to accept of all the taxes as 
they are now assessed by the assessors chosen in Union, since 
the town was incorporated." " Voted that the assessors pe- 
tition the General Court to establish the taxes as they are 
now assessed." 

June 25, 1790, "Voted that Mr. Josiah Reed shall have 
liberty, if he will find all the plank necessary for the bridge 
across the main river, and twenty days' work on said bridge, 
then he shall have liberty to work the remaining part of his 
highway-taxes elsewhere, as he shall think proper, on roads 

* Josiah Reed was Dr. Taylor's son-in-law ; and his daughter mar- 
ried Henry, son of Major-General Henry Knox. In 1798 and 1799, 
he was representative from Thomaston to the Massachusetts Legisla- 
ture. 



reed's case. 267 

to the northward of said bridge, that are now laid out, or 
may be in the course of this season, provided he shall work 
•them this season." 

Oct. 4, 1790, an article was introduced into town- 
meeting, " to see if the town w^ill choose three men to 
examine the taxes, as was proposed by Mr. Reed and 
others." Samuel Hills, Philip Robbins, and Josiah 
Robbins, were appointed a committee for that purpose. 
They were " empowered to agree with Mr. Reed with- 
out choosing a committee of indifferent men, if they 
could upon any terms they should think reasonable. 
If they could not agi-ee, then they were to proceed and 
choose a committee with him to settle said taxes." 
Nov. 8, 1790, " after hearing the report of the commit- 
tee, the town voted they would have a new. commit- 
tee (by the old ones dismissing themselves), namely, 
Samuel Hills, Joseph Guild, and Samuel Daggett." 
The meeting was adjourned to the next Friday, when 
the report signed by Guild and Hills was read as fol- 
lows : — 

" They found the real value of the wild land, as was 
taxed in 1788, £6,627. 14s.; that the third part of the 
value [was] £2,209. 5s. ; that the sum total for taxation in 
1788 was £3,158. 16s. The value of Mr. Reed's land for 
taxation stood at two per cent, or one third the value was 
$998. 18s. 

" Mowing and tillage we have doubled from what it was 
in the valuation of 1788. The town, we find, granted for 
highways, in 1788, £110; after deducting out the polls, 
there remains to be laid on property £96. 4s. We find that 
Mr. Reed was taxed according to the valuation £31. 4s. 4d.; 
and, by doubling the mowing and tillage, he has to pay of 
the above tax £30. 2s. 5^6.. We have gone by the valua- 
tion of 1788, and done as nearly as we can as was re- 
commended by Thomaston committee, and find, when the 
abatement is made in all his taxes, he is only abated £5. 5s. 
|d. We would be understood it is only on wild land " 

[The town voted they were satisfied with the report.] " A 
debate arose between Mr. Reed and the town. Mr Reed 
supposed the town did not rightly understand the mind of 



268 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

Thomaston committee, and made the following motion, viz. 
That the town would choose one or more men, to go down 
to Thomaston with him to the committee to get their opin- 
ion in writing." "Voted that Mr. Moses Hawes go down 
with Mr. Reed to Thomaston to the committee ; and the 
committee are desired to say how much of his taxes are 
abated. For Avhich we pledge our honors to abide their 
judgment. Mr. Reed pledges his honor also. The com- 
mittee are desired to give their opinion in, in writing." 

Dec. 25, " The report of Thomaston committee was read. 
Voted to adjourn to Jan. 10. 

" Jan. 10, 1791. The inhabitants met on the adjournment, 
and gave the report of Thomaston committee the second 
reading, and voted they would accept of the report, if they 
would rectify two mistakes, viz. To cross out of their ver- 
dict one tax which the town never had, or rather they have 
put one in twice, and put in No. 8 State-tax and a tax of 
nine pound granted by the town. Then, if they will rectify 
these mistakes, they will be in full accepted." " Voted, 
that, if Mr. Josiah Reed does pay to the several collectors 
the sums that [have been adjudged by] the committee mu- 
tvially chosen by the town and said Reed, then the collec- 
tors shall give him a receipt in full of the tax he shall pay." 

May 23, 1791, the town passed a vote, giving " orders to 
the collectors, that, if Mr. Reed pays them what the commit- 
tee ordered within one month after they have demanded or 
shown him his taxes, they shall give him a receipt in full for 
the whole, as they were before they were abated ; otherwise, 
upon his neglecting or refusing, to distrain for the whole, as 
they were on the rate-strikes before the committee abated 
them."i 

Mr. Reed still declined paying his taxes. His land 
was put up at al^ction, and bid off by Samuel Hills 
for Mr. Ichabod Irish, who sold it to Dr. Webb. 
Finally, the land being sold irregularly, the town had 

* At the same meeting it was " voted that thirty pounds be raised, 
as soon as may be, to pay back-taxes." This sum may have been to 
meet the deficiency caused by the reduction of Reed's taxes. There 
is no record to show whether it was ever collected or not. 

Nov. 3, 1794, there was an article before the town to see if it would 
abate one-half of Josiah Reed's meeting-house tax in !Mr. Edward 
Jones's bills." " Voted not to abate Mr. Josiah Reed's tax." 



SURPLUS REVENUE. 269 

to settle with Mr. Irish, and lost the case, though there 
was no lawsuit. 

SURPLUS REVENUE. 

A surplus of public money having accumulated in 
the treasury of the United States, Congress voted, 
June 23, 1836, that it should be apportioned among 
the several States of the Union, on deposit, until repay- 
ment thereof should be required by the secretary of 
the treasury. The Legislature of Maine, Jan. 26, 1837, 
passed an Act, providing for the acceptance of that 
portion of it to which the State was entitled. March 
9, 1837, the CTOvernor approved a bill, authorizing it 
to be deposited with the several towns, in proportion 
to their population, on condition that, whenever it 
should be called for by Congress, it should be re- 
funded within sixty days after notice. Selectmen 
were authorized to cause a new census to be taken, 
distinguishing all persons under the age of four years ; 
those of four and under twenty-one ; and those of 
twenty-one and upwards, belonging to each town on 
the first day of March, 1837. 

Accordingly, April 3, 1837, the inhabitants of Union 
voted to receive their proportion of the money, and 
chose John Lermond agent to procure it of the State 
treasurer, and " to loan it to the best advantage, 
upon such security as the selectmen might approve, 
he giving bonds to the town for the faithful dis- 
charge of his duty." No person was to have more 
than five hundred dollars, provided there were " other 
good applications sufficient to take the sum. In- 
terest annually. The above subject to be called for 
in sixty days." A verbal report made by the agent, 
July 1, 1837, was accepted ; and he was " directed to 
give notice to the subscribers of the several notes 
holden by him, sixty days previous to the next April 
meeting, that they may be paid then, unless sooner 
called for by the General Government." He was also 
instructed to get w^hat w^as still due from the Govern- 
ment, and to keep it till the town should dispose of it 



270 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

at the September meeting. In September the agent 
made his report, and the vote was that " the money- 
remain in the bank, where he has deposited it ; and, 
should the fourth instalment be received, it be put in 
the bank also." But the fourth instalment never came. 
The sum received was $3,500, from which $21.74 
were deducted for expenses. 

April 2, 1838, John Lermond, Peter Adams, and 
Phillips C. Harding, were chosen to divide the money, 
between the first and the tenth of May ; paying two 
dollars apiece to all persons whose residence was in 
town on the first day of March, 1837, whether ne- 
glected through mistake, or absent at the time the 
census was taken ; " the remainder (if any) to be ap- 
propriated for schooling." Three persons, who had 
borrowed probably with the expectation that the money 
would not be called for, made an unsuccessful request 
to have an extension for a year, more or less. And 
the special agent was directed to " obtain, upon the 
faith of the town, so much of the surplus money as 
should be deficient on notes given for said money on 
the seventeenth day of April instant." Neither the 
town nor individuals were benefited. 

PAUPERS. 

Warning out of Town. — Union has never been 
burdened with paupers. There was a custom of warn- 
ing " new comers " out of town, in order to prevent 
them from gaining a residence, and consequently a 
claim for support. In a town in Massachusetts, a se- 
lectman, in his official capacity as selectman, is said to 
have signed an order to the constable, warning himself 
out of town. The inhabitants of Union, wilfing to be 
on the safe side, availed themselves of the privilege. 
Accordingly, in a warrant calling a town-meeting. May 
20, 1787, there is an article " to see what the town 
will do about warning out all persons that appear 
likely to be a town-charge hereafter. Voted the se- 
lectmen should v^arn out all they think necessary." 
Hence we find the following records : — 



PAUPERS. 271 

" To the constable of the town of Union, in the county of 
Lincoln. — You are hereby forthwith to warn Silvester Prince, 
and Rhoda Prince his wife, and Naaman, and Sarah, Olive, 
and Susa, and Silvester, their children, late of Waldobo- 
rough, in the county of Lincoln, as they say, immediately 
to depart out of the bounds of this town, as they are here 
now residing, and like to be a town-charge. Hereof fail not, 
and make due return of this warrant, with your doings 
thereon, to one or more of the selectmen, or to the town- 
clerk, as soon as may be. 

" Given under our hands, at Union, this seventeenth day 
of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand [seven] 
hundred and eighty-seven. 

" Philip Robbins, ) Selectmen 
"Jason Wake. ) of Union. 
"Union, Dec. 21, 1787." 

" By virtue of this warrant to me directed, I have noti- 
fied and warned the within-named Silvester Prince, and 
Rhoda Prince his wife, Naaman, Sarah, Olive, Susa, and 
Silvester, their children, of the contents thereof, by reading 
the same to them, and warned them immediately to depart 
out of the bounds of said Union, as I am directed. 

"Abijah Hawes, Constable." 

At the same date, Molly Robbins, late of Fox Island, 
was warned out, and so were Phinehas Butler, and 
Elizabeth Butler his wife, late of Thomaston. The 
only other notice of the kind on record occurred in 
1789, and stands thus : — 

"I have warned Philip Robbins, jun., an inhabitant of 
Senabec, and also Jonathan Newhall, of Warren, to depart 
the bounds of this town, by order of the selectmen. 

"Moses Hawses, Town-clerk." 

Maintenance of the Poor. — March 7, 1803, David 
Robbins, Samuel Hills, and Joel Adams, were chosen 
overseers of the poor. None have been chosen at any 
other time ; unless we except the selectmen, who were 
particularly appointed to the office in 1819, 1822, and 
1826. When any aid has been wanted, the selectmen 
or the town have been appealed to. Very few towns 



272 FINANCIAL HISTORY. 

have been taxed so little as this, for the support of the 
poor. The earliest mention of payments is in March, 
1804, of $25.23, for Susannah Olney, — a squaw, — 
and of $13.50, in March, 1805, " for her black child." 
In 1806, some assistance was rendered to one man and 
his family. There seems not to have been any further 
aid afforded to any one till 1818, when the family of a 
man, in consequence of his inability to work at his 
trade of shoemaking, became a charge. From that 
time to the present, there have always been a few to 
be aided. Those requiring considerable assistance 
have generally been put up at auction, and taken by 
the lowest bidder. Notwithstanding this practice, 
which is commonly regarded as very inhuman, there 
is generally a disposition to make the situation of 
the unfortunate as comfortable as ch-cumstances wiU 
admit. The overseers or selectmen have frequently 
been instructed by the town to provide for them ; and 
thus, without being put up at auction, they have often 
found comfortable homes, or been taken care of by per- 
sons who felt a friendly interest in them, but upon 
whom it was too much of a tax to give them a sup- 
port for years. If the number should increase, it 
would occur to the inhabitants that the most econo- 
mical as well as humane disposition which could 
be made of them would be to provide an alms- 
house, where they could feel that they had a permanent 
home. For several years, this course has been adopted 
with great success in many of the towns in Massachu- 
setts, and been found less expensive than the other, 
even when the inmates were few and the majority of 
them infirm. 



EARLY DIFFICULTIES IN TRAVELLING. 273 



CHAPTER XXX. 



HIGHWAYS. 

Early Difficulties in Travelling. — Moss. — Paths. — Spotted Trees. — 
Exposure of Matthias Hawes. — First Roads. — First Highway Dis- 
tricts. — Character of the Roads. — Corduroy Roads. — Boating 
and Visiting. — Ox Sleds. — First Teaming to Neighboring Towns. 

EARLY DIFFICULTIES IN TRAVELLING. 

It is not easy to imagine the difficulty of the travelling, 
when there was no way of coming to this place but 
through the woods or up St. George's River. PhUip 
Robbing came in 1776 ; and then there was not a foot- 
path between this and either of the neighboring towns. 
In the woods, particularly if the weather was cloudy, 
the inhabitants were often saved from being lost, and 
sometimes even from perishing, by the information ob- 
tained of the Indians, that moss grows on the north 
side of trees situated on low ground. Meadow-roads 
and hunters' paths for hand-sleds were bushed out for 
winter, when the settlers could not be better accommo- 
dated on the ice. Footpaths were early marked out, 
by spotting trees and removing the underbrush. The 
chips were taken from t^vo sides of the trees, so that 
the white spots were visible to travellers going in 
either direction. The incision was only through the 
bark; for a wound in the w^ood soon healed. But 
such paths were of little or no use, except in the day- 
time, when the spots could be seen. 

It was probably in the fall of 1782 that Matthias 
Hawes went down the river, to borrow a yoke of oxen 
to harrow in rye. The only guide was the spotted 
trees. On his way home, a violent storm arose ; and 
dense darkness came on so suddenly, that he chained 
the oxen to a tree not far below the place afterward 
settled by Samuel HiUs, and spent the long, tedious 

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274 HIGHWAYS. 

night in walking and exercising, to keep himself 
warm. 

In the memorial to the Legislatm-e in December, 
1780, it is stated that there was no way of getting to 
Stirlington but through the woods and up the St. 
George's, part of the way by land and part by water ; 
and that even this was obstructed nearly six weeks 
every spring and fall by the ice. No roads had been 
laid out in 1786, when the petition was made for an 
Act of Incorporation. 

FIRST ROADS. 

March 5, 1787, the town voted that the selectmen 
should lay out two roads, and that aU the roads should 
be three rods wide. Accordingly, in relation to the 
first road laid out in the town, the report of the select- 
men states : — 

" They have spotted and looked it out as followetli : — 
May 7, we looked and spotted : Beginning at Warren line, 
at a hemlock, which we spotted ; then running northwardly 
through the land of Ezra Bowen by stakes and spotted 
trees ; thence across the land of Abijah Hawes is north- 
wardly by stakes and spotted trees, till it comes to the 
corner of David Robbins's field ; thence through said Rob- 
bins's field by stakes, till it comes to Richard Cummings's 
barn and house ; thence running northwardly, as it is staked 
out ; thence through Moses Hawes's, as the road now runs, 
to the west end of said Robbins's house ; thence running by 
stakes north-east, in said Robbins's pasture, till it comes to 
the bridge at the head of Seven-tree Pond over St. George's 
River ; thence north-east by spotted trees, to Josiah Rob- 
bins's field of rye ; thence through said field by stakes, till 
it strikes the road leading to Senebec." 

The road, as it now runs, does not agree with the se- 
lectmen's report. Josiah Robbins had cleared the land 
from the pond to the present road by the Old Burying 
Ground. Not willing to appropriate for the public 
good a field on which he had expended so much labor, 
he fenced it. The neighbors, with an accommodating 



FIKST KOADS. 275 

spirit, passed along in the woods near to the fence on 
the west side of his rye, and a path finally became the 
road, leading over the hill instead of winding round it, 
as was intended by the selectmen. 

The preceding report was followed by the one 
pertaining to the second road, which will be readily 
recognized as on the south and west sides of Round 
Pond. 

"May 10. Then Mr. Philip Robbins, Mr. Ezra Bowen, 
and Mr. Jason Ware, met and laid out a road, beginning 
between Mr. Moses Hawes and Mr. Richard Cummings, on 
said Hawes's land, west-north-west, to Mr. Jessa Rob- 
bins ; through his lot and a lot known by Dunbar's land, 
and through by Mr. Adams ; through his land, and through 
the land of Mr. Ware, to Mr. Matthias Hawes ; and 
through his land, and the land of Mr. Woodward, until it 
comes to the land of Mason Wheaton, Esq. (cleared ground), 
nearly as it is now cleared ; then running straight to the 
east end of his house ; thence to the north-east corner of his 
chopped land ; thence nearly a north-east course, by spotted 
trees, till it comes to John Taylor, Esquire's, north line, by 
Senebec." 

May 30, the day on which the two roads were con- 
firmed, it was voted that another should be laid out 
east of Seven-tree Pond, and another through Ebene- 
zer Robbins's land to Waldoborough. At the same 
town-meeting, the first movement was made in relation 
to highway-districts. The town gave " the selectmen 
orders to divide the highways for the surveyors, and 
proportion the inhabitants to do the work in each of 
their divisions." 

"July 9, 1787, Mr. Philip Robbins, Mr. Ezra Bowen, 
and Mr. Jason Ware, met and laid out" [the third road, 
which was from Mr. Matthias Hawes's to Dr. William Jen- 
nison's] " as follows, viz. : Beginning a little south-east of 
Mr. Matthias Hawes's hovel, running northwardly across 
his pasture to a spotted oak, then by spotted trees till we 
come to the old road that Dr. William Jennison cleared, and 
then on the road, Avith small variations, just enough to 



276 HIGHWAYS. 

straigliten the road, by spotted trees, to the clear land of Dr. 
William Jennison." 

"Nov. 19, 1787, voted that the road to Barretts Town 
shall stand as the selectmen laid [it] out, the twenty-second 
of September ; Mr. Philip Robbins and Mr. Jason Ware, 
selectmen ; and Mr. Jessa Robbins, pilot. Beginning at 
the brook north-east of Mr. Josiah Robbins, then running 
east-north-east until we come nearly to the end of the 
second tier of lots, then running north-east half a mile, 
then running north-east and by east, then north-east with 
small variations to Barretts Town." 

" Oct. 6, 1787, Mr. Ezra Bowen and Mr. Jason Ware, two 
of the selectmen of Union, met, looked and laid out the road 
through to Waldoborough, as follows, viz. : Beginning at 
Round Pond Road on Mr. Joel Adams's land, at a white 
birch-tree spotted ; then running south-west until it comes 
to the land of Mr. Dunbar, then running west by spotted 
trees till [it] comes to the old road from said Adams to said 
E. Robbins, then running nearly south-west by spotted 
trees and stake through the improvements of said Robbins, 
and on nearly the same course to Waldoborough." 

The last three roads and the following, which was 
on the east and north sides of Seven-tree Pond, were 
confu-med or accepted Nov. 19, 1787, when it was — 

" Voted that the road laid out from Warren, at the east 
end of Mr. Samuel Hills's land, through the farm improved 
by Mr. Royal Grinnell to the head of Seven-tree Pond, 
shall stand, and is confirmed as was laid by the selectmen, 
Nov. 5, A.D. 1787. The road begins as follows, viz. : At a 
white birch-tree spotted, by Warren line, then running 
nearly north, by spotted trees, until we come to Mr. Amo- 
ry's grist-mill, then over the flume of said mill, then just 
east of the house and barn, then on or near a north course 
across to the woods, then nearly a north course to Oliver 
Lailand's [Leland's], then turning north-west to west till 
we come to the brook running into Seven-tree Pond, then 
on nearly the same course until we come to the road laid 
out by Mr. Josiah Robbins in the old Senebec Road." 

These roads opened communication not only be- 
tw^een all the inhabitants of Union, but with Barretts 



CONDITION OF THE ROADS. 277 

Town, as Hope was then called ; with Waldoborough ; 
and with Warren, both on the east and the west sides 
of Seven-tree Pond. They were aU laid out during 
the year after the incorporation of the town. 

CONDITION OF THE ROADS. 

For several years, the roads, though laid out, could 
have been of but little value. In 1789, and even later, 
there were in reality none but winter roads. When 
William Hart and wife moved here in October, 1793, 
the summer roads were almost impassable with ox- 
carts. On one side might be a stump in the track, on 
the other side a hole two or three feet deep, and possi- 
bly between them a large stone. There was but little 
travel. The only sleigh seen by Mrs. Hart during the 
winter after her arrival was owned by David Robbins. 

Corduroy Roads. — Small logs were laid across wet 
and muddy places ; and sometimes earth — if it could 
be conveniently procured, ^vhich at first was seldom the 
case — was thrown on to fill the interstices. These, 
from their resemblance to the thick-ribbed cotton-fabric, 
coi duroy, were often called corduroy roads. Sometimes 
the logs w^ere crooked, and would not fit compactly. 
Parts would rot, and then there ^vould be dangerous 
holes. Travelling over such roads was not altogether 
agreeable, particularly in wagons without springs, the 
only kind then used by the very few persons who had 
any. Sometimes these roads extended a mile or two. 
As the wagon-wheels rolled over each log, from eight to 
fifteen or twenty inches in diameter, they struck with 
force upon the next, and so onward through the whole 
distance ; affording more exercise than was coveted by 
men whose fortune it was to fell the trees of the forest 
before they could have room to raise bread for subsist- 
ence. 

Boating and Visiting. — Among the early settlers, 
the travel and transportation were mainly by water ; 
and, in the management of boats, several of the women 
became quite as dexterous as the men. If a person 

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278 HIGHWAYS. 

wished to cross Seven-tree Pond, Mrs. Mero could 
paddle him over with the skill of a ferryman. Perhaps 
Mrs. Matthias Hawes wanted to visit her neighbors ; 
and, in those days, all were neighbors, though two or 
three miles distant. Immediately after dinner, which 
was as early as noon, she took one or two of her 
youngest children, perhaps asked Mrs. Ware or Mrs. 
Adams to go with her, got into a boat, paddled it 
through Round Pond, passed the rocks and shoals 
near the Lower Bridge, and landed on the shore of 
Seven-tree Pond, near the place of her destination. 
After spending the afternoon in knitting or sewing, 
and beguiling some of the solitary hours, of which 
there were many in the new settlement, she partook 
of an early supper, and returned with her company in 
season to get supper for her husband and his hked 
men, if he had any, and to " do the milking and other 
chores before dark." In this way, social intercourse 
was, for a time, maintained ; and it was customary, 
till the population became considerably large, for every 
family to visit every other family in town, at least 
once a year. 

Ox Sleds. ■ — As the roads became better, inter- 
course was generally kept up in winter by means of 
sleds, drawn by oxen. For some time, Amariah Mero's 
horse was the only one in town. Matthias Hawes 
had a steer, which he trained from a calf to move 
quickly. With a yoke and a light sled made for the 
purpose, the steer travelled at a pretty brisk trot, a little 
to the envy of some of the neighbors, whose heavy 
sleds were drawn by sluggish oxen. Sleds were used 
in summer as well as in winter. It was long before 
carts were substituted. When they became common, 
the mode of carrying boards to Warren was to bind 
them on the axletree of the cart, and let the rear-end 
drag in the dirt. But few farmers could then purchase 
wagons, because they cost so much. 

Teaming to Neighboring Towns. — Mr. Olney 
Titus thinks that Amariah Mero, in 1793, drove the 
first team which went to Warren with wheels. David 



SURVEYORS AND COMMISSIONERS. 279 

Robbins was the fost person who went to Waldobo- 
rough with wheels. The household effects of the Rev. 
Mr. Humphrey were moved by him to Union in an 
ox-wagon. Nathaniel Robbins, Esq., was the first to 
drive an ox-cart into Washington. The team went 
to the Medomac River, and Robbins camped there over 
night, under a large yellow birch. The second day, 
by working hard and cutting and laying alders for the 
oxen to walk on, he got through the bog-swamp to 
what was called the Lakin Farm. 

For a long time, the travel between Union and 
Warren came up on the east side of the river, but 
went down on the west side and crossed at Libbey's 
Bridge. 



CHAPTER XXXI. 

HIGHWAYS. 

{Concluded.) 

Surveyors and Commissioners. — Taxes. — Compensation. — Time for 
doing the Work. — Breaking Roads in Winter. — Comparative 
Value of Money and Labor. 

SURVEYORS AND COMMISSIONERS. 

The work on roads is generally done under the super- 
intendence of surveyors, chosen annually in the spring. 
Each surveyor notifies the inhabitants in his district 
of the time to begin work, designates the places where 
the roads are to be repaired, the kind and amount of 
work to be laid out at the different places, keeps the 
accounts with the workmen, and withholds pay in 
cases of negligence and idleness. The management 
of these officers, however, has not always been satis- 
factory. Sometimes they have been accused of ex- 
pending too much of the labor in the vicinity of their 
own houses and farms, and of permitting the remote 
parts of the districts to suffer. With a view to ob^- 



280 HIGHWAYS. 

ate the evil, the town voted, April 1, 1833, "that the 
selectmen appoint surveyors of the highways the pre- 
sent year ; " but the vote was reconsidered at an 
adjourned meeting, April 15, and surveyors were chosen 
as before. The excitement on the subject increased ; 
and at the town-meeting, April 6, 1835, it led to seri- 
ous and animated discussion. The meeting was ad- 
journed to April 8, and again to April 15. It was 
agreed to choose commissioners, and to raise $2,500, 
and put the whole money at their disposal. The com- 
missioners chosen were John Payson, Elisha Harding, 
Nathan Hills, and Nathan Bachelder. In 1836, they 
were John Payson, Nathan Bachelder, Cyrus Rob- 
bins, Herman Hawes, and John Gowen. In 1837, 
they were John Lermond, Herman Hawes, Aaron 
Bryant, Nathaniel Bachelor, and Noah Rice. The 
subject was again brought up the next year ; but 
the town chose surveyors in 1838 and 1839. After 
the vote for choosing surveyors had passed in 1840, it 
was reconsidered, and the inhabitants chose five com- 
missioners, viz. John Payson, Marlboro' Packard, Sa- 
muel Stone, Nathan Bachelder, and Stephen Carriel. 
Their pay was " 12| cents per hour for their labor and 
services." In 1841, the commissioners were E. Ler- 
mond, Marlboro' Packard, jun., Elias Skidmore, Mace 
Shepard, and Willard Robbins. Commissioners Were 
not again chosen till 1844, when the town elected 
Samuel Stone, Leonard Barnard, Jason Davis, Nelson 
Cutler, and Joseph M. Gleason. In 1846, they were 
Joseph M. Gleason, John Lindley, Jason Davis, Lewis 
Bachelder, and Jeruel Butler. In 1845, it was " voted 
that the selectmen be highway-surveyors for the ensu- 
ing year, and that they appoint one man in each 
highway-district to keep a correct account of the labor 
done in said district." 

HIGHWAY TAXES. 

The following statement is the best which it has 
been practicable to make, after a careful examination 
of records, sometimes obscure and confused: — 



HIGHWAY TAXES. 



281 



1787, £80 


1803, 


$1000 


1819, 


$1500 


1835, 


$2500 


1788, £110 


1804, 


$1075$ 


1820, 


$1500 


1836, 


$2000 


1789, £100 


1805, 


$1500 


1821, 


$1200 


1837, 


$2500 


1790, £80 


1806, 


$1500 


1822, 


$1500 


1838, 


$200011 


1791, £60 


1807, 


$1500 


1823, 


$1800 


1839, 


$2500 


1792, £80 


1808, 


$2000 


1824, 


$2000 


1840, 


$250011 


1793, £80 


1809, 


$1500 


1825, 


$1800 


1841, 


$2000 


1794, — * 


1810, 


$1500 


1826, 


$2000 


1842, 


$2000 


1795, £50 


1811, 


$1000 


1827, 


$1700 


1843, 


$2500 


1796, $300 


1812, 


$1000 


1828, 


$2000 


1844, 


$3000 


1797, $400 


1813, 


$1200 


1829, 


$2800 


1845, 


$2500 


1798, $400t 


1814, 


$1500 


1830, 


$2150 § 


1846, 


$3000 


1799, $600 


1815, 


$1500 


1831, 


$2400 


1847, 


$2000 


1800, $700 


1816, 


$1500 


1832, 


$2100 


1848, 


$2500 


1801, $800 


1817, 


$1500 


1833, 


$2550 


1849, 


$2500 


1802, $800 


1818, 


$1600 


1834, 


$20()0|| 


1850, 


$2500 



* "April 7, £80 to be worked out on theVays for 1795. . . . 
Sept. 1, 1794, £20 additional, so as to use £20 cash granted by the 
General Court to finish the meeting-house. . . . April 6, 1795, voted 
to reconsider the vote passed last April respecting highway-taxes." 
See also pages 148 and 263. How much was raised this year.'' 

t Also "voted to consider Capt. John Tobey, 'in the loss of an ox 
at work on the highway,' six dollars and fifty cents, which is to be 
allowed him out of the first taxes to be made against him." In the 
same year. May 30, upon an article to see what the town will do 
respecting an action commenced by David Fales, Esq., against Moses 
Hawes and Amariah Mero, for surveying the county-roads from War- 
ren to Senebec, it was voted "that Amariah Mero go and get advice 
respecting the suit ; " and " that he be directed to act according to 
his best judgment in the business, as he thinks shall be most for the 
interest of the town." Sept. 10, " voted to choose a man to go to Wal- 
doborough, to see Silas Lee, Esq., attorney-at-law, on the business of 
the suit. . . . Chose Mr. Amariah Mero, with instructions to do the 
- best he can in behalf of the town." 

X Also one hundred and twenty-five dollars to repair highways, 
and build a bridge over Capt. Maxcy's mill-stream.' Part of the ap- 
propriations for highway-taxes in other years went to build bridges. 
For other remarks on approi^riations, see next chapter. 

§ The selectmen's report in April, 1830, has the item " Fines for 
repairing roads, one hundred and fourteen dollars eighty cents." 

II A.lso voted to raise three hundred dollars in money, to be laid 
out under the direction of the selectmen. Also July 5, voted to raise 
one thousand dollars in money, " to be expended in building and re- 
pairing highways the present season, and to pay damages on new 
roads and pay costs of county-commissioners, &c." Also voted, July 5, 
to raise two hundred dollars, in addition to the one thousand " to be 
expended in the same way under the selectmen." Also July 13, 1835, 
voted to raise seven hundred dollars, "to be expended in labor on the 
roads." 

II " In labor and materials." 



282 HIGHWAYS. 

Respecting the preceding sums, it may be observed, 
that, in some years, a part of the highway-taxes was 
expended under the direction of the selectmen ; the ob- 
ject being to provide for injuries from freshets and 
other causes. It was thus with two hundred dollars 
of the highway-tax of 1821, with three hundred dol- 
lars of that of 1822, with two hundred dollars of that 
of 1824, and with three hundred dollars of that of 
1825. 

Sometimes part of the highway-tax was in money, 
and laid out according to the directions of the select- 
men. This was the case with two hundred dollars of 
the tax of 1829, one hundred and fifty dollars in 1830, 
with two hundred or four hundred dollars in 1831, five 
hundred dollars in 1832, five hundred and fifty dollars 
in 1833, &c. 

Sometimes a specified sum has been voted for a par- 
ticular purpose. To the four hundred dollars in 1797, 
a hundred dollars was added " for the benefit of new 
roads, to be apportioned by the assessors." In April, 
1817, in addition to the one thousand five hundred 
dollars, fifty dollars was raised, " to be expended on 
the highway near Thomas Hemenway's ; " and, in 1818, 
in addition to the one thousand six hundred dollars, 
sixty dollars were raised " to be laid out on the road 
from Quiggle's Mill to Camden Line." In 1848, one 
thousand dollars was raised to meet a road from Wal- 
doborough, and some other expenses, besides the two 
thousand five hundred dollars raised in the spring of 
the same year. 

COMPENSATION. 

This has been reckoned by the day or by the 
hour. In April, 1798, it was voted " that eight hours 
should be considered a day." The town-records are 
not always explicit; but, with the exceptions else- 
where mentioned, the compensation was probably as 
follows : — 

Man's Work. — From 1787 to 1789 inclusive, and 
in 1796, five shillings ; and from 1790 to 1793, and pro- 



COMPENSATION. 283 

bably in 1794 and 1795, four shillings a day. In 1815, 
one shilling, or 16 1 cents an hour. In all the other 
years, one dollar for a day of eight hows, or in that 
proportion. " Men, when carried out of then- districts, 
to be paid for going and returning," according to a vote 
passed in 1825. 

Yoke of Oxen. — In 1787 and 1790, 2s. 6d. ; in 
1791, 1792, 1793, and probably in 1794 and 1795, 
2s. 8d ; in 1788 and 1799, three shillings ; and, in 1796, 
fifty-eight cents a day. From 1797 to 1814, and from 
18i6 to 1821, and in 1829, it was one-twelfth of a dol- 
lar an hour ; and from 1822 to 1828, and from 1830 to 
1836, it appears to have been ten cents an hour. In 
1815, also in 1837 and since, twelve and a half cents 
an hour. 

Ploughs. — In 1788, and subsequently, two shillings 
a day. In 1796 and 1797, two-thnds of a dollar; 
from 1798 to 1822, in 1829, from 1831 to 1836, and 
from 1838 to 1840, one dollar a day, or twelve and a 
half cents an hour, for large, and proportionally for 
smaU ploughs. From 1824 to 1830, and in 1837, 1841, 
and 1846, the compensation was left to the decision of 
the surveyors or road-commissioners. 

Nov. 15, 1837, it was voted that E|ias Skidmore and 
E. Lermond should be paid for ploughs purchased for 
the use of the town. April 20, 1844, the road-com- 
missioners were authorized to purchase ploughs, to be 
kept in their possession dm-ing the year.^ June 7, 1846, 
it was voted to accept of three ploughs, bought by the 
commissioners. 

Carts. — In 1787, one shilling a day ; in 1790, 
Is. 6d. ; in all other years, two shillings, or one-third of 
a dollar, except from 1824 to 1828, and in 1837, when 
the compensation depended on the decision of the sur- 
veyors or commissioners. 

Scrapers. — There is no early mention of scrapers, 
though they were used. In 1837, the road-commis- 
sioners were to allow^ " for ploughs, carts, scrapers, and 
other materials, what they see fit." In 1841 and in 
1846, the allowance was fifty cents a day. 



284 HIGHWAYS. 

TIME FOR DOING THE WORK. 

The usual time for working on the roads is in June, 
after the farmers " have done planting," and in Sep- 
tember, after they have harvested their grain. Occa- 
sionally, the town designates the time. May 30, 1787, 
the record, after assigning to the selectmen the busi- 
ness of dividing the highways for the surveyors, and 
proportioning the inhabitants, adds, " as the inhabi- 
tants think it highly necessary there should be work 
in the ways immediately." In 1796, it was " voted 
that the highway -work be done before the first of Octo- 
ber." May 27, 1801, to meet the case of delinquents, 
the surveyors were " empowered to collect the taxes 
the same as other collectors." April 4, 1803, and 
April 2, 1804, the assessors were " directed to issue 
warrants to the surveyors to collect the highway-taxes 
when they are not worked out." To hold out further 
inducements for seasonable labor, it was ordered in 

1815, that, before July 10, man's labor should be one 
shilling, and oxen's twelve and a half cents, per hour ; 
but, after that time, the pay for men should be twelve 
and a half cents, and for oxen as in previous years. In 

1816, it was twelve cents for a man before July 1 ; but, 
between that time and Oct. 1, ten cents. It was the 
same in 1819, excepting the substitution of Oct. 1 for 
July 1. In 1820 and 1821, it was ninepence before 
July 10, and sevenpence afterward. 

BREAKING ROADS IN WINTER. 

For many years, the roads, after drifting storms, 
were broken out by voluntary labor. The inhabitants 
of a highway-district turned out, with oxen, sleds, 
shovels, as soon as the storm ceased. Each man 
began at his own door, drove his team, shovelled 
through the deep drifts, and worked his way toward 
his neighbor. Ere long, neighbors \\^ould thus meet, 
and small gangs be at "work in different parts of the 
district. As the gangs met, they would unite and 
work onward together. 



BREAKING THE ROADS. 285 

The interest felt in this mode of breaking the roads 
gradually subsided. 

March 1, 1813, "Voted the highAvay-surveyors' warrants 
shall be drawn in such a manner as to authorize them to 
keep the roads passable in the winter, as well as the other 
seasons. . . . April 1, 1822, voted that the highway-survey- 
ors shall cause the snow to be trod down or removed from 
the roads in their several districts, so that the same shall be 
passable ; and they to present their accounts to the select- 
men for allowance, and the amount to go towards next 
year's tax. Men and oxen are to have eight cents per 
hour. . . . Nov. 1, 1824, voted that the surveyors of high- 
ways allow ten cents per hour for men and for oxen [to 
break roads the ensuing winter]. . . . May 11, 1833, voted 
that the overwork on the highway, and the expense of break- 
ing roads in the winter, be returned to the assessors by the 
surveyors before the highway-taxes are made the present 
year, and that they who have done this work have the same 
credited to their highway-taxes for the present year. . . . 
Sept. 9, voted that the highway-surveyors be authorized to 
employ men and oxen to keep the roads open in the several 
districts, on the best terms that they can for the town, and 
present their bills with sufficient vouchers to the selectmen 
before the next April meeting. . . . April, 1836, voted that 
all those who are deficient in Avorking their highway-tax on 
the last year's bills have credit for the last winter's work on 
said bills. ^ . . . Voted" to pay for the breaking the roads the 
last winter in money. . . . Nov. 29, 1838, voted that the select- 
men appoint in each highway-district, as they may see fit, a 
suitable person to keep the roads open the ensuing winter ; 
and such person shall keep a perfect list of the work, and re- 
turn it to the selectmen ; and that each sum shall be paid in 
cash, alloAving men ten cents, and oxen twelve and a half cents, 
per hour. . . . Nov. 2, 1840, voted that the roads be kept open 
as u.sual, and that men be allowed ten cents per hour, and 
oxen twelve and a half cents per hour, and be allowed on 

' According to the record, the compensation seems to have been 
twelve and a lialf cents an hour for oxen, and ten cents for men. 

- This vote probably had reference to the cases which were not de- 
linquent in the tax of 1835. When the two thousand five hundred 
dollars was raised, April 15, 1837, it was to be appropriated for the 
highways the present year, and breaking roads the past winter. 
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286 HIGHWAYS. 

their money-tax 1841. . . . April 17, 1843, voted that the 
highway-surveyors procure such men to break out the roads 
the ensuing winter as are willing to have it allowed on their 
next year's highway-tax, and be allowed the same per hour 
as in the summer season." [The same principle was again 
adopted April 1, 1844, and in 1845 and 1846, and at the 
same price, viz.] " twelve and a half cents an hour for men 
and for oxen." 

The sums annually expended in breaking roads have 
been very unequal, depending on the depth of the 
snows and the extent of the drifting. In one winter, 
the cost of keeping the roads open was perhaps one 
thousand dollars ; while in others it has been compa- 
ratively nothing. From the details given, it is evident 
that there have been many difficulties, and that almost 
every year a new method has been tried. 

COMPARATIVE VALUE OF MONEY AND LABOR. 

In regard to the comparative value of the money 
and the labor, it may be remarked that it is different in 
different seasons of the year. The sums raised, and 
the pay for labor, have always been greater than if the 
same had been in specie. In 1836, it was voted that 
" twenty -five per cent from the highway-tax should be 
allowed, if the tax was paid in money by the 20th of 
June." In 1836, in addition to the two thousand dol- 
lars, there was raised in money five hundred and fifty 
dollars, to defray the expense of breaking out the roads 
during the preceding winter ; and it was " voted that 
those who receive the money make twenty-five per 
cent discount on their accounts." In 1837, it was 
voted to allow on the two thousand five hundred dol- 
lars, " twenty-five cents on a dollar to those who pay 
the money on demand." Nov. 29 of the same year, it 
was " voted to pay in cash ten cents an hour for a man, 
and twelve cents an hour for oxen, for breaking out 
roads." In 1843, it was " voted to pay four shillings on 
a dollar on such bills as have been or shaU be handed 
in by the surveyors [for breaking roads the preceding 
winter]. The persons in whose favor the bills are. 



LOG-BKIDGES. — LOWER BRIDGE. 287 

shall make oath of the truth of the bill." In 1844, 
there was a substitute of " two-thirds in cash for all 
those who chose to pay money in lieu of highway- 
work." For specie, persons can always be found to 
work out a highway-tax for one-half or tvvo-thirds of 
the nominal amount. 



CHAPTER XXXII. 

BRIDGES. 

Log Bridges. — Lower, or True's Bridge. — Middle Bridge, at Bache- 
lor's Mills. — South Union Bridge. — Upper Bridge, at Hills' Mills. 
— Report on Bridges in 1805. — Appropriations, 

LOG BRIDGES. 

In Union, as in other new towns, it was common to 
build bridges, particularly short bridges, by laying 
small logs in close proximity across large logs, which 
were extended over the streams. This practice con- 
tinues in some degree to the present day. 

LOWER, OR TRUE'S BRIDGE. 

It may be remembered, that the petition for an Act 
of Incorporation, dated Sept. 12, 1786, contains the 
request that the State-tax which had been apportioned 
to Stirlington might be laid out " in defraying charges 
of a bridge, now a building, of one hundred and ten 
feet long, and in opening and making roads and build- 
ing another bridge of one hundred and seventy feet 
long ; w^hich bridge must be built before there w^ill be 
any passing by land or water to or from this place." 
Some progi'ess, it seems, had been made. April 2, 
1787, the question was brought forward " to see if the 
town means to purchase the bridge now building at 
the head of Seven-tree Pond, or allow what has been 



288 BRIDGES. 

done by individuals on said bridge towards their work 
on the ways the year ensuing ; " and the latter alterna- 
tive was adopted. 

This was the first bridge built by the town. It was 
probably rebuilt in 1801 ; for, April 6, it was " voted to 
build a bridge across the river near Rufus Gillmor's ; " 
and Nathaniel Bobbins, Amariah Mero, and Rufus 
Gillmor, were chosen the committee to superintend it. 
At the same time, it was " voted that fifty dollars be 
granted, to be paid in cash for said bridge, and that 
two hundred dollars be deducted from the highway-tax 
by the assessors." Dec. 2, 1811, at auction, the fur- 
nishing of two thousand five hundred feet of pine 
plank, four inches thick and eighteen feet long, was bid 
off by Reuben Hills, to be delivered at this bridge for 
$15.75 per thousand. The bridge was repaired in 
1819 or 1820, and again in 1831 and in 1841. " The 
first mud-sills were of green oak, cut on Josiah Rob- 
bins's farm just below the burying-ground. They 
were hewed on two sides, and put in with the bark on ; 
and a few years ago, when the bridge was rebuilt, 
these same mud-sills were found perfectly sound and 
green, having always been kept underwater." ^ 

MIDDLE BRIDGE, AT BACHELOR'S MILLS. 

May 28, 1788, it was voted to build tAvo bridges ; one 
across the main river by Mr. John Butler's, the other 
across Crawford's River at South Union. From the 
records it appears that the Middle Bridge was rebviilt in 
1800, when it is described as " the bridge near Capt. 
George West's." At that time, Amariah Mero was 
" chosen as a suitable person to superintend the build- 
ing." Nov. 3, 1800, " Voted that Mr. Amariah Mero 
have an order for enough to pay his taxes in Mr. 
Mitchell's bill toward his superintending the bridge." 
A freshet can-ied away the bridge in less than ten 
years. May 7, 1810, an article was introduced into 
the town-meeting — 

* MS. communications of A. C. Robbing, Esq. 



MIDDLE BRIDGE. 289 

" To see if the town will provide materials for rebuilding 
the Ijridge over St. George's River at the Lower Mills, in 
Union, and order the two districts adjoining to do the labor. 
. . . Voted that sixty dollars be drawn in labor from such 
highway-district, and in such proportion as the assessors 
may think proper." [A temporary bridge -was erected.] 
Nov. 19, " Voted to build a bridge over the river near Nath- 
aniel Bachelor's, and that it should be built in the following 
way and manner, viz. that there should be two king-posts 
with four braces in each, with a beam across the top with 
two braces, and a timber across the underside of the string- 
pieces and strapped to the foot of the king-posts with bars of 
iron and bolts of the same ; and that there should be five 
string-pieces fifty-two feet long, and planked with pine 
plank twenty feet long and four inches thick, and be railed ; 
and that the highway-district on the west side of the river 
should build a good and sufficient butment to receive the 
end of the bridge ; and the district on the east side of the 
river should do the work of putting on the bridge, and finish 
the same in a workmanlike manner ; and the town voted 
to procure the materials for building the said bridge and 
deliver them on the premises by the first of March next. 
Voted to set up the different articles to the lowest bidder, 
as follows, viz. : — 

" Five string-pieces, fifty-two feet long, fourteen inches 
thick, — bid off" by John Butler for five dollars each. Two 
hundred feet of square timber of the following size, — bid 
off by Reuben Hills for six dollars. Two posts 12 by 14, 
twenty-five feet long; four braces 10 by 10, thirty feet 
long ; four braces 10 by 10, twenty feet long ; one beam 10 
by 10, twenty-two feet long; one sill 12 by 12, twenty-two 
feet long; two hundred feet of joist for railing, four inches 
one way, and five the other, — bid off by Samuel Hills for 
$1.75. A thousand and forty feet of planks, twenty feet 
long and four inches thick, — bid off by Jonathan Eastman 
for $17.75. All the timber and planks for the above bridge 
to be prime and of a good quality." 

Nathaniel Robbins, Nathaniel Bachelor, and Joseph 
Vaughan, were chosen a committee to receive the 
above materials and procure the irons. 

In April, 1840, the selectmen were made a com- 
mittee to survey the road, and examine the state of 
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290 BRIDGES. 

the bridge. When their report was made, Nov. 2, 
John W. Lindley, Nathan Bach elder, and Ebenezer 
Alden, were chosen a committee to make a plan and 
estimate the expense, and were also instructed to build 
the western end of it as far north as the laying out of 
the road would admit. They were further " authorized 
to remove all obstructions that were in the way, 
before the builders commenced building the same." 
The building of the bridge Avas to be put up at auc- 
tion to the lowest bidder, and to be completed by the 
first day of the following October. In April, 1841, 
there was a reconsideration " so far as to build said 
bridge across the stream, without interfering with the 
buildings on either side of the road." The job was 
taken by Nathan Hills. In April, 1842, when the 
question of acceptance was brought up, the selectmen 
were made a " committee to examine the plan and as- 
certain whether said bridge was built according there- 
to." They made their report Aug. 27, and it was 
accepted " on condition that Nathan Hills shall pay 
all damages that may arise in consequence of the old 
stringer being put in on the upper side, and give bonds 
to that effect." 

SOUTH UNION BRIDGE. 

The other bridge ordered. May 28, 1788, to be built at 
South Union, continued in use about sixteen years. It 
was supported in the middle by one pier, and built 
nearly east and west upon the ledge below the present 
bridge, or a little below the position now occupied by 
the mill-dam. April 2, 1804, it was " not safe ; " 
and Josiah Robbins, David Robbins, Matthias Hawes, 
Amariah Mero, and Nathan Blake, were chosen a com- 
mittee to view the ground, and consider whether it will 
be best to rebuild or repair the old bridge. Twelve hun- 
dred doUars were raised for highways and the bridge. 

" May 14, voted to build a hundred and twenty feet 
bridge, by the last day of September, 1805, provided the dis- 
trict build the abutments ; and to accept the written motion 
for building the bridge, expressed in manner following, viz. : 



UPPER BRIDGE. 291 

Posts twelve inches square, if made of pine ; cap-pieces the 
same ; three posts to each pier ; five tier of string-pieces 
twelve inches square, to be covered with pine plank 18 feet 
long and three inches thick ; braces five by six inches square, 
and two to each pier, five piers ; mud sills, 12 inches or 
more, and railed in a workmanlike manner and braced upon 
each pier, and one between each pier upon each side. The 
undertaker to be entitled to his pay in the month of Sep- 
tember, 1805, if the bridge is then completed to the accept- 
ance of the selectmen." 

It was put up at auction, and bid off by Christopher 
Butler, at ninety-seven dollars. This was the first 
time that the bridge was built nearly north and south. 
It was again rebuilt in 1823 by Capt. Noah Rice. 
Oct. 25, 1841, there was a vote to rebuild the bridge, 
by Joseph Vaughan's, twenty-four feet wide. The 
selectmen were chosen the committee to superintend 
it, and it was " voted that the building of said bridge 
be left discretionary with " them. 

UPPER BRIDGE, AT HILLS' MILLS. 

There was a log-bridge at Hills' Mills, above the pres- 
ent bridge, before any other was built. The first move- 
ment by the town was probably June 7, 1802, when it 
was proposed " to build a bridge across George's River, 
near the foot of Sennebec Pond." The selectmen were 
instructed " to view the place, estimate the length," 
&c. When they made their report, Aug. 28, it was 
voted to build " across the river near the proposed 
mills, between Mr. Nathan Blake's and Mr. Reuben 
Hills's, as the selectmen report," in the course of the 
next summer. Nathaniel Robbins took the job, to 
complete it in fifteen months, for $200. The select- 
men for the time being w^ere to see that it was " built 
in due order, and similar to the [ Lower ] Bridge near 
John Mero's and Joseph Vaughan's." 

In December, 3811, Reuben HUls agreed for $16 
per thousand to furnish 1,500 pine plank, four inches 
thick and eighteen feet long, to be used on the 
bridge near his mills. This bridge was carried away 
by a fireshet; and, June 19, 1813, it was voted to 



292 BRIDGES. 

build another. Henry Blunt, John Lermond, and 
Micajah Gleason, were chosen a committee to " exa- 
mine the different places and the conditions on which 
they can procure the land," &c. Upon their making 
a report, Sept. 6, 1813, it was voted to build one on 
the spot where the old one stood, but to postpone 
the further consideration of the article until the next 
town-meeting. March 7, 1814, Amariah Mero, John 
Tobey, Daniel Shepard, Joseph Morse, and Herman 
Hawes, were chosen a committee to examine the situa- 
tion, " and to make report to the town as soon as may 
be." The bridge was built several rods below the 
old one. This occasioned the circuitous route now 
travelled in order to cross the river. 

July 4, 1820, the town was called on " to hear the 
report of the committee on the bridge near Walter 
Blake's. . . Voted to build a bridge across St. George's 
river, at or near the north line of Reuben Hills's land, 
and on the south line of Lewis Robbins's land, unless 
the selectmen can make an agi-eement with Reuben 
Hills and others more to the advantage of the town." 
This would have been to place a bridge where the 
one stood originally. But it seems that a favorable 
agreement was made ; for the bridge was built where 
the one was erected in 1814. This was carried away 
by a freshet; and. May 21, 1831, another was voted. 
June 11, 1832, the selectmen were authorized to con- 
tract for it at a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars. 
It was built by Nathan Hills for |l50. In 1848 it was 
broken down and again rebuilt. 

REPORT ON BRIDGES. 

April 1, 1805, the selectmen were directed to view 
the bridges, and see what proportion of them ought to 
be considered as town-bridges. Their report, made 
May 15, assigns to the town the bridge by Mr. Blake's, 
or the Upper Bridge, two hundred and twenty-three 
feet, and thirty-eight feet abutments ; by John Ler- 
mond's saw-mill twenty-five feet, and thirty-five feet 
abutments and causeway ; by Sterling Davis's saw- 



REPORT. — APPROPRIATIONS. 293 

mill twenty feet, forty feet abutment and causeway ; 
by Capt. Barrett's saw-mill, or the Middle Bridge, forty- 
five feet, and forty -five feet abutment; by Medomac 
River fifty feet, and abutment and causeway fifty feet ; 
by Joseph Vaughan's [ he then lived near the Lower 
Bridge] two huncked feet, abutment and causeway 
eighty feet ; by Jason Ware forty feet, abutment and 
causeway eighty feet ; by the meeting-house, on the 
brook east of the Common, twelve feet, abutment 
and causeway one hundred feet; by Mr. Quiggle's, in 
the easterly part of the town and northwardly of 
Lermond's, twelve feet, abutment and cause^vay one 
hundred and eighty feet ; by Samuel Hills, near War- 
ren, on the east side of the pond, one hundred and 
fifty feet, abutment and cause^vay one hundred and 
thirty feet ; by Capt. Maxcy's one hundred feet, abut- 
ment forty feet; by Mr. Rogers's [Bowker Brook] 
twenty feet, abutment and causeway one hundred 
feet." 

APPROPRIATIONS. 

Some appropriations for bridges previously to this 
time were not recorded. Probably the accounts were 
burnt in 1837. The records do not always give explicit 
information how bridges were paid for. The inference 
is that sometimes it was in money, at other times in 
labor; that sometimes the town, at other times the 
highway-districts to which a bridge belonged, paid for 
it either entirely or in part. Still, from what has been 
stated, enough may be learned as to the nature of the 
work, and the materials which have been used. 



294 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

Earliest Schools and Teachers. — Schools at a later Period. — School- 
children in Summer. — Drink. — Recess. — Josiah. — Complaints 
and Punishments. — Girls' Work in School. — Reading. — Spell- 
ing. — Noontime and Dinners. — Winter Schools. — Severer 
Punishments, — Intermissions in Winter. — Studies. — Evening 
Schools. 

SCHOOLS. 

Soon after the first marriage of Jessa Robbing, his wife 
taught the first school in town. It was kept in his 
log-house, about ten feet back of the present house. 
Her compensation was two shillings a week ; she 
boarding herself, and providing a room for the school. 
There was an agreement with the parents that the 
scholars should assist her in doing house-work, and 
render any other services she might require. The 
school was very small. It was kept about the years 
1785 and 1786. Not far from the same time, probably 
the next summer, Eunice Adams, from Franklin, 
Mass., began a private school in the log-house of 
David Robbins. The school was moved from house 
to house, that it might be continued longer, and that 
the several scholars might be accommodated. In the 
year 1788, or thereabouts, Ebenezer Jennison taught 
school in Moses Hawes's log-house, which had two 
rooms. This probably was the first " man's school " 
in town ; unless, as some think, one may have been 
previously taught by Dr. Bernard. A school was 
taught in the barns of Philip Robbins and David Rob- 
bins, about the year 1788. There was a " school- 
ma'am," as the female teacher was called, from Warren. 
These were the earliest educational movements. They 
were made while the inhabitants were few and poor. 
The literary standard must have been low ; for it was 
low throughout the land. There were no books suit- 



COMMON SCHOOLS, 295 

able lor common schools ; and those in use were 
scarce and dear. Teachers did not understand the 
science of education. But these humble movements 
of the fathers of the town were highly praiseworthy. 

It "was several years before the common schools 
were in successful operation. Pass over their history 
for the succeeding quarter of a century. Imagine a 
bright summer morning, say thirty-five or forty years 
ago. The prospect is that the day will be very warm. 
The children, all barefoot, the boys wearing nothing 
but chip-hats, shirts, and pantaloons supported by knit 
suspenders, go from home about eight o'clock. They 
cany in one hand a basket or glittering tin-pail; and 
in the other, a rose, a piony, a marigold, white lilies, or 
a bunch of flowers strongly scented with tansy. Part 
of the flowers are for the schoolmistress. They pro- 
ceed leisurely, looking at objects which interest them. 
They make bows or courtesies to every man and 
woman they meet. Perhaps they are an hour in going 
a mile. Near the junction of two or more roads stands 
the old school-house. It is a square building, one 
story high ; the roof from the four sides meeting in a 
common centre, and sloping barely enough to carry off 
the rain. No part of it has ever been touched with 
paint, except a patch about as large as a hat, which 
was daubed red one day by a painter's rude boy when 
passing. The board-shutters are thrown back ; and 
against some of them are placed long poles, or rails 
taken out of the fence. The lower part of the win- 
dows and the doors are wide open. At a distance the 
high-pitched voice of some one reading is heard, and 
the teacher is prompting and correcting him. The 
school is begun. They enter, "maldng their man- 
ners " as they go in, hasten to the closet to put away 
their chip-hats and cape-bonnets, and then take their 
places ; while the whole school, except the very smaR 
children, are reading two verses apiece in the Bible. 
This being over, they go to their seats. Perhaps some 
take Webster's Spelling Book or Third Part, or the 
Art of Reading, or the Columbian Orator, and try to 



296 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

learn their lessons. A murmuring sound pervades the 
room ; and the mistress, while hearing a class recite, 
tells the school " not to study so loud." The grave 
monotony is soon broken by a boy, who rises and caUs 
to the mistress across the room, " Please, ma'am, m'l 
g'out ? " If leave is granted, he hurries down the hUl 
to the spring, and drinks at the half-hogshead. School- 
boys are always " dry." At half-past ten, the scholars 
have read " once round " in their respective classes, and 
it is time for the recess. 

" The boys may go out." They go out as fast as 
they dare ; each one, as he gets near the door, tossing 
off a bow over his shoulder. All make a rush for the 
spring. There is no tin-cup. As many as can, kneel 
around the half-hogshead, and, applying their mouths, 
drink ; while others attempt to pacify their thirst by 
scooping up the water in the hollow of the hand, or 
stopping it with the hand, and drinking from the 
spout. When they have done drinking, some plunge 
their heads into the water, even to then- necks ; and, in 
a few minutes, the flowing spring is as clear as if it 
had not been disturbed. Then up the hUl, on the run, 
all go to the school-house ; and, by the time they arrive, 
they are about as thirsty as when they went down to 
drink. In seven or eight minutes, the mistress raps 
with her rule on the window. It is the signal for them 
to go in. One boy near the door enters first. Shortly 
comes a second, and then a third. And now they 
pour in, bobbing or jerking their heads, instead of 
maldng graceful bows. " The girls may go out," says 
the teacher. They too drink, perhaps comb their hair 
into fanciful forms, and in a few minutes return. A 
busy hum succeeds. 

Occasionally there is an interruption. James rises 
in his seat, and says, " Please, ma'am, Josiah keeps 
pinching and pricking me." Josiah, a mischievous 
but not malevolent boy, eight or nine years old, very 
composed when called out for a misdemeanor, has 
already received several marks, not very heavy, how- 
ever, of the teacher's displeasure. " Josiah, come out 



COMMON SCHOOLS. 297 

here,'' says the teacher. The boy advances to the 
open floor. " Josiah, I have a great deal of trouble 
with you : I do not know what I shall do with you." 
The lad looks up, a little anxious, but still quite 
calm and composed. " I must ferule you, Josiah. It 
makes my heart ache to do it. But I see no other 
way to make you mind. How many blows do you 
think I ought to give you ? " Josiah, becoming a little 
more anxious, and wishing to make as favorable a 
ti'ade as he can with the teacher, — unwihing to set 
the number either too high lest he should receive too 
many, or too low lest no attention would be given to 
his words, — waits a few moments, while the mistress 
is endeavoring to humble him by an awful suspense. 
At length he looks up a little sheepishly, and says to 
her, " I guess about three." 

Sometimes a long stick, with the leaves left on the 
end that they may rustle, is extended, and shaken 
towards an offender. Perhaps he is not allowed to 
go out at the next recess. The top of a quiU. is cut 
oft", the feathers stripped, and his ears or forehead are 
snapped with it. Sometimes it is split, and put 
astride the* nose. A long string is tied around his 
ear, and he is required to wear it " all noontime." The 
thimbled finger is snapped on the forehead. One 
offender must stand in the middle of the floor, or take 
his seat there on a stone. Another is tortured by 
being required to press his back against the side of 
the house and squat down, thus " sitting on nothing," 
or by keeping his forefinger on a nail in the floor, 
and thus becoming almost crazy through the rush of 
blood into the head. Perhaps the mistress stows 
away a little olTender under her desk; and, ere long, 
the other scholars espy him peeping out to see what is 
going on. And then, perhaps, he is ordered into the 
dark closet; the door being Idndly left open a very 
little, so that he may not be in total darkness. 

In the meantime, the school-exercises are conducted 
as well as can be expected. The mistress helps the 
girls to fit their patchwork, and take up the stitches in 

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298 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

their knitting, and renders important aid in that neces- 
sary feat of every girl, — the working of a sampler. 
Notwithstanding these interruptions to the studies, 
the girls, by some peculiar tact, learn as fast as the 
boys, who give then' whole time to them, and as often 
as otherwise are above them in the class. 

A class is called out to read. Boys and girls come 
out and take their places promiscuously. There you 
see two gixls, cronies, who happen to stand side by 
side. They have hold of each other's hands, and are 
swinging them backwards and forwards. The teacher 
says to the class, " Stand in a straight line." Each 
pupil looks at his toes, and puts the ends of them just 
at the edge of the long crack in the floor. " Attend." 
All hands are dropped, the forefinger being retained at 
the place in the book where the lesson commences. 
" Begin." Bows and courtesies are simultaneously 
made along the whole line, and the books are raised 
and opened. The child at the head of the class reads 
a short paragraph, and then the word " next " from the 
teacher is a signal for the next in order to commence. 
" Speak up loud." A hale little fellow thereupon 
squeaks up his voice to the highest pitch, and ekes 
out, drawlingly and at long intervals, one word after 
another, till his portion is ended. Thus the work goes 
on till th6 reading is done. 

" Shut up your books and speU." No sooner said 
than five or six at the head of the class spell the first 
five or six words in the column, before the teacher has 
time " to put them out." The teacher is not displeased 
with the incident, the children are consequently grati- 
fied, and afterward this mode of beginning is fre- 
quently repeated. 

A hard word comes. A little ambitious, anxious, 
nervous girl fails to spell it. She tries again, and 
again fails. As she can try only twice, she begins, 
hurriedly and stammeringly, to recall her last attempt ; 
but her teacher stops her, because "it would not be 
fair to let her try again," and calls on the next. The 
little girl, with eyes opened wide and a throbbing 



COMMON SCHOOLS. 299 

bosom, stretches forward her head to see if any one 
will spell it. As it passes along down the class, oth- 
ers also stretch out their necks. Finally, some one, 
a little more fortunate or who has studied the lesson a 
little better, spells it correctly. " Take your place." 
The speller, in a kind of childlike triumph, walks up 
above the one who first failed, and there places herself. 
The anxious gM feels mortified and humbled. A tear 
glistens in her eye ; perhaps tears flow fast and freely. 
But no matter, she ^vill " try harder " next time. The 
spelling goes on. After this is over, come questions 
in the abbreviations, or the punctuation, or the numer- 
als, at the end of the book. Perhaps part of them 
are assigned as the closing exercise in the afternoon. 
But in all there is an eagerness to climb towards the 
head of the class. 

It is " noontime." What a noise and tumult ! The 
baskets and tin-pails are brought forward. And such 
a variety of contents ! Doughnuts, cold sausages, 
bread and butter and cheese, pieces of pie, Indian ban- 
nocks, fried cakes, and a multitude of other eatables. 
Look there! one tin-pail contains bread and milk 
for dinner. The school-children swallow their food 
greedily, that they may have time to play. 

Not altogether unlike these are the scenes in winter. 
And yet they differ. The older children, who are kept 
at home in summer to assist their fathers on the farm, 
or their mothers in making butter and cheese and in 
spinning, now come to the schoolmaster. Harder 
blows and heavier punishments are generally inflicted 
than in suiTimer. And, in some cases, the punish- 
ments are inhuman. Possibly the ears are pulled till 
they are nearly started from the head, or they are 
cuffed; and thus sometimes is laid a foundation for 
deafness. A savage master throws a rule across the 
room, and hits a boy on the head. One of the older 
boys dislikes the master, and, on the way home, tells 
his playmates he is an old fool. A mischievous boy 
repeats the words to the master, who becomes enraged. 
The offender is marched out into the floor, and the 



300 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

ferule or the rod applied till the room rings with his 
screams, and then he is flogged again to be made to 
stop screaming ; or he is told to step on a seat or 
chair, or on the steps to the teacher's desk, and for 
twenty minutes to hold a book at arm's length. It is 
a punishment which only a semi-barbarian would 
inflict. But few minutes elapse before he is unable to 
keep his arm extended. It flags, and a blow is struck 
on the elbow to straighten it. It soon flags again, in 
spite of all the boy can do to prevent it, and the sav- 
age master repeats his blows upon his writhing and 
crying pupil. It flags luore and more. The master 
flies at him in a passion, and applies his broad, flat 
ferule furiously to the calves of his legs. Before the 
twenty minutes elapse, the boy is so exhausted that 
the master relents and sends him to his seat. The 
effects are felt for a long time. The boy's arm is so 
lame that he cannot raise it to his head. With his 
left hand he is obliged to pass his food to his mouth. 
Thus is w^asted, and worse than wasted, a portion of 
the six hours which should have been given to instruc- 
tion. The girls, too, have to share in the discipline; 
and those that are large are punished by being made 
to sit on the ends of the boys' seats, and expose their 
crimsoned faces to the whole school. 

It is intermission, and there is snow. Of course 
there is snowbalHng in abundance. There are hand- 
sleds, and the boys slide down hill, carrying the little 
children in their laps. Boys and gii'ls are dry. They 
make hard snowballs, bring them into the school-house, 
and, standing on tiptoe before the rousing fire, melt 
them against the high mantel-piece, letting the drop- 
ping water trickle down to their elbow^s. The school- 
room becomes wet in consequence of the running in 
and out, and the floor is dirty. 

It is school-time, and no punishment is going on. 
Some are studying then- parsing lessons in Pope's 
Essay on Man, the book almost universally used for 
learning grammar. Adams's, Walsh's, Welch's, and, 
for a very extraordinary " cipherer," Pike's Arithmetics, 



COMMON SCHOOLS. 301 

are recommended. A " smart scholar," after a few 
seasons, gets as far as the Single Rule of Three ; and, 
if he gets through the Double Rule of Three, he is 
" something extra." There was in town one boy so 
" smart," that, before he was fifteen years old, he 
ciphered through Pike's large volume. 

There were sometimes ciphering-schools in the eve- 
ning, when the master met only those who wanted to 
cipher more than they could in school-hours ; and 
there were also evening grammar-schools and evening 
spelling-schools. The lessons were announced pre- 
viously. The pupils came together. Two prominent 
scholars were chosen captains, and they cast lots for 
first choice. This being settled, they chose alternately 
the different scholars, till all were taken up. A word 
was put out by the master. If it was missed, it was 
put to the other side. If the answer was then given 
correctly, the person whose answer was incorrect went 
over to the other party. After an hour or so, the cap- 
tain, or the party which had the most scholars, was 
considered victorious. Sometimes the victory was 
decided by merely noting the number of errors made 
on either side. There were two or three such trials in 
an evening. 

Such were some of the features of common schools, 
thirty-five or forty years ago. In summer they were 
continued perhaps ten weeks, and in the winter eight. 
Considering the improvements now made, how few 
persons will ever know the school-boy's or the school- 
girl's experience at the commencement of the nine- 
teenth century ! 



26* 



302 EDUCATIONAL HISTOKY. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

(^Concluded,') 

School Districts. — School-houses. — School Committees. — School 
Agents. — School Children. — School Money. — High Schools. — 
Lyceum. — Libraries. 

SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 

There was probably no division into school-districts 
before May 26, 1790, when " the town voted to be 
divided into squadrons or divisions for the benefit of 
schooling, and that David Woodcock, Joel Adams, and 
Moses Hawes, be a committee to divide said inhabi- 
tants." April 7, 1800, there was a favorable vote on 
an article, " to see if the town will order the selectmen 
to divide the school-squadron about Round Pond, &c., 
into two squadrons, agreeable to the request of a num- 
ber of the inhabitants." Feb. 8, 1802, there was an 
unsuccessful attempt to "incorporate the squadron 
north of . . . the Round Pond squadron to and with 
the said Round Pond squadron, and define the said 
district as is hereby requested of both squadrons," &c. 
Joseph Maxcy, Nathaniel Robbins, Matthias Hawes, 
Jonathan Newhall, Jonathan Carriel, Bela Robbins, 
and Nathan Blake, w^ere chosen a committee, " one 
man out of each squadron, ... to fix the bounds of all 
the rest of the squadrons for schooling." Their report 
was made and accepted April 5 ; " only individuals 
who are aggrieved may apply for redress to a future 
meeting." The boundaries are on record. Various 
modifications were subsequently made or proposed, 
till Sept. 22, 1823 ; w^hen a new division of the town 
was made, and the limits of the several districts again 
recorded. April 15, 1833, a committee was chosen to 
re-district the town, and report at the next annual 
meeting. The report has not been found, nor is there 



SCHOOL-HOUSES AND SCHOOL-COMMITTEES. 803 

evidence on the town-records that any was made. 
There have been some changes ; but, if the records are 
correct and full, there has been no general districting 
of the town since 1823. 

SCHOOL-HOUSES. 

The first school-house was built near the dwelling- 
house of Moses Hawes. This was probably in 1791, 
as a town-meeting was held in it Aug. 29 of that year. 
The next school-house was probably put up in 1791 or 
1792; for, May 7, 1792, it was mentioned in a vote 
"to accept the road from Mr. Irish's to the school- 
house near Mr. Thomas Daggett's." 

The records do not show how the expenses of build- 
ing were met, except in one case. June 10, 1843, the 
warrant contained an article " to see if the town will 
order a sufficient sum of money to be raised by School 
District No. 4, in said town of Union, for the purpose 
of building a school-house in said town ; and also to 
hear the opinion of the town upon the subject of a 
disagi-eement of the voters of said district. . . . Voted 
to raise two hundred dollars for the purpose of build- 
ing a school-house in District No. 4." Generally, when 
a school-house is to be built, the district votes the 
amount required : it is assessed by the town-assessors 
on the inhabitants of the district, and the town-coUec- 
tor collects it. 

SCHOOL COMMITTEES. 

1795. Samuel Hills, Matthias Hawes, Moses Hawes. 

1796. Moses Hawes, Josiah Maxcy, Matthias Hawes. 

1797. Matthias Hawes, Joel Adams, Samuel Hills. 

1798. Joel Adams, Samuel Daggett, Levi Morse. 

1799. Joel Adams, Edward Jones, Waldron Stone, Moses 

Hawes, Amos Barrett. 

1800. Stephen March, Esq., Dr. Jonathan Sibley, Capt. 

Joseph Maxcy, Edward Jones, Capt. Amos Barrett. 

1801. Jonathan Sibley, Ebenezer Jennison, Stephen March, 

Moses Hawes, Daniel McCurdy. 

1802. Jonathan Sibley, Ebenezer Jennison, Stephen March, 

Amos Barrett, Nathan Blake. 
180.3. Nathan Blake, Stephen March, Moses Hawes. 



304 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

1804. Samuel Quiggle, Samuel Hills, Jonathan Sibley, 
Marlboro' Packard, Joel Adams, Jeremiah Mitchell, 
Jonathan Carriel, Nathan Blake. 

1805 and 1806. (No record.) 

1807. Josiah Maxcy, Robert Bunting, J. Warren Lindley, 

Nathan Blake, Joel Adams, Edward Jones, Henry 
Blunt, John Lermond, Henry Starrett. 

1808. Josiah Maxcy, Robert Bunting, Noah Rice, Nathan 

Blake, Jason Ware, Jere. Mitchell, Rente Walcott, 
John Lermond, Wm. Starrett, Nathaniel Robbins. 

1809. Edmund Mallard, John Little, Robert Bunting. 

1810. William White, John Little, Charles Pope. 

1811. William White, Henry True, Charles Pope, John 

Little, Jonathan Sibley. After this election, which 
was in March, a change was made ; and, in April, a 
committee-man for each district was chosen. — 
These were Micajah Gleason, Nathaniel Robbins, 
Noah Rice, Jonathan Sibley, Nathaniel Bachelor, 
Thomas Mitchell, jvm., Jonathan Carriel, John 
Lermond, William Starrett. 
1812—1814. (No record.) 

1815. Major Robert Foster, John Little, Jonathan Sibley. 

1816. Robert Foster, John Little, Jonathan Sibley. 

1817. Henry True, Robert Foster, John Little. 

1818. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, John Bulfinch. 

1819. Daniel F. Harding, John Bulfinch. 

1820. Henry True, D. F. Harding, John Bulfinch. 

1821. Henry True, D. F. Harding, Jonathan Sibley. 

1822. Henry True, D. F. Harding, John Bulfinch, Elisha 

Harding, Jonathan Sibley. 

1823. Daniel F. Harding, Elisha Harding, Henry True. 

1824. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, Jonathan Sibley. 

1825. Henry True, Noyes P. Hawes, Elisha Harding. 

1826. Henry True, Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding. 

1827. Henry True, Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding. 

1828. Henry True, Daniel F. Harding, John Bovee Dods. 

1829. John B. Dods, Elisha Harding, Noah Bartlett. 

1830. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Josiah F. Day. 

1831. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Noah Bartlett. 

1832. Daniel F. Harding, Thomas Gore, Oren Sikes. 

1833. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, John S. Abbot. 

1834. Elisha Harding, Daniel F. Harding, Josiah F. Day. 

1835. Henry True, Amos Drake, Joel Adams. 



SCHOOL AGENTS. 305 

1836. Elisha Harding, Josiah F, Day, Peter Adams. 

1837. Elisha Harding, Josiah. F. Day, Peter Adams. 

1838. Elisha Harding, Isaac Flitner, Nelson Cutler. 

1839. Isaac Flitner, Elisha Harding, Joel Adams. 

1840. Moses P. Webster, A. S. Dudley, Horatio Ilsley. 

1841. Asa Messer, Robert Thompson, jun., Edward Hills. 

1842. Robert Thompson, jun., Edward Hills, Asa Messer. 

1843. Joshua S. Green, Amos Drake, Asa Messer. 

1844. Joseph Irish, John Adams, Andrew Libbey. 

1845. Elijah Vose, Joseph Irish, John Adams. 

1846. Rev. F. W. Baxter, Rev. Samuel Bowker, Rev. M. 

R. Hopkins. 

1847. Samuel Bowker, Joseph Irish, Perez B. Say ward. 

1848. Joseph Irish, Albert Thurston, Robert Thompson, jr. 

1849. Joseph Irish, John Adams, Seth M. Cushman. 

1850. The Selectmen and Treasurer. 

Since the separation of Maine from Massachusetts, 
there have been superintending school-committees and 
school-agents. The duties of superintending school- 
committees are to fill vacancies happening in their 
Board dm-ing the term of their office, to examine can- 
didates for teaching, to direct the general course of 
instruction and designate the books to be used, to 
visit the schools, to dismiss unsuitable teachers, to 
expel refractory scholars, and to make to the select- 
men, within fourteen days preceding the annual town- 
meeting, a return of the state of the schools. 

SCHOOL AGENTS. 

1820. Spencer Walcott, Herman Hawes, Marlboro' Pack- 

ard, Walter Blake, Nathaniel Bachelor, John 
Walker, Henry Blunt, John Lermond, Fisher Hart, 
Samuel Hagar. 

1821. Spencer Walcott, David Robbins, jun., Benjamin 

Litchfield, William Libbey, Matthias Hawes, Na- 
than D. Rice, Joseph Morse, Henry Fossett, 
Joseph Miller, Moses Morse. 

1822. Joseph Vaughan, ^ David Robbins, jun., Benjamin 

Litchfield, Oliver Pratt, Ebenezer W. Adams, 
Thomas Mitchell, Jonathan Carriel, jun., Robert 
Foster, Obadiah Gardner. 

* Some members of the family spell the word Vaughn without the a. 



306 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

1823. Amos Walker, David Robbins, jun., John W. Lind- 

ley, Nathan Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Calvin Gleason, 
William Bryant, Abel Walker, Micajah Gleason, 
Samuel Hagar. 

1824. Ebenezer Alden, David Robbins,^ jun., Leonard 

Wade, Isaac Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Joseph Morse, 
Samuel Stone, Simon Fuller, Fisher Hart, Samuel 
Hagar. 

1825. Abiel Gay, Herman Hawes, Spencer Mero, Phinehas 

Butler, Nathaniel Bachelor, Thomas Mitchell, Ro- 
bert Thompson, John Hemenway, Sanford Hills, 
Leonard Bump, John C. Robbins. 

1826. Jesse Drake, John C. Robbins, Spencer Mero, Phi- 

nehas Butler, Galen Hawes., John Gowen, John 
Walker, Obadiah Gardner, Leonard Follansbee, 
Leonard Bump. 

1 827. Zaccheiis Litchfield, John P. Robbins, Ebenezer Cobb, 

John Bachelder, Isaac Upham, Lewis Bachelder, 
Joseph Miller, John Hart, Martin Sidelinger, 
David Cummings. 

1828. Josiah F. Day, Moses Simmons, William Libbey, 

Galen Hawes, John Gowen, John Walker, John 
Lermond, William Gleason, Martin Sidelinger, 
Herman Hawes. 

1829. John Butler, Jason Robbins, Noah Rice, Ebenezer 

Cobb, Philo Thurston, Daniel Law, Ebenezer 
Blunt, Hermon Mero, Phillips C. Harding, Benja- 
min L. Law, Nathan Bachelder. 

1830. Daniel F. Harding, Noah Bartlett, Ebenezer Rob- 

bins, Ebenezer Cobb, Ebenezer Adams, Jonathan 
Morse, Henry Fossett, Jason Davis, Leonard Fol- 
lansbee, Sewell Hagar, Nathan Bachelder. 

1831. Ebenezer Alden, John L. Robinson, Marlborough 

Packard, jun., Isaac Hills, Nathan D. Rice, Thad- 
deus Luce, Jacob Sibley, Gilbert Blackington, 
Daniel Sidelinger, Elias Skidmore, Nathan Daniels, 
jun. 

1832. John Payson, John L. Robinson, Ziba Simmons, 

Isaac Hills, John Bachelder, Nathaniel Tobey, 
Ebenezer Blunt, Christopher Young, Sewell Ha- 
gar, Elias Skidmore, Sanford Hills. 

^ May 3, Charles Whiting Hawes was chosen in place of David 
Hobbins, jun., resigned. 



SCHOOL AGENTS. 307 

1833. Nathan Daniels, Josiah F. Day, Waldron S. Butler, 

Daniel Sidelinger, Joseph Vaughan, William Lib- 
bey, Leonard Barnard, Stephen Carriel, Joseph 
Miller, William S. Luce, Walter Adams, Jonathan 
Eastman. 

1834. Elisha Harding, Nahum Thurston, John K. Post, 

Isaac Hills, Marlboro' Packard, jun., Cyrus Rob- 
bins, Christopher Young, Charles Hibbard, Daniel 
Sidelinger, Jason Robbins, Charles Hall. 

1835. Elisha Harding, Josiah F. Day, Joseph Vaughan, 

jun., Vinal Hills, Spencer Mero, Nathaniel Tobey, 
Sterling Davis, jun., Elias Skidmore, Benjamin 
L. Law, George Cummings, Peter Adams. 

1836. Spencer Walcott, Josiah F. Day, Ambrose Leach, 

Joshua Morse, Benjamin Litchfield, William Dag- 
gett, Stephen Carriel, John Burns, Elbridge Ler- 
mond, Elias Skidmore, Sewell Hagar, Stephen S. 
Hawes, Ebenezer Cobb. 

1837. " Voted that the several school-districts choose their 

own agents." 

1838. J. W. Lermond, Nathaniel Robbins, jun., Daniel 

Sidelinger, Judson Caswell, Elisha Harding, John 
Stevens, Amos Drake, Jason Robbins, Suell Cum- 
mings, Nathan Hills, James Grinnell, Samuel 
Daggett, William Coggan. 

1839. Amos Drake, William G. Hawes. Noah Rice, Joshua 

Morse, Nathan Bachelder, E. H. Small, Milton 
Daniels, William Gleason, Samuel Sidelinger, Ro- 
bert Thompson, C. G. Bachelder, David Grafton, 
Samuel Stone. 

1 840. Voted that the school-districts choose their own agents, 

and make returns of those chosen to the town- 
clerk in April next. 

1841. Amos Walker, David Robbins, Marlboro' Packard, 

Walter Blake, Otis Hawes, John Walker, jun., 
Benjamin Go wen, Lewis Andrews, Charles Fogler, 
Sewell Hagar, Elias Skidmore, Ebenezer Cobb, 
Daniel D. Law. 

1842. Spencer Walcott, Willard Robbins, Suell Cummings, 

James Thompson, Vinal Ware, Daniel Walker, 
jun., Joseph Bryant, Wilbur Davis, Fisher Hart, 
Samuel Hagar, William Caswell, Nelson Cutler, 
Joel Adams. 



308 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

1843. Joseph Daniels, Isaac Fuller, Isley Martin, Joshua 

Morse, Joseph Irish, Samuel C. Fuller, William 
Coggan, John Lermond, Joseph Gleason, John 
Hagar, Elijah Lermond, C. Young, Thaddeus 
Luce. There is an obscurity in the records ; for 
afterward were chosen Peter Adams, Benjamin 
Achorn, J. M. Gleason, Israel Barker. 

1844. F. A. Daniels, Jason Robbins, Asa Morse, Josiah 

Sterling, Joseph Cole, Calvin Gleason, jun., Sa- 
muel Stone, Jason Davis, Robert McGuier, Ebe- 
nezer Sidelinger, Walter W. Clark, John Jones, 
S. Carriel, Phinehas Butler. 

1845. J. F. Hart, Leonard Barnard, Nathan Hills, Nathan 

Bachelder, Asa Walker, Calvin Boggs, Lyman 
Alden, Ebenezer Sidelinger, Samuel Cvimmings, 
John Stevens, Pond Davis, Elias Skidmore, and, 
subsequently, John H. GoAven, David Robbins. 

1846. 1847, 1848, and probably since, the town has " voted 

that the several districts choose their own agents." 

The duties of school-agents are to employ teach- 
ers, to provide fuel and utensils and make repaks, to 
notify superintending school-committees of the com- 
mencement of the schools, and to make annual returns 
of the number of scholars. 

SCHOOL CHILDREN. 

Relating to the number of school-children, there is 
no record earlier than Marcli 5, 1804, when it was — 

" Voted to accept the following motion : That, in future, 
each school-district shall appoint a committee to make and 
return to the selectmen annually, in the month of May, a 
list of the names by families of the children who have their 
actual home in the district, and have a legal right to draw 
school-money, viz. : All such as have arrived to the age of 
four years on the first day of the same month, and those 
who are no more than sixteen [on] said day, and all who 
are of the age between the two described ; and, if such re- 
turns shall be neglected, it shall be the duty of the selectmen to 
proportion the school-money in the manner following, viz. : To 
take the list of the preceding year, and deduct therefrom 
one-half the number, and proportion the money accordingly. 



SCHOOL CHILDREN. 309 

[May 14,1 806], "Voted to return the number of school-chil- 
dren in the same manner as they were returned last year." 

[April 1, 1811], "Voted to accept the following motion 
as made by Nathan Blake, viz. : That a committee be chosen 
in each school-district, and the people of each district be 
allowed the privilege of nominating their committee ; and 
it shall be the duty of said committee to make a list of all 
the school-children in their district, between the age of four 
and sixteen years, as they are on the first day of May, Avith 
the Christian and surname, and the family to which they 
belong ; likewise to procure teachers of the school, agreeable 
to instructions they may receive from their district ; and, after 
the close of a school-term, said committee shall certify to the 
selectmen how much money has been expended in schooling, 
and to whom they wish to have the money ordered. And, if 
a list of any district shall not be presented to the selectmen 
on or before the first of June, it shall be the duty of the select- 
men to ascertain the number of scholars in each district, by 
deducting for the list of the preceding year one-eighth part." 

[April 5, 1817], " Voted that the number of scholars in each 
school-district be numbered, and that number be turned in to 
the selectmen in the month of June ; and, if any district fail to 
do it, such district shall lose twenty per cent of their money." 

The next year it was voted that the return should 
be made on or before the first of June, under a penalty 
of ten per cent deduction ; but July 1 was subsequently 
substituted for June 1. 

The number of scholars has not generally been entered 
on the town-records. An approximation may be made 
when there is a specification of the sum of money 
raised for each scholar. 

Between four and sixteen years of age, there were in — 

Years. Scholars. Years. Scholars. 

1807 ... 347 1816 ... 427 

1809 ... 306 1817 ... 427 

1810 ... 323 1819 ... 461 

In 1826,^ " there were 715 scholars between the ages 
of four and twenty-one." 

' Mr. N. P. Hawes. — At this time, " the books recommended by the 
superintending school-committee to be used in the schools were the 
United States Spelling-book by N. P. Hawes, Testament, Miirray's Eng- 
27 



Years. 


Scholars 


1803 . 


. . 261 


1804 . 


. . 287 


1805 . 


. . 327 



310 



EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 



Years. 


Scholars. 


1833 . 


. . 358 


1834 . 


. . 714 


1835 . 


. . 713 


1836 . 


. . 706 


1837 . 


. . 701 


1838 . 


. . 738 



Years. 


Scholars. 


Years. 


1839 . 


. 773 


1844 . . 


1840 . 


. 757 


1845 . . 


1841 . 


. 810 


1846 . . 


1842 . 


. 798 


1847-8 . 


1843 . 


. 784 


1848-9 . 



The following is the number of scholars between the 
ages of four and twenty-one on the first day of May, 
as returned at different times by the school-committee, 
under oath, to the State-treasurer's office. Upon this is 
based the proportion of school-money which has been 
received by the town from the State. 

Scholars. 

812 

851 

841 

, 870 

, 873 

SCHOOL-MONEY. 

It has been stated, that, July 14, 1788, the vote of 
April, 1787, was modified, so that the inhabitants could 
have the " privilege of paying town-charges and school- 
ing" in produce.^ Hence it may be inferred, that an 
appropriation for schooling was made as early as 1787. 
There is, however, no record of any before April 7, 
1788; and the XIO voted for town -charges in 1787 
was no more than was voted for the same purpose in 
1788, when there was an additional ,£10, expressly for 
schooling. Sometimes the total amount of school- 
money has been recorded; at other times, only the 
amount for each scholar;" and, when both sums are 
mentioned, they do not always agree. Sometimes, 
when the amount for each scholar is given, there is no 
record of the number of scholars. At other times, the 
number of scholars is not given, and the amount for each 
is not unequivocaUy stated. Accordingly, the follow- 
ing is but an approximation to the annual expenditure : 

lish Reader, Introduction to Murray's English Reader, all of the pro- 
nouncing kind ; Kinne's Arithmetic, Ingersoll's Grammar, large and 
small ; Woodbridge's Geograi^hy, large and small ; and Walker's Dic- 
tionary." 

' In 1791, the tax was paid in produce. 

* In 1803, the appropriation for each scholar was $1.15 ; in 1804, 
either $1.25 or $1.50 ; in 1805 and many other years, $1.25 ; in 1820, 
$1.12^. The law now requires, that each town shall raise for school- 
ing an amount equal at least to forty cents for each inhabitant. 





SCHOOL MONEY. 


311 


Years. Sums. 


Years. Sums. 


Years. Sums. 


Years. Sums. 


1788, £10 


1796, $100.00 


1804, $351.75 


1811, $385.00 


1789, £10 


1797, $125.00 


or $654.00 


1812, $408.00 


1790, £19 


1798, $150.00 


1805, $654.00 


1813, $412.00 


1791, £20 


1799, $180.00 


1806, $644.00 


1814, $452.00 


1792, £20 


1800, $200.00 


1807, $694.00 


1815, $575.00 


1793, £20 


1801, $200.00 


1808, $341.00 


1816, $533.75 


1794, — 


1802, $250.00 


1809, $385.00 


1817, $533,75 


1795, £10 


1803, $300.15 


1810, $496.00 





After the year 1817, the records contam the appor- 
tionment for each district. 

By an Act of the Legislature of Maine, passed in 
1828, all money derived from the sales of public land 
was to constitute a permanent fund, the annual income 
to be distributed for the purposes of education among 
the towns, according to the number of persons therein, 
between the ages of four and twenty-one. By another 
Act, passed March 31, 1831, every bank was taxed one 
per cent annually. March 4, 1833, a law was made 
that the whole of this tax should be regularly distri- 
buted, like the income of the permanent fund. Ac- 
cordingly, at different times, the town has received its 
proportion, as follows : — 



Years. 




Sums. 


When Paid. 


1833 




. $29.54 . . 




1834 




. $95.67 . . 




1835 




. $102.54 . . 




1836 




. $135.53 . . 


. . Feb. 27, 1837. 


1837 




. $179.34 . . 


. . April 17, 1838. 


1838 




. $176.29 . . 


. . June 30, 1840. 


1839 




. $169.47 . . 


. . Nov. 18, 1840. 


1840 




. $151.11 . . 


. . March 22, 1841. 


1841 




. $129.93 . . 


. . April 21, 1842. 


1842 




. $111.65 . . 


. . April 27, 1843. 


1843 




. . $101.77 . . 


. . April 6, 1844. 


1844 




. . $97.44 . . 


. . March 27, 1845 


1845 




. . $100.51 . . 


. . June 30, 1846 


1846 




. $98.98 . . 


. . July 21, 1847 


1847- 


48 . 


. $96.73 . . 


. . Sept. 9, 1848 


1848- 


-49 . 


. . $98.31 . . 


. . July 7, 1849 


1849- 


-50 . 


. . $116.10 . . 


. . . 1850 



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314 EDUCATIONAL HISTOKY. 

It is very common, after the school of a district 
is finished for the season, to continue the teacher seve- 
ral weeks longer ; each parent paying a specified sum 
each week for every child that he sends, so that the 
amount considerably exceeds what is stated in the pre- 
ceding tables. 

April 6, 1801, two articles relating to school-money 
were " dropped." The first was to see if the town 
would " grant a sum of money to purchase books for 
the use of schools in the several districts ; " the second, 
to see if the town would " allow the collector to pay 
in their part or proportion of schooling-money to the 
treasurer of each district." 

April, 1816, " Voted that the selectmen should not 
give an [order] to draw any money from the ti-easury, 
unless the instructors first produce a certificate from 
the school-committee that they are duly quaUfied to 
teach said school." This vote was repeated in sub- 
stance the succeeding year. And May 1, 1817, when 
an article was brought Ibrward to see if the town would 
" vote to have the selectmen grant orders to the school- 
districts, where their teachers have not obtained a 
recommendation, viz. District No. 7 and No. 10, it was 
voted to drop the article." 

April, 1817, voted to pass over an article to see 
if the town would " allow Jonathan Sibley to have his 
proportion of the school-money, and apply it to school- 
ing his own children in his own way." July 4, 1820, 
upon a proposition to " let Leonard Bump receive his 
proportion of money that his scholars drawed in 1819, 
and what they will draw in 1820 from School-district 
No. 7," the money was granted, " provided he satisfied 
the selectmen that it had been expended in schooling 
his children." In 1822, it was again granted ; but " he 
was first to produce a certificate from the master or 
mistress that the same had been expended in schooling 
his children, they being duly qualified as the law re- 
quires for school-instructors." 

It appears from the preceding votes, that there were 
brought forward, in advance of the times, some con- 



HIGH SCHOOLS. 315 

siderations which have since been reduced to laws ; 
and that, whatever may have been the motive or the 
result, there was vigilance that the money should be 
spent for the general good. There are, however, some 
evils yet to be remedied. One of these is the sub- 
division of districts, and the consequent shortness of 
the schools ; another is too great lenity in examining 
into the qualifications of teachers. Thorough teachers 
are the cheapest ; and long schools, though considerably 
large, are much better for a town than short schools 
with but few pupils. Two neighboring districts might 
unite, and let the scholars in each attend both the 
schools, which might be taught in different months. 
By the union of several, there might be grades and one 
high school in town, without additional expense. 

HIGH SCHOOLS. 

The liberally educated men in town have always 
been ready to aid any person who wished to pursue 
studies not ordinarily taught in the common schools. 
There have sometimes been private schools for teach- 
ing the higher branches of education. During the 
latter part of each of the years 1824, 1825, and 1826, 
Noyes P. Hawes kept a private school on the com- 
mon. The first strictly classical school was probably 
taught by J. B. Pitkin. 

" He came to Union on foot, with his earthly effects, real 
and personal, in a bundle vmder his arm, in the fall of 1828. 
He was poorly clad, and had the appearance of one far 
gone in consumption. He announced himself as a writing- 
master, and soon opened a writing-school. He did not 
take the pupil's writing-book and reverse it when he wrote, 
but penned the copy across the desk, not only inverted but 
backward. His writing, though done in this way, was pre- 
eminently beautiful. The proceeds of his school supplied 
his wants, and he continued to live among us. There was 
about him an air of great reserve ; and no one knew his 
acquirements, his history, whence he came, or whither he 
was destined. After teaching a writing-school for some 
time, in the fall of 1829 he opened a school for the higher 



316 EDUCATIONAL HISTORY. 

branches, such as Latin, Greek, grammar, geography, &c., 
in the Round Pond School-house. And there for the first 
time we learned that he was a good classical scholar, who 
had received an education at the seminary in Quebec. 
After teaching several months, he commenced preaching, 
and connected himself with the Universalist denomination. 
He remained at Union the next year preaching. Early in 
the year 1830, Mr. Pitkin left Union for the south. His 
health was much improved, though the seeds of consump- 
tion were too deeply rooted in his constitution to be eradi- 
cated. He went to Richmond, Va., became connected M'ith 
the Unitarian denomination, and a fine church was erected 
for him in the city, where he preached for several years, 
and died some years ago, imiversally lamented and beloved 
by all who knew him. Mr. Pitkin was distinguished for his 
reserve, for his quiet, unassuming demeanor, and his gentle, 
unoffending manners." ^ 

With the exception of the summer months, a high 
school has been taught for the most part of the time, 
during several years, by Joshua S. Greene, who for 
about two years was a member of Bowdoin College. 
Here studies are pursued which are requu'ed for ad- 
mission to College. 

During five or six months in the year 1832, a high 
school ior young ladies was taught by Susan B. 
Owen, a native of Brunswick. She afterwards mar- 
ried Rev. James B. Britton, of Dayton, Ohio, who in 
1849 declined the bishopric of Uiinois. 

LYCEUM. 

In the winters of 1830-31 and of 1831-32, there was 
a Lyceum. Dr. Jonathan Sibley was the president. 
Of the lectures one was by Dr. Harding on quackery ; 
one by Dr. H. A. True on a library, and its beneficial 
influence ; and two were given by the president on his- 
torical incidents and events connected with the town 
of Union, and the early settlement of the country. 

' MS. Journal of A. C. Robbins, Esq., of Brunswick. Mr. Pitkin 
died early in 1835, probably at St. Augustine, Fa., where he went 
for his health. See Christian Register, March 28, 1835. 



LIBEARIES. 317 



LIBRARIES. 

At the close of the last century, there was a library, 
which contained several valuable books. March 3, 
1800, an article was brought forward " to see if the 
town ^vould choose a committee to meet a committee 
of the ' Federal Society ' on the subject of turning 
the Union Library to the town." The article was 
dropped. The volumes were kept together many 
years afterward ; but no additions of consequence 
were made to them. Finally, the proprietors in town 
severally took what they considered their share of the 
volumes, and the library was broken up. 

In 1814, the young men made a movement to form 
another library. It was carried on with considerable 
spirit for some time. Their constitution was signed 
by Noyes P. Hawes, Walter Morse, Joel Hills, Otis 
Hawes, John Bowes, Whiting Hawes, Reuben Hills, 
jun., Ebenezer Barrett, Robert N. Foster. To these 
were subsequently added Jonathan Eastman, Ezra 
Bowen, Isaac Hills, Barnard Morse, Galen Hawes, 
Thomas A. Mitchell, and Russell Sargent. Several 
of the young men moved from the town in two or 
three years, and the interest subsided. 

The Union Library Society was organized in 1825, 
with about I'orty members. In. the course of a year 
or two, the library contained nearly two hundred vo- 
lumes. At the present time, there are, including large 
and small, several hundred volumes, belonging to the 
Sunday-schools of the different religious societies. 



318 PROFESSIONAL HISTOEY. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. 

College Graduates. — Lawyers. — Physicians. — Indian Doctor. — 
Urine Doctor. — Singing Masters and Singing Schools. — Brass 
Band. 

COLLEGE GRADUATES.^ 

Isaac Bowen, Brown University, 1816. 
John Langdon Sibley, Harvard University, 1825. 
Heney Ayek True, Bowdoin College, 1832. 
Augustus Coggswell Robbins, Bowdoin College, 1835. 
Henb,y Fiske Harding, Bowdoin College, 1850. 

LAWYERS. 

Robert McClintock, an educated Englishman or 
Scotchman, having a wife and two or three children, 
was in town, according to the tax-bill, as early as 
1791. He lived near Hills' Mills, and occasionally 
" did law-business." Not being able to adapt himself 
to the Yankee mode of getting a living in a new 
country, he became poor, and, it is said, lived for 
some time in a barn, in the McGuier neighborhood in 
Waldoborough, and finally died in it. 

William White, of Chester, N.H., a graduate of 
Dartmouth College in 1806 ; commenced practice in 
August, 1809 ; and in September, 1812, moved to 
Belfast, Avhere he died. 

LiTHGOw Hunter, a graduate of Bowdoin College 
in 1809 ; in town from November, 1812, to March 13, 
1813 ; now lives in Topsham or Brunswick. 

' The first four graduates were born in one school-district. The 
second, third, and fourth were born cr^ the Robbins Nock ; the first 
two of tliem in the True House, sj called, now owned by Mr. Fog- 
ler ; and the other, sixty or eighi,y rods north of it. Another native 
of Maine, Freeman Luce Dagpv'tt, son of Edmund Daggett, for many 
years resident at Hope, is an undergraduate of Bowdoin College. In 
comparison with the neighboring towns the number is large. In the 
vicinity are some towns which have not furnished any college graduates. 



LAWYERS. " 319 

George Kimball, probably of Harvard, Mass., a 
graduate of Dartmouth College in 1809 ; began to 
practise March 12, 1813 ; went to the Bermuda Isles 
in the early part of 1815, where he taught a singing- 
school, and was married. He returned and settled in 
Canaan, N. H., became distinguished in the anti-slavery 
movement, and went to Alton, 111. 

Daniel Fiske Harding, a graduate of Brown Uni- 
versity in 1809, commenced practice in November, 
1815, and still resides in town. 

John Bulfinch, of Lynn, born in Boston, a graduate 
of Harvard University in 1812 ; read law in the office 
of the Hon. Samuel Thatcher, of Warren, and with 
B. P. Field, Esq., of Belfast ; opened an office here in 
January, 1816. He remained till November, 1823 ; 
then removed to Waldoborough, where he no\v lives. 
In 1825 he married Sophronia, daughter of Thomas 
Pike, of Camden, and has six children, the oldest son 
a graduate of Bowdoin College in 1850. 

John S. Abbot, a graduate of Bowdoin College in 
1827, began practice in 1831, moved to Thomaston 
in 1833, and now lives in Norridgewock. 

Augustus C. Robbins, after graduating, studied law 
six months with Jonathan Thayer, of Camden, and 
subsequently with John S. Abbot, of Thomaston ; 
and was admitted to the bar, at Topsham, in August, 
1838. He immediately commenced business in Union, 
and continued till late in the faU of 1839, since which 
he has practised in Brunswick. From November, 
1841, to Dec. 31, 1850, he was cashier of the Bruns- 
wick Bank. Jan. 1, 1851, he entered on his duties as 
cashier of the Union Bank at Brunswick. He has for 
many years been an unwearied and successful advo- 
cate of thorough, extensive, and elevated common 
school education. 

Elijah Vose has been in business since 1842. 

Elisha Esty Rice, now Governor's aid, commenced 
practice in May, 1843, and was deputy-sheriff. He 
left town in 1845, and is now engaged in manufac- 
tures at Halloweli. 



320 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. 

Richard Drury Rice was by profession a printer, 
edited an anti-masonic paper at Hallowell, after which 
he kept a bookstore several years in Augusta. He then 
studied law with the Hon. J. W. Bradbury, United 
States senator, afterward was in partnership with him, 
and in 1848 was appointed Judge of the Middle Dis- 
tinct Court of Maine. He resides at Augusta, i 

Nelson Cutler," a farmer till twenty-one years of 
age, then lime-cask-maker two years, trader from 1827 
to 1837, also at the present time ; began to practise 
at the bar about May, 1843, and still continues in 
the profession. 

PHYSICIANS. 

It was many years before any physician was per- 
manently settled in the town. Dr. Dodge, of Thom- 

* James Rico, born June 24, 1758; died April 3, 1829. He came 
from Framinghani, Mass. He was the son of Richard Rice, born 
Oct. 21, 1730; died June 24, 1793. Nathan Drury Rice, son of the 
before-named James Rice, was born Aug. 29, 1784; and married, 
Feb. 10, 180G, Deborah Banister, born June 9, 178G, died Nov. 1, 
1843. He married second, in 18-51, the widow Emery, of Augusta. 
The children are — I. Harriet, born Nov. 19, 180S; married Amos Bar- 
rett. II. Albert Perry, born June 14, 1808; died March 27, 1834. 
III. Richard Drury, born April 11, 1810 ; married Anne R. Smith, of 
Hallowell, April 12, 1836. She died June 15, 1838, leaving Albert 
Smith, born April 4, 1837. lie married, Nov. 8, 1810, Almira E. Ro- 
binson, by whom he has Abby Emery, born May 18, 1842. IV. Nathan 
Foster, born March 25, 1812; baker in New Orleans, La. V. James 
Banister, born June 14, 1814; died Sept. 15, 1835. YI. Sarah, born 
June 25, 1816 ; married, Sept. 4, 1847, James Hodges, of Washington. 
VII. Cyrus Cushman, born June 14, 1818; married, Oct. 17, 1839, 
Emily S. Wade ; lives in Bangor. Children : Abby Celestia, born 
Aug." 13, 1840 ; Deborah Caroline, born Sept. 9, 1843 "; Emma Eveline, 
born Dec. 26, 1846. VIII. Elisha Esty, born May 7, 1820 ; married, 
Jan. 2, 1842, Almira W. Sampson, of Winthrop. IX. Lyman Lyon, 
born July 21, 1822 ; died at the Marine Hospital, Liverpool, England, 
Feb. 23, 1842. X. Eveline, born July 3, 1824 ; married Simeon 
Savage, and resides at Lowell. Mass. XL Ann Maria, born April 6, 
1828; married, December, 1847, James French; residence Lewiston. 

* N. C. born at Lewiston, April 25, 1805 ; married, in Warren, 
March 8, 1827, Love Thompson, born in Hope, April 3, 1810. The 
children, all born in Union, are — I. Ethelbert Nelson, born Feb. 19, 
1828. IL Malinda Ann, born June 16, 1829; died May 30, 1848. HL 
John Emery, born Nov. 1, 1831. IV. Mary Celeste, born April 23, 
1834. V. Caroline Matilda, born June 21, 1836. YI. Charles Henry, 
born Oct. 19, 1839. VH. Frank Melvin, born June 22, 1842. VIII. 
Clara Augusta, born March 27, 1846. IX. Coraella, born 1849. 



PHYSICIANS. 321 

aston, and subsequently Dr. Buxton, of "Warren, were 
occasionally sent for in difficult cases. At an early 
period, probably about the year 1787 or 1788, Dr. 
Isaac Bernard was in town a short time. He settled 
in Thomaston, and mamed a widow Hanson. He 
was captain of a company of light-horse, frequently 
moderator of the town-meetings, and was chosen rep- 
resentative to the Massachusetts General Court, at 
least in 1806, 1807, 1809-13, 1815-17, and 1819. 

Mrs. James, of Warren, was sent for occasionally. 
But the wife of Philip Robbins, better known as 
" Aunt Mima," did more business than all of them. 
In the autumn of 1786, Mr. Samuel Hills agreed to 
announce to " Aunt Mima " the expected arrival of a 
little stranger, by going to the pond and blowing 
a conch. When the time came, Aunt Mima respond- 
ed to the call. The ice was thin. Amariah Mero, 
holding a long pole by the middle, so as to recover 
himself if he broke through, drew his mother-in-law 
on a hand-sled to the place appointed. The little 
stranger, Jabez F. Hills, was the first person born in 
Union after it was incorporated. Aunt Mima ac- 
quired considerable skill as a doctress. If a person 
was wounded, commonly he was carried to Aunt 
IVIima, who had medicines and lancets, and prescribed 
and bled, as the case required. 

Jonathan Sibley was the first physician who estab- 
lished himself here permanently. After studying his 
profession with Dr. Canigain, of Concord, N. H., he 
was examined and admitted to the New Hampshire 
Medical Society, Jan. 9, 1799 ; receiving, it is said, 
the first diploma ever given by the society. Subse- 
quently he became a member of the Massachusetts 
Medical Society. It is supposed that he is not only 
the oldest man, but the oldest physician, who prac- 
tises any in this part of the country, and possibly in 
the State. Many years since, he published several 
articles in the medical journal printed in Boston. 

AViLLiAM Dougherty, of Framingham, settled here 
about the year 1807, and continued several years. 

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322 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. 

Dr. Pelatiah Metcalf came from Massachusetts in 
1809, remained one or two years, and went into a fac- 
tory at Pawtucket, R. I. He now lives at Smithfield, 
R.L 

Afterward came Dr. Brackett, from Vassalborough. 
He continued but a short time, moved to Thomaston, 
and afterward to Virginia. 

Elisha Harding, M. D. at Brown University in 1819, 
was here from the spring of 1819 till 1842, when he 
moved to Thomaston, where he died in 1850. 

Isaac Flitner, M. D. at Bowdoin College in 1837, 
came in 1837, and is still in practice. 

Gavinus Henderson came in 1842, and moved 
away in two or three years. 

Dr. Thomas Gore was here a short time, moved 
to Gushing, and was representative from that town in 
1844, and senator in 1846 and 1847. He now lives 
at East Boston, Mass. 

Edward Alden attended one course of medical lec- 
tures at Bowdoin College in 1844. Afterward he at- 
tended two courses at Cincinnati, Ohio, and received 
a medical degree from the Botanico-medical College 
of Ohio, Feb. 21, 1845. After practising two years at 
Providence, R. I., he came here in April, 1848. 

The following physicians went from Union, and 
settled in other places : — 

Isaac Bo wen, son of Ezra and Experience (Tol- 
man) Bowen, after graduating at Brown University in 
1816, taught an acaden:by at Providence, R. I., and 
afterward at Taunton, Mass. He went to the South 
in October, 1818, to teach ; settled in Applington, Ga.. 
and subsequently in Augusta, where, having attended 
medical lectures in Philadelphia, he practised medi- 
cine. His wife kept a boarding-school, in which he 
took an active part when his practice permitted. He 
died in Augusta, in 1839, of the yellow fever, after 
five days' sickness. 

Cyrus Hills, son of the late Reuben Plills, is a prac- 
titioner in Friendship, Cushing, and on the islands. 

Henry Ayer True, son of the Rev. Henry True, stu- 



PHYSICIANS. 323 

died medicine with Drs. Estabrook, of Camden, and 
McKeen, of Topsham or Brunswick ; attended one 
course of medical lectures in Boston, and two in Bruns- 
wick; and received his medical degree at the latter 
place. He was then appointed assistant superintending 
physician at the McLean Asylum, Somerville, Mass. 
Afterwards he \vas in a dispensary, and subsequently 
was a druggist, in New York city. He moved to 
Marion, Marion county, Ohio, where ill health obliged 
him to abandon an extensive medical practice, and 
where he is now a merchant. 

John Hawes, born Dec. 31, 1810, died at Grenada, 
Miss. 

Benjamin Hiram Bachelder, son of Capt. Nathaniel 
Bachelor, was born Sept. 18, 1811 ; graduated at the 
Bowdoin Medical School in 1836 ; and in December, 
1836, settled in Montville, where, in October, 1837, he 
married Betsey White Ayer, daughter of Perley and 
Polly (White) Ayer. In 1848 he adopted the homceo- 
pathic system of practice. 

John Bayley Walker, son of Amos Walker, re- 
ceived a medical degree at Bowdoin College in 1847. 
April 21, 1849, he married Bertha E. Rust, of Wash- 
ington, where he is settled. 

Indian Doctor. — During the summer and autumn 
of 1805 or 1806, an Indian doctor, named Cook, was 
here. On the east side of White Oak Pond, called 
by the Indians Ponoke or Pawnoke, the Indians once 
had a garden, in which they cultivated many medi- 
cinal plants. From this deserted garden, Dr. Cook 
obtained most of his medicines. He had a pipe 
made from a maple-sprout. The bulb ^vhere it ad- 
hered to the stump was hollowed out for the bowl, and 
the sprout pierced for the passage of the smoke. He 
was sent for to visit a patient ; and, it never being con- 
venient for him to pass the tavern ^vithout making 
a call, he stopped there on his "way. After " taking a 
li\tle refreshment," and lighting his pipe, he attempted 
to mount a horse from the off side. Not able to keep 
his balance, he pitched over the animal, and thrust the 



324 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. 

pipe-stem through his neck. It was extracted, and he 
visited his patient ; but, in consequence of the injury, 
he died about a week afterward, and was buried not 
far from the Methodist Meeting-house, in a north- 
westerly or westerly direction, on the pitch of the hill 
near the road which runs west, and in the vicinity of 
his wigwam. 

Urine Doctor. — As the inhabitants have some- 
times consulted physicians in the neighboring towns, 
it may perhaps be excusable to insert two extracts 
from letters respecting a doctor who in his day proba- 
bly was as much celebrated as any man ever was in 
the vicinity. The first extract is dated Nov. 18, 1819 : 

" A German urine-doctor has lately come from Virginia 
to Warren. The people flock to liim by hundreds ; his 
house has been so thronged that some days he could not 
attend to half the applicants.- It has been reported, that he 
had an hundred people under his care at the same time. 
Samuel Bennet died at his hoiise. The body was brought 
to this town, and opened by Drs. Sibley and Harding, to 
find a great worm which the learned doctor said was in 
him; but none was to be found. The fellow says Micajah 
Gleason has a worm as many feet long as Gleason is years 
old, and that the worm adds one foot to its length every 
year. He says Gleason has not got the asthma. He says 
he shall certainly cure Mr. Gleason, if he can obtain the aid 
of a seventh son." 

The second extract is from a letter dated March 12, 
1820 : — 

" Dr. Lambricht, of Warren, has buried his wife and 
both his children. Some of the people think he poisoned 
them. A jury of inquest was had on one of the bodies ; 
but no discoveries were made. His house is continually 
thronged with people, some with bottles of urine, some 
with lame legs, and others with diseased livers, rotten 
lungs, and crazy brains. His practice extends more than 
fifty miles, and I think I might say more than an hundred. 
Many of his patients have died, and several at his own 
house. He is so much engaged in business that manjr peo- 
ple have to call several times before they can have their 



SINGING-MASTERS AND SINGING-SCHOOLS. 325 

urine inspected. I hear he has a box or barrel, in which he 
keeps salts and brimstone pounded together, and feeds all 
his patients from the same mess. Some are directed to 
take it in brandy, and some in rum, and others in different 
ways ; but those who have diseased livers must swallow it 
dry, so that it may adhere to the liver and heal it. He 
calls Dr. Brown [of Waldoborough] a fool, and says the 
physicians in this country ought to be hung for their ignor- 
ance. He says in Germany there were several hundred men 
appointed to translate the Bible ; and, after they had fin- 
ished the work, they submitted it to him to see if it had 
been correctly done. Public opinion seems to be divided 
concerning him : while some call him a great physician, 
others say he kills a great many and cures none." 

SINGING-MASTERS AND SINGING-SCHOOLS. 

The first singing-school was taught by Ebenezer 
Jennison, in Moses Hawes's log-house. Candlesticks 
were scarce, and potatoes, with holes in them, were sub- 
stituted. Afterward, in cases of emergency, candles 
were tipped till the melted tallow dropped on the long 
board which served as a table, and then the bottoms 
of the candles were held in the tallow till it cooled, — 
a practice not uncommon in new settlements at the 
present day. The Rev. Mr. StaiT, a carpenter and 
Calvinistic Baptist preacher, and John Fairbanks, 
taught singing in the latter part of the eighteenth cen- 
tury. 

In the early part of the nineteenth century, funds 
w^ere raised by subscription, and the schools were free 
for all. About the years 1814 and 1816, Benjamin 
Franklin Waters, from Ashby, Mass., was the teacher. 
His compensation was one dollar for an afternoon and 
evening. He was employed in three towns ; and he 
so arranged his schools as to teach in Union on two 
days in each week, from two to nine, p.m., with a recess 
from five to six o'clock. The school was kept in the 
hall of the " Mallard House," which stood on the spot 
now occupied by the house of Elijah Vose, Esq. In 
the evenings, sixty or seventy persons were commonly 
present. Some of them lived four or five miles dis- 

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326 PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. 

tant. They were dismissed at nine o'clock, then con- 
sidered a late hour, to go home in the searching cold, 
through snow-drifts and along dreary roads. 

Two evenings thus spent in each week relieved the 
winters of the monotony which frequently prevails in 
country-towns. There was no satisfactory substitute 
for the enjoyment. Sometimes there was rudeness at 
the meetings ; but it was more than counterbalanced 
by frankness and kind feelings. After the school was 
ended, if it w^as in winter, the singers commonly met 
on Sunday evenings, at different private houses within 
a mile or two of the Common. Before Sunday-schools 
were established, there was singing in the meeting- 
house, between the morning and afternoon services, on 
the Lord's days, in summer. Two or three persons 
would make a beginning. Occasionally there would 
be a " break-down ; " but, as other singers came in and 
joined them, the music became better. Marcus Gill- 
mor w^as commonly present with the bass-viol, bought 
by the Rev. Mr. True for the use of the society, and 
occasionally there were other instruments ; but the 
want of skill in the performers was often the occasion 
of sundry discords. Gillmor always could be relied on 
to sustain his part. In summer there was generally a 
singing-meeting at five o'clock, at the old hall. A 
maiden lady, who afterwards became dependent on 
the town for support, lived in the house part of the 
time, and, for an occasional gratuity of a dollar or two, 
kept the hall well swept and sanded. Some persons 
may possibly recollect the elastic step and perpendicu- 
larity with which she was regularly expected to go out 
and come in, two or three times at each meeting. 

Singing-schools have been kept in later years ; but 
they have been, for the most part, confined to the par- 
ticular religious societies. They have not been got up 
and sustained on the broad and free principle on which 
they were conducted thirty-five years ago. 

BRASS BAND, 

Very early in the present century, a school for in- 
strumental music was taught, and some steps were 



REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 



327 



taken towards forming a band. Subsequently, teach- 
ing was given by Mr. Whittemore. About the time 
the war of 1812 closed, a fifing-school was taught by 
Edmund Daggett. But nothing of importance was 
effected till 1845 or 1846, when several young men — 
amateurs — took hold of the subject in earnest, em- 
ployed a very skilful teacher, and were organized Aug. 
8, 1846, as the " Union Brass Band." It has had a 
high reputation ; though, of late, it has lost some of its 
members by their removal from town. 



Members. 

William Adams 
John M. Bachelder 
Nathaniel Q. Bachelder 
Nathaniel K. Burkett 
Lyman Chapman . 
Frederic Daggett . 
Freeman L. Daggett 
Willard Hart . . 
Isaac C. Hovey . 
Benjamin L. Jones 
William B. Morse . 
George W. Payson 
Jesse W. Payson . 
Madan K. Payson . 
Nathan D. Payson 



Instruments. 

Cornopeon. 

Drum. 

Tuber. 

Trumpet. 

Bass Drum. 

Post Horn. 

Tenor Trombone. 

Ophicleide. 

Cornopeon. 

Drum and Cymbals. 

Tenor Trombone. 

Bugle. 

E flat Bugle. 

B flat Bugle. 

Trombone. 



CHAPTER XXXVI. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



Revolutionary Soldiers. — Loyalist. — Incidents in the Revolution- 
ary War. — Frencli War. — Military Ai)propriations. — Powder 
House. — Military Spirit. 

REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 

Many of the early settlers were connected with the 
army of the American Revolution. Ezekiel Hagar, 
who said he was at the execution of Andre ; Abijah 



328 MILITARY HISTORY. 

Hawes ; Matthias Hawes ; Moses Hawes ; Ichabod 
Maddocks, who was in the movement against Pen- 
obscot, born June 7, 1764, and died Jan. 4, 1823,. 
aged sixty-five ; Titus Metcalf, who died at the age 
of ninety-two years ; and Jason Ware, were revolu- 
tionary soldiers. To these should probably be added 
David Gillmor and Reuben Hills. 

Capt. Joel Adams was in the service between three 
and four years ; and, when he left it, he was at 
least one hundred dollars poorer than when he entered 
it. After nine and a half months' campaign, he was 
finally discharged from the United States Army, with 
sixty dollars of continental money. With this, in 
coming through Hartford, he bought a pair of buck- 
skin breeches ; and the three remaining dollars he paid 
for a dinner, or something equivalent to it. 

Nathan Barnard, born at Waltham, Mass., died July 
21, 1830, in his seventy-ninth year. He married Sarah 
Wellington, who was born in Waltham, Mass., April, 
1760, and moved from Jaffrey, N. H., to Union in 
April, 1802. He was out twice in the war. At Bun- 
ker Hill he did not take part in the battle, but "was a 
sentry at a short distance. The balls cut to pieces a bar- 
berry bush within two rods of him. Afterward he was 
at West Point. He " tended one end " of the chain 
put across the North River to obstruct the upM'^ard 
passage of the British vessels. The chain was made 
of square bars, about one foot long and one inch thick, 
secured upon logs to prevent it from sinking. He was 
also in a skirmish near Ticonderoga. 

Capt. Amos Barrett was at the North Bridge in 
Concord, Mass., April 19, 1775. According to him, 
the orders to the Americans were not to fire first. 
The British moved to the bridge, and began to tear it 
up. Capt. Davis, of the Acton Company, said they 
should not do it, and marched down with warlike 
deportment. The British fired. Davis leaped from 
the ground, brandished his sword, shouted " Fire, for 
God's sake, fire ! " sprang to one side of the road to 
avoid the shot, was struck by a ball and fell. Capt. 



REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 329 

Barrett followed the British when they retreated. He 
said he found men dead, wounded, dying, and under- 
going indescribable suffering. One man was trying to 
drown himself in a mud-puddle. Another, who was 
wounded, hung himself in a barn with a harness. 
Capt. Barrett was also at the capture of Burgoyne. 

Phinehas Butler served three years. He went to 
Ticonderoga, and was in the retreat. Having got 
ammunition, arms, and re-enforcements, the party 
went back to meet Burgoyne. He was also at Valley 
Forge, where he had the small-pox. Afterward he 
went to West Point, and had a sergeant's command 
of horse-guard in that vicinity ; and there he got a 
discharge. 

Samuel Daggett was captured on board a privateer, 
and confined four months in the Jersey prison-ship at 
New York. Of ninety who went on board with him, 
all died but himself and eight more. 

Col. John Gleason was in the service, and in the 
Shays Rebellion. By a resolve of the General Court, 
passed Feb. 19, 1781, he was appointed a muster- 
master, to muster into the continental army the men 
raised in the county of Middlesex, Mass. 

Richard Grinnell was privateering, and also in the 
regular land-service. He died at or near Springfield, 
Mass. 

Royal Grinnell was in service in Rhode Island. 

Amariah Mero was in the service about six years, 
chiefly in short enlistments. He went to Sorel, Trois 
Rivieres, Montreal, Ticonderoga, and was subsequent- 
ly at West Point. He was for some time at Boston 
or vicinity, guarding the Burgoyne troops. He never 
was in any engagement. His last enlistment was 
for three years, and he was discharged at Fort Stan- 
wLx.- He sold his rations of rum to the Indians for 
beaver-skins. He sold the skins for five dollars, which 
paid his expenses to Northampton, where he procured 
five dollars more of a friend to pay his expenses home. 

Levi Morse went in a privateer to France. He 
served six weeks in Rhode Island at the time of Gen. 



330 MILITARY HISTORY. 

Sullivan's expedition, under the command of Capt. 
Perry, of Sherburne, in Col. Haw^es's regiment. A 
memorandum found among his papers, dated July 24, 
1832, says : " In 1788, was engaged several days and 
nights in constructing redoubts, and exposed to cannon 
shot and shells several days. We were overtaken with 
a severe storm, whilst on the island, without tents to 
cover us. In 1779 and '80, I served in Sherburne 
fifteen months ; enlisted under Reuben Partridge, com- 
manding officer, in the State of Massachusetts, for the 
term of three months at each engagement. In 1781, 
I served three months in the State of New York, at 
West Point, Peekskill, and vicinity." Another paper, 
dated August, 1783, labelled " List of towns from 
Sherburne to West Point," contains " Messmates, 
Sergt. Joseph Dows, Daniel Brick, Abraham Coolidge, 
Joseph Fairbanks, Jesse Phips, Levi Morse." 

Bela Robbins, under the name of William Robbins, 
enlisted for three years just at the close of the war; 
went to West Point, and was dismissed in about nine 
months. There was difficulty about his procuring a 
pension, because the application was by Bela Robbins. 
There ^vas no such name on the roil ; but there was 
William Robbins. The difficulty may be explained 
by the fact that Billy is a familiar abbreviation for 
William ; and hence the transition to Bille and Bela 
was easy. He finally received three hundred silver 
dollars, and obtained a pension. 

Ebenezer Robbins, son of Philip Robbins, priva- 
teered in boats with Perry and Thompson, making it 
also an object to guard the shore. The party went on 
to the land to eat some victuals. The tories saw them 
and fired on them, probably to frighten them off and 
plunder them. One of the balls wounded Robbins in 
the calf of the leg. Mortification followed. He died 
and was buried on Cranberry Island. This was pro- 
bably near the end of the "war.^ 

JosiAH Robbins served nine months. He was at 
West Point at the time of the deep snow. 

' Mrs. McTO and Mrs. Dunton. 



REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS. 331 

Philip Robbiins, at the commencement of the revo- 
lutionary war, resided at Walpole, Mass., and was 
lieutenant of a company. Within a week before the 
battle of Lexington, he was in Boston, and, in conver- 
sation with some boasting British officers, said to them : 
" You have as good officers and men as any in the 
world ; but the Americans will fight as well without 
officers as your men will with officers, and will take 
them one to two, and cut them all off for one breakfast, 
if they go out into the country in a riotous way." The 
officers, highly incensed, put him under arrest, and kept 
him several hours. ^ Very early on the morning of the 
day of the Lexington Battle, he and the captain and 
the ensign of the company were in Boston with then- 
teams. On learning that the British had " gone out," 
each, leaving his team to be driven home by others, 
took off his horse and mounted it without a saddle, 
and drove to Walpole as fast as he could go, changing 
horses twice on the w'ay. The military company was 
mustered, and hurried to Cambridge, where it arrived 
in the evening, after the battle was over, and had only 
the satisfaction of eating some of the provisions which 
had been taken from the British. 

When Robbins was first coming to Union, he was 
obliged to go to Salem and take passage in an east- 
ward-bound vessel ; it being immediately after the 
evacuation of Boston, while the British were probabl}' 
lying off Boston harbor. The captain of a privateer 
said he would convoy the eastward-bound vessel, as 
he " should like to try his legs," never having been out. 

' This account of Jessa Robbins coffers somewhat from the one by 
Jacob Robbins. According to the best of his recollection, which was 
rather indistinct, his father went to Boston from Walpole with a load 
of timber, one or two days before the battle of Lexington, and called 
at the bar-room of a tavern where British officers were drinking pnnch. 
He also called for some ; and, as he was drinking, " he heard the officers 
chatting how easy it would be to march through the country to New 
York. He interrupted them, and said, ' Friends, you are much mis- 
taken : I should not be afraid to undertake, with five hundred such 
men as we have in the town I came from, to cut you off before you 
got forty miles.' They immediately put him under guard, kept him 
three or four hours, and let him go again." 



332 MILITARY HISTORY. 

At about eleven o'clock, a. m., after one or two hours' 
sail, all on board were surprised to see the privateer 
suddenly put off from them. Before long, the captain 
discovered she had gone in pursuit of a prize. It was 
subsequently ascertained that the privateer took it the 
same day, and that it contained provisions, clothing, 
&c., for the British army ; it probably not being known 
to those on board that the British had left Boston in 
the possession of their enemies. 

George Wellington was at the Lexington Battle. 
He said, when the British came in sight, the captain 
of the Lexington Company asked all who were will- 
ing to stand their ground " to poise their fire-locks.' ' 
Every man did it. When Pitcairn ordered the rebels 
to disperse, none moved ; but, when the British fired, 
all ran. At one time, a British officer came upon a 
Yankee with a gun, and asked him what he meant 
to do with it. The man hesitatingly replied, " Not 
much." The officer presented his pistol ; the man, 
taken by surprise, gave up his gun, went off, and in 
great mortification told his companions of his ill-for- 
tune. As the British advanced to Concord, the Ameri- 
cans kept gathering and hanging about them. Wel- 
lington followed them on their advance, and on their 
return. A noble horse trotted by him, with portman- 
teau, saddle, bridle, pistols, &c., but without a rider; 
the officer probably having been killed. At another 
time, three or four British grenadiers entered a house, 
and were followed by Americans for the purpose of 
surrounding it and making them prisoners. One of the 
Americans went round the house to the back-door. 
A grenadier opened it. They " drew upon each other " 
instantly. The American shot the grenadier tln-ough 
the heart, and he fell dead. The grenadier, firing at 
the same moment, shot the American through the ab- 
domen. Wellington conversed with the latter, who 
said he should die, and he did. Wellington took up 
the grenadier's cap, made of leather and brass, carried 
it a mile or two, found it very heavy, and tlu-ew it 
over the fence. A person who spent an evening with 



WENTWORTH. — COGGAN. — FOSTER. 333 

him and Capt. Ban'ett said they could not agree 
whether the first resistance to the British was made at 
Lexington or Concord ; but Wellington observed that 
one of his relatives remarked after the battle, " D — n 
them ! I gave them the guts of my gun " at Lexington 
when they fired. Wellington was also engaged at 
the time of the Shays Rebellion. He moved to Ap- 
pleton, and afterward to Albion, where he died. 

Lemuel Wbntworth's gravestone is in the aban- 
doned burying-ground at East Union. It states that 
he was at the battle of Bunker Hill. This is a mis- 
take. From a memorandum made in 1820, it appears 
that " he served the United States, a whole year at one 
time, in what Avas then called the Year's Service ; 
that he marched from Winter Hill to New York, and 
then to Albany, Ticonderoga, Montreal, and subse- 
quently back to Mount Independence ; and then he 
went to Trenton, and helped to capture the Hessians." 

Besides the persons mentioned, there may have 
been some other revolutionary soldiers, who have not 
been noticed because not known to be such. 

William Coggan was in the battle of Bunker Hill, 
on the British side. He passed over from Boston 
after the commencement of action. 

LOYALIST. 

About the year 1814 came Edward Foster from 
Halifax. He was the father of Major Robert Foster. 
He had left Massachusetts when the loyalists, or tories 
as they were called, were obliged to go off. There 
seem to have been two men of the name, a father and 
a son. Edes's Gazette, July 29, 1776, states, " We 
hear that yesterday a prize was sent into Salem, with 
Ben. Davis and son, Edward Foster, and about a 
dozen other tories, on board. She was bound to New 
York, with stolen dry goods." It is said that Edward 
Foster was a blacksmith; and, when Boston was be- 
sieged by the American army, he assisted in making 
horse-shoes, to which were commonly affixed three 
prongs, one or two inches long ; and that these were 

29 



834 MILITARY HISTORY. 

buried on Boston Neck for the purpose of laming the 
American cavaby, in case they should attempt to en- 
ter the city in that direction. Mr. Foster appeared 
to be a very worthy, quiet man, and resided with his 
son till he died July 17, 1822, aged seventy-two. 

INCIDENTS IN THE REVOLUTIONAEY WAR. 

When Castine, then called Biguyduce or Penobscot, 
was taken by the British troops in the year 1779, 
Philip Robbins, as commissary, and his son Jacob 
Robbins, as his waiter, joined the expedition * against 
them. These were the only persons who went from 
Stirlington. When the Americans were obliged to 
abandon their movements against Biguyduce, a com- 
pany on the retreat encamped one night on Craw- 
ford's Meadow. - The few inhabitants here always 
kept their guns loaded by their beds, and had dogs. 
They often went out as scouts, but in the disguise of 
hunters. In Waldoborough and Warren were many 
tories ; " the old country people were almost all for 
the king." ^ A road was beaten down from Waldo- 
borough through the upper part of Union, by the 
driving of cattle to Biguyduce. Two British officers 
named McGregor and Roakes, deserters from Castine, 
piloted by Oliver Miller, of Lincolnville, passed through 
the settlement. They could not be prevailed on to 

' It was in this expedition that Christopher Newbit, who settled on 
the point of land at the north end of Sunnybec Pond, had his right 
arm taken off, Juh' 28, 1779, by a cannon-ball, which glanced round 
a tree. By a resolve of the Legislature, passed Feb. 28, 1781, his 
father John Newbit was paid " £13, in bills of the new emission, in 
full for all surgeons' bills and other expenses incurred by the loss 
of his son's arm in the battle aforesaid." C. Newbit lost his right 
eye, and afterward fractured his right leg so badly that it scarcely 
escaped amputation. Notwithstanding these infirmities, it is almost 
incredible with what skill he would drive his team, load stones, and 
do other work, with his left arm. A pension was settled on him; and 
it appears, from the Report of the Secretary of the United States, 
that, when he died in Sei)teraber, 1826, forty-seven years afterward, 
he had received $2,790.27. 

^ C. Eaton, Esq. ' Mrs. Mero. 



REVOLUTIONARY INCIDENTS. 335 

lodge in the house of Philip Robbins, but spent the 
night in the top of his barn.^ 

Occasionally some of the inhabitants were alarmed. 
Two famishing deserters from the British called at the 
house at South Union, and asked for ham, a leg of 
which they saw in the cellar-way. " Mrs. Butler cut 
off and cooked a generous quantity, and set it with 
brown bread before them. She Avas so frightened 
that she would have given them any thing they had 
asked for in the house." 

When General Wadsworth and Colonel Benjamin 
Burton were prisoners of war at Castine, Philip Rob- 
bins and others visited them, with a flag of truce. ^ 
Some sharp words then passed between some of the 
British and Robbins. This was probably towards the 
end of April, 1781. Shortly afterward, Philip Rob- 
bins was sent express from Camden to Boston, to 
guard Capt. John Long, a tory prisoner. His bill, 
bearing date May 1 to May 5, 1781, so gi-eat was 
the depreciation of the continental paper, amounted 
to <£ 1,128. 2s., includmg the charge to meet the ex- 
penses on his return. Long afterward escaped. Rob- 
bins took him again and carried him back. Long 
swore vengeance. He afterwards persuaded the ene- 
my at Biguyduce that it would be a good plan to 
come and burn Union. Just at that time, the British 
officer in command at Biguyduce was changed; and 
a friend of Robbins succeeded in informing the new 
commander, that the whole affair wag a spiteful move- 
ment originating with Long, that there ^vas nothing 
at Stirlington worth going for ; and he accordingly put 
a stop to it.^ 

When General Wadsworth and Col. Benjamin Bur- 
ton made thek wonderful escape from the British 
fort at Castine, of which there is a minute account in 
the second volume of Dwight's Travels, they came 
on to Mount Pleasant, June 21, 1781, and down by 
Crawford's Pond, to Warren and Thomaston. 

' Mrs. Mero. 



336 MILITARY HISTORY. 

FRENCH WAR. 

In the latter part of the last century, when a war 
with France was anticipated, orders came for an en- 
sign and eleven men. Accordingly, eleven men enlisted 
under William Hart. They frequently met for drill, 
and held themselves in readiness to march. But they 
were never ordered from Union. The ensign, how- 
ever, seemed determined to make somethijig out of it. 
Accordingly, he once told his soldiers, when he was 
about to have a training, " to i'etch their girls " and 
any friends whom they wished to invite, and have a 
ball at his house. The consequence was a merry time 
to all, except one of the eleven, who, on account of the 
unpopularity of his wife, was not invited. The guests 
" paid for the fiddle and the liquor," and Hart fur- 
nished the entertainment and provided for the horses, i 
This appears to have been all the part which the in- 
habitants took in the expected French war. 

MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS. 

Sept. 1, 1794, upon an article " to see what sum of 
money the town will grant for raising minute-men," — 
that is, men to be ready to march against the enemy 
at a minute's warning, — it was voted to give "three 
dollars' bounty, and to make their wages ten dollars 
per month with what Congress gives." Another war 
with Great Britain was anticipated, because the British 
government would not give up, according to treaty, 
the posts at Detroit and in the West. 

Aug. 28, 1797, the sum of lifty-five dollars was 
granted " to purchase military stores, viz., 60 lbs. pow- 
der, 100 lbs. ball, 100 flints, &c., agi'ceable to law; said 
money to be assessed and collected as soon as con- 
venient." Edward Jones was to purchase the stores 
as soon as the money w^as collected. Amariah Mero 
was " chosen to go to Waldoborough Coui't, to repre- 
sent to said court that we are in preparation to get 

» Mrs. Wm. Hart. 



POWDER-HOUSE. — MILITARY SPIRIT. 337 

stores, and to get the town cleared of the fine, if he 
can." 

Jan. 31, 1804, the town paid " Rufus Gillmor, one of 
the selectmen, $51.33, to purchase ammunition for the 
town's use." There is another charge, without date, 
of one dollar and twenty-five cents, by Jessa Robbins, 
" for flints for the town." 

The selectmen's records contain the following no- 
tices : Sept, 2, 1806, " Took from the town stock of 
powder 23 lbs., for the use of the two companies in 
this town." June, 1807, " Put into the town stock of 
powder one hundred weight, which cost $38.25," Oct. 
14, 1808, « Took from the town stock 26 lbs. for the 
use of the two companies in this town." In 1810, 
" The selectmen supplied the two companies with 
28 lbs. of powder." 

POWDER-HOUSE. 

The town's powder w^as stored in the garret of the 
Old Meeting-house. An unsuccessful attempt was 
made, May 8, 1815, to provide a powder-house. April 
7, 1816, " Voted to build one, the expense not to exceed 
fifty dollars." Accordingly, not long afterward, the 
villagers were surprised one morning at seeing a little 
wooden building about six feet square and ten feet 
high, with a peaked roof, perched on the highest part 
of the hill, north of the Common ; where, having been 
made to order, it had been hauled in the night. It still 
stands there, though somewhat the w^orse for the storms 
and the boys' knives. An effort was made, April 7, 
1845, to have the town dispose of it and of the " uten- 
sils therein." 

MILITARY SPIRIT. 

In different parts of the town, when the day's work 
was over, almost every evening's breeze bore with it 
the sounds of the drum and file, before and after the 
war of 1812. The swivel was placed near the powder- 
house. For several months after the war, it was gene- 
rally fired once each day, between sunset and dark. 
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338 MILITARY HISTORY. 

May 6, 1816, it was "voted that the militia should 
have the privilege of the meeting-house for inspection." 
A military spirit pervaded the town. Those were the 
"glorious days," when soldiers would volunteer, and 
meet for the purpose of drill. 

July 4, 1820, a good day for appeals to patriotism, 
the town " voted that Capt. Noah Rice draw from the 
town-treasury fifteen dollars, to be applied towards 
the purchasing a stand of colors." The rifle-company 
made a similar application, April 1, 1822 ; but it was 
" voted to drop the article." A standard, however, 
was afterward presented by the ladies through Miss 
Foster, who made an appropriate address, which was 
replied to by Capt. Lewis Bachelder, who received it. 



CHAPTEE XXXVII. 
MILITARY HISTORY. 

Infantry Officers. — Ij'ght Infontry. — Its Organization and Dress. 
— Its Officers. — Rilie Company. — Its Organization and Dress. — 
Kifles. — Its Officers. — Disbandment. 

INFANTRY. 

Officers. — Joel Adams, elected captain, Oct. 19, 
1791; discharged May 14, 1798. He was the first 
captain, and for some time used a moose-wood cane, 
instead of a sword. Previously to this, there was no 
military training in Union. 

Joseph Maxcy, the first lieutenant, Oct. 18, 1791 ; 
captain, June 25, 1798; major, Sept. 5, 1805. 

William Hart, first ensign, Oct. 18, 1791. 

David Gillmor is said to have been the second 
lieutenant. 



INFANTRY. 339 

John Blanchard, lieutenant, Aug. 30, 1802. 

Rufus Gillmor, captain. May 2, 1805; major, June 
26, 1810 ; discharged Feb. 2, 1814. 

Joseph Pitman, ensign, June 16, 1806. 

Joseph Vaughan, heutenant, June 6, 1808 ; dis- 
charged June 21, 1813. 

Peter Adams, captain, Jan. 7, 1811 ; discharged Aug. 

21, 1813. 

David Grafton, ensign, Jan. 7, 1811 ; lieutenant, 
Oct. 2, 1813 ; captain, Jan. 8, 1814 ; moved from 
town ; discharged March 24, 1817. 

Rufus Gillmor, jun., ensign, Oct. 2, 1813 ; lieu- 
tenant, Jan. 8, 1814 ; moved to Searsmont ; dis- 
charged March 9, 1816. 

Bailey More, ensign, Jan. 8, 1814 ; lieutenant. May 

22, 1816 ; moved to Searsmont ; discharged March 
20, 1817. 

Noah Rice, ensign. May 22, 1816 ; captain, April 30, 
1817 ; re-elected captain, Sept. 24, 1825 ; removed. 

Millard Gillmor, lieutenant, April 30, 1817 ; moved 
from town ; discharged July 6, 1819. 

Nathaniel Tobey, ensign, April 30, 1817 ; lieute- 
nant; discharged 1823. 

Cyrus Robbins, ensign, Aug. 30, 1819 ; discharged 
May 27, 1820. 

John Pearse Robbins, captain. May 24, 1823; 
removed 1825. 

Philo Thurston, ensign, July 5, 1825 ; discharged 
March 17, 1834. 

Ebenezer Ward Adams, captain, Sept. 18, 1832; 
cashiered Sept. 8, 1835. 

John Fuller, lieutenant, Sept. 18, 1832; discharged 
March 5, 1840. 

George Robbins, captain, May 10, 1834 ; discharged 
by limitation, Jan. 3, 1842. 

Alexander Skinner, lieutenant. May 10, 1834; dis- 
charged by limitation, Jan. 3, 1842. 

Lite W. Boggs, ensign, May 10, 1834; discharged 
by limitation, Jan. 3, 1842. 



340 MILITARY HISTORY. 

LIGHT INFANTRY. 

General Orders. — "Head Quarters, Feb. 26, 1806. 
The Commander-in-chief, having been authorized by a re- 
solve of the General Court, on the petition of Micajah 
Gleason and others, and having the advice of Council, 
thereupon orders that a company of light-infantry be raised 
in the Fourth Regiment, First Brigade and Eighth Divi- 
sion of the Militia, to be annexed to said regiment, and sub- 
ject to all the regulations established by law; provided, 
nevertheless, that no standing company of foot be reduced 
thereby to a less number than sixty-four effective privates. 
" By order of the Commander-in-chief, 

" Wm. Donnison, Adjutant-General." 

Organization and Dress. — The light-infantry was 
accordingly organized in 1806. The dress consisted 
of blue short coats with buff facings, blue panta- 
loons, half-gaiters bound with buff, oval black leather 
caps, with a red painted stripe two or three inches 
wide around them, and a strip of bear-skin about three 
inches wide, extending from the brow over the top of 
the head to the back of the neck. On the right side 
of the caps was a cockade, from behind which rose a 
perpendicular red plume. The musicians substituted 
red or buff coats and white pantaloons. 

Officers. — Nathan Williams, captain, May 22, 
1806. 

Joseph Morse, lieutenant. May 22, 1806 ; discharged 
Feb. 20, 1812. 

Micajah Gleason, ensign. May 22, 1806 ; resigned 
Feb. 28, 1809. 

Edmund Mallard, ensign, Aug. 24, 1809. 

Herman Hawes, the second person born in Union 
who did military duty, was elected captain, April 23, 
1811 ; major. May 7, 1814 ; breveted lieutenant-colo- 
nel, July 1, 1816, according to an Act of the Legis- 
lature, passed June 20, 1816 ; discharged April 9, 
1818. 

John W. Lindley, lieutenant. May 11, 1812; cap- 
tain, Aug. 25, 1813 ; discharged April 9, 1818. 



RIFLE COMPANY. 341 

Hervey Maxcy, ensign, May 11, 1812 ; lieutenant, 
Aug. 25, 1814; discharged April 9, 1818. 

Samuel Stone, ensign, Aug. 25, 1814; captain. 
May 19, 1818 ; discharged and company disbanded, 
June 14, 1819. 

Eben Stone, lieutenant. May 19, 1818 ; discharged 
and company disbanded, June 14, 1819. 

RIFLE COMPANY. 

Organization. — Nathan Bachelder and forty-one 
others petitioned the Governor and Council that the 
light-infantry, commanded by Capt. Samuel Stone, 
might be disbanded, and that they might be formed 
into a rifle-company. The measure was approved 
by the officers commanding the regiment, brigade, and 
division, and by Capt. Stone, most of whose men 
were among the petitioners. It was alleged, that the 
light-infantry was sinall in number, and not fully 
officered and not easily recruited. The committee of 
the council reported favorably June 12, 1819, and the 
report was accepted by the Governor on the same day. 
June 14, the adjutant-general issued his orders ac- 
cordingly. They passed down from the major-general, 
June 21 ; from the brigadier-general, July 6 ; and 
from Col. Isaac G. Reed, Aug. 9. The meeting for 
election of officers and organization was held Aug. 23. 
The company was recruited by voluntary enlistment 
A\athin the reginrient. 

Dress. — The dress consisted of short, blue round- 
jackets, single-breasted, trimmed with yellow ferret 
and ball-buttons ; of pantaloons with a ro^v of ball- 
buttons down each leg on the outside seam, with 
three rows at the bottom, six buttons high ; and of 
thin half-boots, and of white neck-handkerchiefs and 
white vests. The leather caps had a yellow strap 
painted round them, and a strip of bear-skin, about 
three inches wide, running from the brow, over the 
head, to the back of the neck. 

The rifles, about forty in number, were purchased in 
1820, for fifteen dollars each, with merchantable boards 



342 MILITARY HISTORY. 

at nine dollars per thousand. Upon each of them were 
stamped the words, " Union Rifle Company." 

Officers. — John Baehelder, captain, Aug. 23, 
1819 ; lieutenant-colonel, March 3, 1823 ; discharged 
Aug. 27, 1825. Lewis Baehelder, lieutenant, Aug. 
23, 1819; captain. May 24, 1823; removed. Spen- 
cer Mero, ensign, Aug. 23, 1819 ; resigned. Ebenezer 
Cobb, lieutenant. May 24, 1823 ; resigned Feb. 3, 
1829. William Shepherd (or Shepard), lieutenant, 
Dec. 27, 1823 ; discharged Dec. 6, 1825. Marcus GiU- 
mor, ensign. May 24, 1823 ; discharged. Nathan 
Baehelder, captain, Sept. 24, 1825 ; discharged and 
company disbanded, July 2, 1831. Lemuel S. Rice, 
lieutenant, Aug. 19, 1830 ; discharged and company 
disbanded, July 2, 1831. Cyrus Gale Baehelder, en- 
sign, Aug. 19, 1830 ; discharged and company dis- 
banded, July 2, 1831. 

DisBANDMENT. — Junc 28, 1831, the Standing Com- 
mittee on Military Affairs reported to the Governor's 
Council that there was no evidence in the office of the 
adjutant-general to show that the company had done 
any duty since 1824; and that the last inspection- 
return was handed in by the officers, " without a non- 
commissioned officer, musician, or private ; and that 
the company ought to be disbanded." A vote for 
disbanding it was passed the same day. The general 
order to caiTy it into effect was dated July 2 ; the 
division-order, July 5 ; brigade-order, July 25 ; and 
regimental order, Aug. 5, 1831. The officers were 
discharged ; and the members of the company, liable 
to do military duty, were ordered to be enrolled in the 
standing companies of infantry within whose bounds 
they respectively resided. 



COMPANIES CALLED OUT. 343 



CHAPTER XXXVIIL 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

{^Continued.') 

War of 1812. — Pay voted by the Town. — Drafts. — Alarm. — 
Companies ordered out. — Parade on Sunday. — March to Cam- 
den. — Peace. — Soldiers from Union in the Army. — Texan War. 
— Mexican War. 

WAR OF 1812. 

After the declaration of war in 1812, the first move- 
ment of the town on military affairs was, July 16 of 
the same year, tipon an article " to see if the town will 
consider the state of the militia who are detached, and 
hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's 
warning, and act or do any thing relative thereto." It 
was " voted that the militia of the town drafted for the 
service of the United States shall, in addition to the 
pay they receive from the United States and individual 
States, be entitled to so miuch money, to be paid out 
of the treasury of this town, as shall make the whole 
sum of their pay received from all the above sources 
to amount to ten dollars for each month which they 
shall serve as aforesaid ; provided, nevertheless, that 
no soldier shall be entitled to any pay from the town, 
unless he shall be honorably discharged." 

There were occasionally drafts of a few persons du- 
ring the first two years ; but, in Sept. 1814, the appre- 
hension of an attack on Camden was so strong that 
orders came for every man to turn out. British armed 
vessels were occasionally seen along the coast. " A 
body of men, despatched in barges from two armed 
ships lying at the mouth of St. George's River, entered 
in the night-time, without opposition, the fort below 
Thomaston, spiked the guns, destroyed the munitions 
of war and buildings, set fiie to one vessel, and towed 



344 MILITARY HISTORY. 

away two others. It is said the barges ventured within 
a mile of Knox's Wharf, near the Old Fort, and were 
only hastened back by the appearance of day-light. 
So bold was this adventure that it excited a general 
and extensive alarm. Col. Foote, of Camden, ordered 
out a great part of his regiment to guard and defend 
the neighboring coast and country." ^ 

To Union orders came on Saturday to be ready to 
march on Sunday morning. At the appointed time, 
the members of the military companies assembled on 
the Common; though the light-infantry did not march 
till Monday. To many the call occasioned great in- 
convenience. Farmers were summoned away, not 
knowing how long they might be absent, and with the 
expectation that what of harvesting remained must be 
done by the women and the children, or not done at 
all. Besides, — let people say what they may, — the 
prospect of facing bullets backed with gunpowder is 
not agreeable. There was a general sadness. "Women 
and children assembled to witness the military move- 
ments. In thoughtlessness or with anticipations of 
various evils, boys of all ages were running about 
among the men. A lad, nine or ten years old, was 
greatly distressed about a favorite fife, which he had 
lent to one of the musicians, whose intention evidently 
was to carry it with him. " It would be taken by the 
enemy." The answer to his reluctant application for 
it was insufficient to quiet him. 

With the uncomfortable feelings of the occasion 
were mingled those of regi-et at the profanation of the 
Lord's Day, for which in many minds there was a 
deep reverence. When the hour for worship came, 
several of the soldiers wished to attend the service. 
As the arrangements for marching were not com- 
pleted, permission was given, on condition that the 
men would come together again at the beat of 
the drum. They went to the meeting-house in their 
military accoutrements. Before Mr. True had finished 
the sermon, the summoning sound was heard. The 

' "Williamson's Hist, of Maine, ii. 641-2. 



EXCURSION TO CANADA. 345 

men simultaneously rose, and went out of the meet- 
ing-house. The novel movement, at such a solemn 
time, awakened deep emotion ; and many of the re- 
maining members of the congregation could not refrain 
from tears. 

The soldiers immediately repaired to their posts, and 
marched a^vay, to the solemn music, either of Roslin 
Castle or Boyne Water, in the playing of which the 
boy had the melancholy satisfaction of hearing his fife. 
Upon arriving at South Union, they paraded before the 
store of Major Robert Foster, partook of refreshments, 
and were met by the selectmen, who provided fresh 
cartridges. They marched through Warren and Tho- 
maston to Camden, there not being any road then 
between Camden and Union. Sadness, ere long, gave 
place to merriment. Fun and frolic and wit abounded. 
Long faces were not tolerated. The only drawback 
on the enjoyment was that the selectmen were not 
very good quarter-masters. Each person was ordered 
to carry three days' provisions ; but, after that, there 
was not the variety of food which might have been 
expected, if the military had had more experience as 
cooks, or the selectmen as providers. 

When the few days of service were over, the com- 
panies moved homev/ard. The sound of the martial 
music gave notice of their approach, before it was gene- 
rally known that they were coming. The women and 
children were delighted. To the little boy, it seemed 
as if his fife had never before sounded so loud or so 
well. The soldiers were welcomed to the houses and 
fields, ^vhich were deserted and almost desolate during 
the absence of nearly every able-bodied man in the 
town. When the boy went for his fife, he found that 
it had not been " taJvcn by the enemy," and that the 
welcome sounds, which fell so delightfully on his ear, 
came not from his instrument, but from a D fife, one 
having been furnished by the government to each com- 
pany of the regiment.^ 

^ Two or three years afterward, the boy was provided with a suit 
of the uniform worn by the light-infantry ; and, at the head of the 
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346 MILITARY HISTORY. 

In November, the companies were again ordered 
out, and went through Warren and Thomaston to 
Camden, and were absent about as long as before. 
A sloop, containing a cargo of bale-goods, invoiced at 
forty thousand dollars, bound from Halifax to Castine, 
was captured by Major Noah Miller, deputy-collector, 
and an armed crew from Lincolnville. The deputy- 
collector was to retain ten thousand dollars of it as his 
portion. The cargo was carried to Warren for the pur- 
pose of having it immediately sent to Boston. The 
vessel was in the St. George's. Capt. Mountjoy, in 
the " Fiu-ieuse," of thirty-eight guns, sailed from Cas- 
tine to Camden, and, supposing the vessel and cargo 
to be there, demanded them, and threatened, in case 
of non-compliance, to lay Camden and Lincolnville in 
ashes. Two of the selectmen went off with a flag 
of truce. They were detained, and threatened with 
imprisonment till the vessel and cargo should be given 
up ; though they were subsequently released.^ 

Nov. 28, 1814, after the last turn-out of the com- 
panies, the town " voted that the selectmen, with the 
assistance of Major Gillmor, should procure twenty 
barrels of good beef, on a credit of six months, for the 
use of the militia when marched out of town." The 
news of peace came in February, 1815. For two days a 
long white streamer, upon which were sewed an eagle 

company, he marched and plaj'ed his fife at trainings. These were 
his happiest days. At the age of thirteen, he ended his military 
career, by going to Waldoborough, " playing the fife all day on the 
muster-field," and exhibiting his red coat and military cap before 
Governor Brooks, when he made his eastern tour in the year 1818. 

On training-days, the small boys were generally attracted to the 
light-infantry, on account of its showy uniform. A very few of 
them marched behind it. The officers were always pleasant to them. 
Ere long, they put themselves at the head of the company ; and, tak- 
ing hold of each other's hands, and stretching their little legs, in 
order " to keep step with the music," they preceded the captain. 
Then, if they could get two or three little red feathers which had 
dropped from some one's plume, and stick them under their hatbands, 
they were in the ne plus ultra of happiness. On such occasions, the 
large boys always amused themselves in playing ball on the west side 
of the ledge on the Common. 

1 Williamson's Hist, of Maine, ii. 643 ; C. Eaton, Esq., of Warren. 



SOLDIERS IN THE ARMY. 347 

and stars of red cloth, ingeniously cut by Sarah Bunt- 
ing, floated from a flag-stafl", temporarily erected near 
Major Gillmor's door. During the first of the two 
days, the swivel,^ which had been substituted for the 
old cannon, was made to speak as loud and as often 
as practicable. The beef was not wanted ; and, by a 
vote of the town, April 3, 1815, the selectmen were 
instructed to dispose of it "to the best advantage 
which they can find." There is also a memorandum, 
dated April 15, 1815, which shows, that, however im- 
perfectly supplied with food, the soldiers were provided 
with another article, which, in those days as weU as 
in the days of the Revolution, was considered quite 
as important : " Received of the inhabitants of Union 
|14.24, in full for spirits furnished Capts. J. W. Lind- 
ley and David Grafton, in November last, for use of 
troops from Union. Jno. Nicholson." 

Jonathan Brown was in the military movement 
down the St. Lav^Tence River, and in a severe fight in 
the regiment of CoL Eleazar W. Ripley. Ebenezer 
Robbins and Richard Cummings, jun., entered the 
army. The latter was wounded at the battle of 
Bridgewater, and draws a pension. Daniel Jacobs 
and James Gay also went into the army, and never 
returned. Jeremiah Stubbs enlisted, and deserted three 
times, the penalty for which was to be shot; then went 
to the British Provinces, where he remained till the war 
was over. Jonas Stone was with Commodore Perry 
in the action on Lake Erie, and helped to row the boat 

' The camaon -was \inearthed in digging the cellar to the house of 
Mrs. Hastings, near Green's Wharf, in Thomaston, where it may have 
been brought in the Old French War, or in the time of General Wads- 
worth. It was purchased by Mallard and Chase, about 1809 or 1810, 
brought to Union, and kept in the middle of the Common, on the 
ledge which has since been removed. It went into the possession of 
Major Gillmor, who exchanged it for the swivel ; and it was used for 
privateering in the war of 1812. The swivel was also sold and car- 
ried to Thomaston. Subsequently, another swivel was obtained by 
subscription. It was carried in 1847 to the summit of the hill, about 
midnight, filled with powder, plugged, fired, and burst ; and one piece, 
weighing several pounds, was thrown to within a few rods of Seven 
Brook. 



348 MILITARY HISTORY. 

which bore him in the heat of the battle to the vessel, 
of which, after his own was crippled, he took com- 
mand. Perry stood uj) in the boat, exposed to the 
enemy's fire ; and Stone pulled his coat to haul him 
down. 

TEXAN WAR. 

Milton Irish was in several slight skirmishes ; also 
in a sharp one, Nov. 26, in the vicinity of San Anto- 
nio de Bexar. He took part in the siege which termi- 
nated in the capitulation of that place, Nov. 11, 1835, 
and was slightly wounded in the neck by a musket- 
ball. He was one of the party which, in March, 1836, 
capitulated to the enemy about twenty miles Irom 
Victoria, on the Warlope [Guadaloupe], and was con- 
ducted to Labadea. April 2, they were marched out 
into an enclosure to be shot. They had no intimation 
of the purpose till they were on the ground, and con- 
jectured it from the manoeuvres. vVfter the discharge 
of the muslcetry, and amid the death-shrieks which, in 
his letter,^ he says still ring in his ears, hastily glancing 
his eyes around, he discovered on his " left about a 
dozen men, who had made their way over the brush- 
fence," near to wdiich they had been draw^n up. Pie 
" sprang for the fence as sjmnging for his life," and 
" was soon on the other side." He was pursued by an 
officer with a drawn sword, and then by a horseman ; 
but he changed his route, and attention was diverted 
from him to some of the others who were going in a 
different direction. He succeeded in reaching some 
bushes; "bent his course for the river, which he crossed ; 
and proceeded some distance on the bank." He again 
swam the river, and concealed himself till dark, and 
then proceeded towards the American settlements. 
After ten days, he reached the Colorado. May 18, 
after six weeks' concealment, he learned that Santa 
Anna was a prisoner; and, in twH:» days afterward, 
upon the arrival of the Texan army, he joined it, and 

' Long extracts from this letter to his father were published in the 
Lincoln Telegraph, at Waldoborough, Feb. 10, 1837. 



TEXAN AND MEXICAN WARS. 349 

went to Labadea, where he " witnessed the funeral 
services of his former companions, whose remains after 
the massacre had been partly burned." He continues : 
" This was the most tiying scene through which I ever 
passed, I continued in the army till June 2, when I 
procured my discharge, and reached San Augustine 
the 25th of the same month." 

Andrew Benner, of Waldoborough, now resident in 
Union, entered the Texan army in 1838. When 
Texas, under Lamar's administration, declared war 
against the Indians, he was brought into several skir- 
mishes. Nov. 1, 1839, he was wounded in the hand, 
in a skirmish with the Camanche Indians, about sixty 
miles east of Austin. 

MEXICAN WAR. 

Abner Bills was a private, and afterwards a war- 
rant-officer and clerk under Capt. Bodfish, in the Ninth 
or New England Regiment. Aug. 12, 1847, he joined 
the army of Gen. Scott at Puebla. He was in the 
battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and, with the 
army, entered the city of Mexico. After being there 
about three months, the regiment went to Pachuca, 
near the head-quarters of the English silver mining 
company of Rio del Monte. May 4, 1848, after re- 
maining here about five months, the regiment took up 
the line of march for home by the way of Vera Cruz. 

Oren Robbins enlisted in the army against Mexico, 
and died in that country, Nov. 20, 1847. 



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350 MILITARY HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XXXIX. 

MILITARY HISTOHY. 

(^Continued.) 

Difficulty with the Waldonian Officers. — The Dinner. — Waldonian 
Influence in the Field. — Election of Lieut.-Col. Bachclder. — 
Precedence of Rank on the Field. — Remoteness of Musters. — Pe- 
cuniary Considerations. — Indignation at a Military Election. — 
Acts of the Legislature. — Excitement. 

Soon after the conclusion of the war of 1812, there 
commenced between some of the inhabitants of Union 
and of Waldoborough a state of unfriendly feeling, 
which led to one of the most important events in the 
history of the town. It ended in the entire overthrow 
of all military organization. At first the incidents 
were trifling. It was not long, however, before the 
difficulty began to assume a serious aspect. The first 
open expression of the state of feeling was at a mili- 
tary muster. The officers were in the habit, such as 
chose, of going to a tavern and dining together ; each 
one paying his own biU. On the present occasion, one 
of the Waldoborough officers invited the others to dine 
in his marquee. They supposed the entertainment was 
meant as an act of courtesy, and would be gratuitous. 
The surprise may be imagined, when the officer, just be- 
fore they dispersed, observed to them, in a manner not 
to be misunderstood, that he trusted no one would go 
away without leaving a dollar. Rumor said that the 
compensation was enough to provide the dinner, and 
purchase the table-furniture ; and that the officer took 
what remained, carried home the knives, forks, and 
dishes, and made a speculation. The story was pro- 
bably exaggerated ; but there was enough truth in it 
to make the Union officers think that an imposition 
had been practised on them. The next year they 
manifested their indignation by not presenting them- 
selves at the marquee. 



WALDONIAN INFLUENCE. 851 

About the time when the Union Rifle Company 
was formed, the Waldonians were divided into one 
independent and three infantry-companies. This ar- 
rangement gave a great portion of the officers to the 
Waldonians, and nearly enabled them to control 
the elections. In addition to this, it was conjectm-ed 
that the commissions of officers who had been elected 
were kept back till after a succeeding election, so that 
the Waldonians carried the day in the choice of 
officers. 

March 3, 1823, Capt. John Bachelder, of Union, was 
elected lieutenant-colonel over Major Gorham Parks, 
then of Waldoborough. There was a violent snow- 
storm on that day, and the roads were almost impas- 
sable. Several of the captains and subalterns remon- 
strated against the result. They stated that the major, 
on " whose courage and conduct they could rely," and 
whose rank and date of commission Avould have point- 
ed him out for promotion, was superseded. They 
addressed the commander-in-chief, stating that they 
should have voted for the major; and requested him 
" to set aside the proceedings of the third of March, and 
issue orders for a new choice of lieutenant-colonel ; 
which request they conceived themselves in honor 
bound to" make. This movement of the Waldonians 
did nothing toward a reconciliation of the Unionites, 
who naturally said that these remonstrants might have 
attended the election as^^vell as themselves. 

On one occasion, a dispute arose between the Union 
and the Waldoborough officers respecting precedence 
in rank. According to military rule, companies, when 
formed into line on parade, take places according to 
the date of the captains' commissions, the oldest on the 
right. At one of the musters, a field-officer being sick, 
the senior captain, \vho belonged to Waldoborough, 
was called to do duty on horseback. His company, 
commanded by a lieutenant, Avas placed on the right. 
Thus, a Waldoborough lieutenant had, to all appear- 
ance, command over the captains ; and the Union 
officers could not take their proper place in the line. 



352 MILITARY HISTORY, 

For many years, the complaints of the Union people 
had been on the increase, because they were always 
required to go to Waldoborough, or to a part of War- 
ren near to Waldoborough, to attend the annual mus- 
ter. The inhabitants living near Mount Pleasant were 
obliged to parade beyond Waldoborough Bridge, and 
not far from the Nobleborough line, a distance of 
nearly eighteen miles ; whereas, on the other side of the 
muster-field, there was not probably half of one com- 
pany belonging to the regiment. Previously, the regi- 
ment had occasionally mustered in Warren, not very i'ar 
from the village. The inhabitants of Union naturally 
said, " Let us sometimes have the muster here." And 
it is a remarkable fact that there never was a general 
muster in Union.^ 

Pecuniary considerations also may have had some 
weight. The money which is spent by the crowd of 
people on a day of military parade is not unimportant 
to a small town. The Waldoborough officers may 
not have been indifferent to this ; and the Unionites 
may have thought it would not be amiss occasionally to 
reap the benefit of it. Generally some person was sent 
each year to the vicinity of the muster-field, a short 
time before the day of parade, to make arrangements 
for entertainment. The charges for refreshments be- 
came very high. Most of the Union people accordingly 
concluded to take the matter into their hands, and 
provide for themselves. And when, at the time of 
the explosion, some of the militia carried hay and pro- 
vender, and tied their horses by the fences, instead 
of pasturing and stabling them, there was said to be 
at least one of the officers whose notice it did not 
escape ; and he exclaimed with an oath, that the peo- 
ple of Union would not leave money enough in town 
to pay for their horse-keeping. 

Feb. 23, 1824, there was an election of officers. 
According to the best information which has been ob- 

' There was once, and once only, a sham-fight. It was on the Philip 
Robbins Place, south or south-east of the present residence of Mr. S. 
C. Hawes, and west or south-west of the island. 



RAWSON'S election. — UNION LAWS. 353 

tained, parties were for a time equally divided. The 
Union and Warren officers united, and chose William 
Ludwig colonel. He declined. They were called on 
to bring in their votes again. The Union officers had 
gone from the hall. One of the Waldoborough ofhcers 
mentioned the fact that they had not voted. His 
observation elicited from some one the remark, " D — n 
the Union officers ! who cares for them ? " The votes 
were counted, and Avery Rawson was declared colonel. 
He accepted the appointment, thanked his friends for 
the honor which they had conferred on him, and assured 
others that they should, not want a colonel so long as 
he could ride a horse. At that time or subsequently, 
it is said he observed, referring to the Union people, 
that he should " hold their faces to the grindstone." 

Within two years after Colonel Bachelder's elec- 
tion, probably through the Waldoborough influence, 
the Legislatm-e passed a law that " no election for the 
choice of brigadier-general or field-officer should be 
valid, unless a majority of all the electors qualified to 
vote in such choice (including all existing vacancies in 
the offices of such electors) should be present at such 
election." This was one of the legislative acts, passed 
from time to time, particularly to meet the emergencies 
in Union, and commonly known in Union and the 
vicinity by the name of " The Union Laws." Of 
course the Unionites were provoked, and were inclined 
either to show their defiance of such acts, or to exercise 
their ingenuity in evading them.^ 

These events may not have occurred in the order of 
the narration. But so much dissatisfaction had arisen, 
that this course of affairs could not be continued. 
The excitement in Union had been gi'owing till it was 
very great. There was hardly any one who did not 
enter into it with some spirit. Persons who were 

^ A few years afterward, when the penalty for neglecting to warn 
a training was a tine, the captain issued his order to some private, who 
he knew would not warn the men, and who still had no property 
which could be taken to pay the fine. Irresponsible persons were 
chosen to do every thing. 



354 MILITARY HISTORY. 

exempted from military duty, officers who had re- 
signed, and influential citizens not connected with the 
companies, were willing to aid in evading what they 
considered imposition and abuse. 



CHAPTEH XL. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

(Continued.) 

Violent Rain-storm. — The Companies at Waldoborouglx Meeting- 
house. — Uncomfortable Feelings. — Burial of the Colonel under 
Arms. — Uneasiness. — Anecdotes. — Line formed. — Irregular 
March to the Muster-field. — Rogue's March. — Unsuccessful At- 
tempt to stop the Music. — Orders misunderstood. — Confusion. 
— Desertion. — Hurrah. 

As the story goes, orders came, either in 1823 or 
1824, to muster in battalions. The colonel requested 
the general to countermand the orders. The general 
replied that he could not, unless the officers of the 
regiment were in favor of it. If the colonel found they 
were, he might "write to him to that effect, and he would 
accommodate them. The colonel, it is said, after a 
few days wrote to him that they would like the change. 
The Union officers, when they heard what was going 
on, went to Waldoborough. According to their ac- 
count, they could not find an officer, whom the colonel 
had consulted ; nor would the colonel do any thing 
about making another representation, or having the 
muster nearer Union. 

The companies were ordered to be at "Waldoborough 
at eight o'clock on the morning of Sept. 8, 1824. 
They arrived at the time appointed. The weather 
was stormy. The distance from Union Common was 
about twelve miles. A considerable part of the night 
had been spent by them on the road. Some persons 
lived sixteen or eighteen miles distant. They were 



MUSTER AT WALDOBOROXJGH. 355 

cold and wet and cross. There seemed to be a deter- 
mination not to be imposed on any longer. Almost 
every man — for it was then a universal custom at 
military trainings and musters — drank a glass of grog 
to prevent his taking cold, and to enable him the bet- 
ter to do his duty. 

The Union Infantry Company was commanded by 
Capt. John P. Robbins. They assembled at the 
hour appointed, near the meeting-house. After a 
while, the adjutant came to the captain, and said, if 
it continued " wetting," the men would probably be 
inspected under cover. The captain remarked that 
he had as good a shelter as he wanted, in the lee of 
the meeting-house, and told the adjutant, if he wanted 
a better, he might provide it. Capt. E-obbins then 
marched his men down to the village, and dismissed 
them till beat of drum. 

The Union Rifle Company, commanded by Capt. 
Lewis Bachelder, was ordered to assemble at the 
corner opposite to the colonel's residence. Respect- 
ing what passed immediately afterward, there is 
diversity of opinion. One statement is, that the com- 
pany was before the colonel's door. The rain fell in 
torrents. The colonel observed to the officers who 
were in the room with him, " They mean to act the 
soldier," and sent out and invited the company to 
come in and take some refreshment. Capt. Bach- 
elder asked the messenger if the colonel had said 
any thing about quarters. The answer was in the 
negative. They declined going in. A consultation 
was then held among the officers in Rawson's house ; 
and a person was sent out to repeat the invitation. 
But the company still declined. The only reply was, 
" We are neither sugar nor salt ; but, if you have any 
military duty to do, we are ready to do it." Such is 
one view of the case. 

The other statement is, that no such invitation 
was extended to the rifle-company. Capt. Bachelder 
asserts positively that he never received any official 
notice to go into the house. The colonel sent the 



356 MILITARY HISTORY. 

adjutant to the captain, with a request that he would 
put his company into quarters. The captain took no 
notice of it. The adjutant then brought to the cap- 
tain positive orders to do it forthwith. The captain's 
reply was, that he had not seen a quarter-master that 
day, and that he should not provide quarters at his 
own expense : when suitable quarters were provided, 
he would occupy them. The adjutant observed that 
there were barns and sheds. The captain said he 
should not put his company into a ham or shed in 
Waldohorough ; and, as to hiring quarters, he should not 
do it. This was the last which the captain heard from 
the colonel or the adjutant on the subject. He took 
care, however, to remain on the ground a sufficient 
time for the quarter-master to appear, or to receive in- 
formation from the colonel respecting quarters, if any 
were provided. The company then proceeded to the 
lee of the meeting-house from which Capt. Robbins 
had marched. 

In the mean time, after having dismissed his com- 
pany, Capt. E-obbins, with the other officers of the 
infantry, went back to the meeting-house, Avhere the 
rifle-company was formed. The captain of the rifle- 
company remarked, that, as they were all from Union, 
they had better come together, and have sometliing to 
drink, — a practice, in those days, indicating cordiality 
and a reciprouauion of frieiidl)^ feelings. Upon this, 
Capu Robbins returned, ordered the beat of the drum, 
and took up the line of march toward the meeting- 
house. Before Robbins arrived there, the rifle-company 
was on the march. Ex- Capt. Rice and ]3r. Harding 
came to the company, and gave Capt. Robbins a hint 
to stop his music, fall in the rear of the rifle-company, 
and reverse arms. 

The captain and the privates of the rifle-company 
understood each other. They commenced their march 
in open columns of platoons. The captain gave no 
orders. He went forsvard, and the company followed 
him. As they wheeled into the street, the music 
struck up a funeral du-ge. It was Pleyel's German 



MILITARY FUNERAL. 357 

Hymn, meant probably, in part, as an intentional dis- 
respect to the Waldonians, who were chiefly of Ger- 
man origin. Arms were reversed. The infantry fell 
in the rear with reversed arms also, and marched to 
the music of the rifle-company. The colonel, on 
seeing them from his window, said to his by-standers, 
" Now, we will let them know that ive are neither 
sugar nor salt : we will give them enough of it." 
The adjutant was dispatched with orders to the Union 
companies to form a line in thirty minutes. As 
there was ample time, they continued their march. 
There was a marquee^ where, in a military point of 
view, were the colonel's quarters. This, to evade 
any charge of military disrespect, they carefully avoid- 
ed. Various reports respecting the purpose of the 
Union companies were cnculated. Some persons 
said they were going off; others, that they were bury- 
ing the colonel under arms. Some of the Unionites 
said that the colonel did not want to come out in the 
rain, and get his new uniform wet. Others, while 
standing in the rain at the meeting-house, had said 
they supposed he must be dead. They had previously 
heard that he was in ill health ; and they persisted in 
saying, that, if he were alive and well, he w^ould not 
permit soldiers to stand in the rain, without letting 
them, do their duty. He must be dead. 

The houses, stores, streets, and corners of the streets, 
were occupied by wondering spectators. The com- 
panies marched to the music of muffled drums and 
the du'ge, with as great solemnity as at a military 
funeral, up the hill by the colonel's house, in which he 
then was. They then wheeled, and, striking up quick 
time, marched the whole length of the village. Some 
say they even went to the gate at the head of the lane 
leading to the burying-ground. The adjutant, very 
soon after giving his first order, probably for the pur- 
pose of stopping these proceedings, ordered the line 
to be formed in fifteen, instead of thirty minutes. 
The order was obeyed. The line was formed near the 
meeting-house. 
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358 MILITARY HISTORY. 

The major soon commanded the regiment to take 
the position of " open order." This brought the officers 
about six paces in front. The infantry were impa- 
tient and uneasy. The major came to the captain, 
and asked him if he did not mean to obey orders. 
" Certainly I do," said Capt. Robbins. " Then keep 
your company in order," was the reply. The cap- 
tain spoke to his men ; but, as soon as his back was 
turned, they again showed a spirit of restlessness. The 
major renewed his rebuke. The captain told the ma- 
jor it was " wrong for an officer to come there with 
his head under an umbrella, like a partridge with her 
head under a leaf, and keep the soldiers exposed to 
the cold storm." 

The officers were ordered to form the line about 
twelve o'clock. They waited some time. The colo- 
nel did not make his appearance. John Chapman 
Robbins came forward, and announced to the com- 
panies that the colonel was dead, and that they had 
just buried him under arms. There was no colonel. 
He begged them to be as patient as possible ; for Mi-. 
Penty Walcott had gone with his ox-team to the 
cedar-swamp, — some twenty miles distant, — to get a 
colonel, and he would be along with one shortly. 

Colonel Rawson appeared as soon as notified that 
the line was formed, and assumed the command. 
They began the march in battahons toward the muster- 
field. The first battalion advanced with regularity. 
Capt. Robbins's company, being on the right of the 
second battahon, was, of course, at the head of it 
as they marched, and was immediately preceded by 
the major of the battahon, who was a Waldonian, 
This battalion kept losing ground, and the major 
was constantly requesting Captain Robbins to order 
the company to lengthen step. The captain was 
ready to make excuses. It was " clayey and slippery 
and uphill," &c. The first battalion was several rods 
in advance. The major was repeating his orders to 
lengthen step, and the captain repeating his reasons 
for not moving faster. At last, the infantry-captain 



MUSIC ON THE FIELD. 359 

said, " You go along, major I We wiR fetch up, by and 
by." In this spirit the Unionites went on to the 
ground. 

It may be proper to make a distinction between 
what passed before the men were formed into regi- 
mental line, and what transpired afteru'^ard. In the 
former case, they did not consider themselves under 
the colonel's orders ; in the latter case, they were. The 
rifle was an independent company. Probably there 
was not in the State one company superior to it. The 
men prided themselves on their excellent discipline 
and military appearance. For the present occasion 
they had procured the best music which could be 
obtained. One of the Warren men procured a fife, 
and took his station outside the muster-field, near the 
gate. When the colonel was marching through the 
gate, he played the " Rogue's March." The colonel, 
after arriving on the field, received the ordinary salute. 
The musicians of the rifle-company had halted. They, 
too, immediately struck up the " Rogue's March." Of 
course, it was played with great spirit and effect. This 
was done without orders from the captain. The colo- 
nel immediately sent orders to stop playing that tune. 
It was stopped, and the officer withdrew. Afterwards 
the musicians would occasionally play a few notes of 
it. Orders then came from the colonel for the music 
of the rifle-company to repair to the right of the regi- 
ment. Capt. Bachelder said, that his music — consist- 
ing of bugle, clarionets, C fifes, 6cc., and differing from 
that of the regiment — would be of no use there, and 
endeavored to plead off". Then came positive orders 
for the musicians. The captain told the officer that he 
could not be accommodated. He refused to let them 
go, as his was an independent company, and asserted 
that the colonel had no authority to detach the music 
from the company. Various orders were given by 
the sergeant-major; but the sergeants were very igno- 
rant : they could not possibly comprehend the orders. 
Though one of the Union orderly-sergeants had served 
four months in the war of 1812, they pretended not to 



860 MILITARY HISTORY. 

understand the sergeant-major. They were continually 
making mistakes. In wheeling, the men would scat- 
ter. When in line, some would fall in the rear, and 
others advance. In " ordering arms," some guns would 
be put on the ground, and others raised. In " carrying 
arms," they were in all positions, from the erect to the 
horizontal. When the sergeant-major commanded a 
captain to keep his men in order, the men would obey 
the captain ; but, in a few minutes, disorder would 
again reign triumphant. Immediately before inspec- 
tion, the colonel urged upon the troops the importance 
of military deportment. He particularly charged them 
not to look round when the inspectors were in the 
rear. Accordingly, when the inspectors were passing 
behind, several of the men clubbed their muskets and 
faced right about. 

Three or four Unionites who were not required to 
do military duty, among whom were Ex-Capt. Rice 
and Dr. Harding, came to different places along the 
rear of the line, and entered into familiar conversation 
with the members of the Union companies. The 
time approached for firing. At the order " Make 
ready," one of these men shouted " Fire." All in his 
vicinity fired. At the words " Take aim," the word 
" Fire " was again given in another quarter, and there 
was another discharge of fire-arms. Before the com- 
mand " Fire " was officially given, nearly all the mus- 
kets were discharged. The commanding officer then 
rode down and administered reproof. The men re- 
plied that they distinctly heard the word " Fke," and 
obeyed it ; and as he was so far off, on the right, they 
had probably confounded his order with that of some 
other officer ; but they certainly heard the word " Fire," 
and they obeyed the order as they heard it. This 
manoeuvre was repeated. Then followed a loud hur- 
rah. There could be no longer any military precision. 
Each man loaded and fired as often as he pleased. 
There was an incessant, irregular, scattering fire 
along the line. Shortly the officers ceased to give 
orders ; and, if they had not, the orders would have 



COL. AVERY RAWSON. 361 

been unheeded. The colonel, during the day, did not 
venture to ride in front of the regiment. The Union 
troops stole off in the rear, two or three together ; and, 
before the time for dismission came, every member of 
the infantry, except the captain and one private, was 
gone. The regiment at last left in confusion. The 
soldiers and spectators swung their hats, and sent up 
loud shouts and hurrahs ; and thus, amid uproar, storm, 
and drenching rain, ended the day. 



CHAPTER XLL 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

{^Continued.') 

Col. Avery Rawson : Charges against him stopped. — Charges against 
Officers in Union. — Trial of Lieut.-CoL John Bachelder. — Trial 
of Capt. Lewis Bachelder. 

Avery Rawson was commissioned major, Aug. 13, 
1822 ; and colonel, Feb. 25, 1824. His death, Feb. 22, 
1827, it is said, was hastened by his military troubles. 
He was highly esteemed by his townsmen ; and it is 
not known that the people in Union entertained 
towards him, personally, any unfriendliness, except 
what originated in his military relations to them. It 
is supposed that he was considerably influenced by 
his predecessors in office. When the storm came, he 
had to bear not only the consequences of his impru- 
dence, but also the ill-will which had been increasing 
against the Waldoborough officers, till the inhabitants 
of Union were wrought up to such a pitch that they 
were determined not to serve under one of them. 

It is stated by some, that, notwithstanding what 
passed on the muster-field, Sept. 8, 1824, the colonel 
was willing to let the whole affair subside. Capt. Bach- 
elder says, that, after the parade was over, the colonel 

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362 MILITARY HISTORY. 

expressed satisfaction with his movements through the 
day, and invited him to call at his house and take 
refreshments ; but it was declined. The Union officers, 
however, very soon preferred charges against the 
colonel for unmilitary conduct, for threats, and for 
oppression in ordering the Union companies to mus- 
ter at a remote part of the regiment. These charges 
were passed up ; and it was suspected that they were 
suppressed by the brigadier-general. Without hearing 
from them, the Union officers had charges brought in 
turn against themselves. 

The &st officer to be noticed is Lieut.- Col. John 
Bachelder. From the date of the charges against 
him, it is probable that they w^ere made previous to 
those by the Union officers against Col. Rawson. 
Before his election, March 3, 1823, he had repeatedly 
made application to be discharged from his captaincy, 
on the ground of ill health. At his election as lieu- 
tenant-colonel, he pleaded off on the same ground, and 
said he w^ould not serve if there was any other one to 
take the commission. As the Union officers were 
able to secure a field-officer, in consequence of the 
absence of several of the Waldonians, he was elected ; 
but it was with the determination, on his part, not to 
serve on the field under Rawson, nor to be at the 
expense and trouble of providing himself with dress 
and equipments. It was probably with a view to put 
him to the test, that the colonel, about one year after, 
ordered him to Friendship, when the mud was so deep 
that the roads were almost impassable, to preside at an 
election. He had an interview with the colonel, rep- 
resented the impropriety of sending him to a remote 
part of the regiment in such travelling, when the Wal- 
doborough and other officers were nearer, and urged, 
moreover, the state of his health. The colonel was 
immovable. The lieutenant-colonel obeyed the orders. 

Though one of the specifications against Col. 
Bachelder had been of long standing, it was not till 
Sept. 24, 1824, about a fortnight after the muster, that 
the colonel, Avery Rawson, made complaint of him to 



LIEUT.-COL. BACHELDEK. 363 

Albion K. Parris, governor and commander-in-chief, for 
unmilitary conduct, neglect of duty, and disobedience 
of orders. The specifications were, that he unnecessa- 
rily, and without justifiable cause, disobeyed a regi- 
mental order to attend the parade at Waldoborough, 
Sept. 10, 1823, and another to attend parade, Sept. 8, 
1824 ; and further that from March 3, 1823, to Sept. 
24, 1824, he had neglected to provide himself with 
the dress, arms, and equipments required by law and 
the orders of his superior officers. Lieut.- Col. Bach- 
elder was immediately put under arrest. A court- 
martial was held at Waldoborough, March 8, 1825. 
Maj.-Gen. John McDonald was president. The plea 
of ill health w^as put in for non-attendance at both 
the parades, with the additional plea of inclemency 
of weather for not attending the latter. As Lieut.- 
Col. Bachelder had never appeared in his capacity as 
lieutenant-colonel on the field, there was no violation 
of any order as to dress and equipments. He was 
acquitted on every charge, and released from arrest by 
orders from the commander-in-chief, signed by Daniel 
Cony, adjutant-general, and dated Head Quarters, Port- 
land^ March 26, 1825. 

As Col. Bachelder belonged to Union, the proceed- 
ings did nothing towards allaying the hostile feelings 
between the two military parties. He had been put 
under arrest some months before any thing was brought 
against the other Union officers in relation to the 
muster; but, before his trial came on, charges were 
brought against his brother Capt. Lewis Bachelder, 
and against Capt. John P. Robbins. Thus the excite- 
ment was continually increasing. All the people in 
town w^ere becoming united as one man. It seemed 
as if they were ready to do and dare any thing. 
What would have been applauded as a proper mili- 
tary spirit, on going to a field of battle, was beginning 
to show itself in a manner very far from agreeable to 
the field-officers. 

The time for the trials of Capts. Bachelder and Rob- 
bins approached. The results, though not foreseen, 



364 MILITARY HISTORY. 

have probably produced a greater effect on the State, 
in a military point of view, than any thing else which 
has ever occurred. 

TRIAL OF CAPT. BACHELDER. 

Officers for the court-martial appeared at the house 
of Rufus Gillmor, June 21, 1825 ; but it was deemed 
advisable for convenience, and on account of the crowd, 
to adjourn to the Old Meeting-house. There the trial 
was held. After ineffectual attempts to proceed on 
the 21st and 22d of June, " there not appearing the 
number of members required by law, and no super- 
numerary member being present, the court decided to 
adjourn " tih Aug. 16. 

At the adjourned meeting, Aug. 16, the court con- 
sisted of " the president. Col. Alexander Drummond, 
jun. ; members, Lieut.-Col. George Jewett, Major Al- 
fred I. S. I. G. Lithgow, Capt. James Ayer, jun., 
Capt. Rufus Campbell; supernumeraries, Capt. Wil- 
liam D. Gould, Capt. Hugh Patten ; marshal, Lieut. 
John G. Brown ; judge-advocate, Major Joseph Sew- 
aU." 

Hon. John Ruggles, of Thomaston, counsel for the 
respondent, raised objections " to the sitting of Major 
Lithgow as a member of the court ; " but they were 
overruled. He also maintained that the present court 
consisted, in part, of different officers from the one 
convened June 25 ; that they were illegally detailed, 
and that it was not the same court-martial before 
which he was ordered and ready to be tried ; and that 
he could not be holden to answer to this. This objec- 
tion was also overruled. The charges were then read. 

" To Dwelly Turner, Esq., Major-General of the Fourth 
Division of the Militia of the State of Maine. 

" Avery Rawson, colonel of the third regiment in the 
second brigade of said division, complains against Capt. 
Lewis Bachelder of said regiment for disobedience of orders, 
for unmilitary and unofficer-like conduct in the following 
particulars, to wit : — 

" 1. That the said Capt. Lewis Bachelder, having been 



CAPT. LEWIS BACHELDER. 365 

duly ordered by said colonel to parade the company under 
his command at Waldoborough, on the eighth day of Sep- 
tember, A.D. 1824, for review and inspection of arms, then 
and there marched his said company past the quarters of 
said colonel, with reversed arms, and the music thereof play- 
ing a funeral dirge, with intent to insult said colonel and 
other field-officers then present. 

" 2. That the said Capt. Bachelder, then and there being 
in regimental line with his said company in obedience to 
the regimental order for the purpose of review and inspec- 
tion of arms, refused to send the music belonging to his 
company to the head of the column, when ordered by the 
colonel of the regiment so to do. 

"• 3. That the said Capt. Bachelder, .... being ordered by 
said colonel, through the adjutant of said regiment, to detach 
from his said company a rear-guard of one section to cover 
the rear of said regiment while making in colvimn from the 
place of formation of the regiment to the place of review and 
inspection, refused to obey said order, and neglected and 
refused to detail a guard accordingly. 

" 4. That the said Capt. Bachelder .... permitted his mu- 
sicians to play the Rogue's March while the colonel and 
other field-officers of said regiment were about entering the 
field, with intent to insult and abuse said colonel and other 
field-officers. 

" 5. That the said Capt. Bachelder .... permitted his mu- 
sicians to play the Rogue's March while the Waldoborough 
Light Infantry Company, commanded by Capt. Ralph Cole, 
were passing, with intent to insult said company and its 
officers. 

" 6. That the said Capt. Bachelder, well knowing the dis- 
orderly and unmilitary conduct of his musicians belonging to 
his said company, mentioned in the preceding specifications 
of charge, did not cause reprimand or impose fines upon 
them therefor; thereby justifying and encouraging disobe- 
dience of orders, disorderly behavior, and unmilitary conduct. 

" Wherefore your complainant requests, that said Capt. 
Bachelder may be held to answer to the foregoing charges, 
and be further dealt with relative to the same, as law, justice, 
and military usages, may direct. 

,, , T, ( Col. of the 3d Reg., 

"Avery Rawson, < „ , r. • ..-• n- 
' ( 2d Brig., 4th Div. 

"Waldoborough, March 1, 1825." 



366 MILITARY HISTORY. 

The trial proceeded ; Capt. Bachelder pleaded not guilty ; 
witnesses were examined. The record of the proceedings of 
each session of the court was read at the opening of the next 
adjourned meeting. The defence of the respondent by his 
counsel was heard, and "the judge-advocate then stated to 
the court the evidence both for and against the accused. 
The doors were then closed; and the judge-advocate then 
put to the members of the court the following question, 
beginning with the youngest in grade : ' From the evidence 
that has been adduced both for and against Capt. Lewis 
Bachelder, and from what has been urged in his defence, 
are you of opinion that he is gviilty or not guilty of the first 
specification of charge contained in the complaint of Col. 
Avery Rawson against him as aforesaid 1 ' Upon which the 
court decided, that, of said first specification of charge, the 
said Capt. Lewis Bachelder is guilty. The question being 
put in the same form as relating to " [each of the other specifi- 
cations, the court decided him to be gviilty also on the second, 
third, and sixth, but not on the fourth and fifth]. " The 
court then took into consideration the several offences of 
which it had adjudged the said Capt. Lewis Bachelder to be 
guilty, and, after deliberation thereon, sentenced the said 
Capt. Lewis Bachelder to be removed from office, and did 
adjudge him to be disqualified for and incapable of holding 
any military office under the State for the term of three 
months." 



CHAPTER XLII. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

( Continued.') 

Trial of Capt. John P. Robbins. — Objections and Protest. — Charges 
and Specifications. — Result. 

The court for the trial of Capt. John P. Robbins was 
organized Aug. 17, 1825. The judge-advocate, as in 
the case of Capt. Bachelder, then administered to each 
of the members singly, and to the marshal, and to the 



CAPT. JOHN P. ROBBINS. 367 

supernumeraries, and then the president administered 
to the judge-advocate, the oath required by the " Act 
to organize, govern, and discipline the militia of the 
State of Maine." The court was opened in due form 
by the marshal. Capt. Robbing gave reasons for 
challenging Capt. James Ayer and for objecting to 
Major Lithgow, and moreover denied, as Capt. Ba- 
chelder had done, the authority of the court. These 
points were overruled. The charges were then ad- 
duced as follows : — 

"To Dwelly Turner, Esq., Major-General of the Fourth 
Division of the Militia of the State of Maine. 

" Avery Rawson .... complains against Capt. John P. 
Robbins .... for disobedience of orders, for unmilitary. and 
unofficer-like conduct, and for exciting, encouraging, and per- 
mitting, in the company under his command, mutiny, disorder, 
and insubordination in the following particulars, to wit : — 

"1. That said Capt. John P. Robbins, having been duly 
ordered by said colonel to parade the company imder his 
command at Waldoborough, on the eighth day of September, 
A.D. 1824, for review and inspection of arms, then and 
there marched his said company past the quarters of said 
colonel, with reversed arms, and the music thereof playing a 
funeral dirge, with the intent to insult said colonel and other 
field-officers there present. 

" 2. That the said captain .... then and there, being in 
regimental line with his said company in obedience to a 
regimental order for the purpose of review and inspection of 
arms, neglected and refused to call his company to order and 
attention, when required so to do by the adjutant of said 
regiment at the command of said colonel. 

" 3. That the said captain, .... under the command of 
Major Cole, acting as lieutenant-colonel in the absence 
of Lieut. -Col. Bachelder, disobeyed the orders of said Major 
Cole, then and there commanding said regiment, and be- 
haved in an insulting, disrespectful, and disorderly manner 
to his said commanding officer, and then and there per- 
mitted and encouraged his said company to behave in an 
indecorous and contemptuous manner toward said Major 
Cole, and then and there permitted his said company to 
club their arms, with intent to insult and abuse the said 
Major Cole and other his superior officers. 



368 MILITARY HISTORY. 

" 4. That the said captain, .... while marching from 
the place of parade to the place of review and inspection, 
inarched his company in a disorderly and irregular manner, 
in disobedience of the orders of said colonel and in violation 
of the rules of discipline. 

"5. That the said captain .... permitted his men to 
fire or discharge their muskets without orders from his 
superior officers, to conduct in an unsoldier-like and dis- 
orderly manner, and to leave their ranks and to retire from 
duty without the consent of the said colonel or of the officer 
commanding the battalion in which they were formed. 

" 6. That the said captain .... Avithdrew and discharged 
his musicians from the command of the fife-major and drum- 
major, under whose order they had been placed by said 
colonel, without the consent of said colonel. 

" 7. That the said captain, . . .' . while in regiment with 
his said company, treated his superior oflScers with insolence 
and contempt, and uttered abusive and insulting language 
to said colonel and others his superior officers, while on 
parade and under command. 

" 8. That the said captain, .... well knowing the dis- 
orderly and unmilitary conduct of the men composing his 
said company, mentioned in the preceding specifications of 
charge, did not censure, reprimand, or impose fines upon 
them therefor; thereby justifying and encouraging disobe- 
dience of orders, disorderly behavior, and unmilitary conduct. 

" 9. That the said captain, .... from the first day of 
January, in the year of our Lord 1824, to the first day 
of March, in the year of our Lord 1825, has neglected to ap- 
point non-commisioned officers in his said company ; though, 
during all said time, his said company has been, and still is, 
destitute of non-commissioned officers. 

" 10. That the said captain, .... on said eighth day of 
September, A.D. 1824, at said Waldoborough, having been 
duly ordered by regimental orders of Aug. 2, A.D. 1824, to 
appear then and there with the company under his com- 
mand for revicAV and inspection of arms, did, previous to 
and during said parade, endeavor to excite and encourage 
in the company under his command, and in other officers 
and soldiers of said regiment, and did participate and join 
in a spirit of mutiny, insubordination, and disrespect against 
said colonel and other officers then in lawful command of 
and in said regiment. 



CAPT. JOHN P. BOBBINS. 369 

" All which is utterly subversive of the good order, de- 
structive of the discipline, and repugnant to the subordi- 
nation, which ought to distinguish the militia, and without 
which it can be neither a defence nor an honor to the 
State. 

" Wherefore your complainant requests, that the said 
Capt. John P. Bobbins may be held to answer to the fore- 
going charges, and be further dealt with relative to the same, 
as law, justice, and military usages, require. 

... T, ( Colonel of 3d Reg. 

Avery Rawsox, } ^a Brig., 4th Div 

" Waldoborough, March 1, 1825." 

After evidence in support of the complainant and of 
the respondent, the respondent moved the court for 
leave to prove "that the complainant in this case 
conducted, prior to the day of muster, in such an 
unbecoming and oppressive manner toward the sol- 
diers under the command of the said J. P. Robbins as 
to excite in them, or some of them, a spirit of insub- 
ordination, which may possibly, in two or three in- 
stances, have manifested itself, and altogether without 
the approbation, consent, or previous knowledge of the 
said E-obbins, against his will, and not by him to be 
foreseen or prevented." " The court directed that the 
evidence offered therein is improper and irrelevant." 
The evidence being aU in, the respondent was heard 
in his defence by his counsel, John Ruggles, Esq. 
After a statement of the evidence by the judge-advo- 
cate, the court ordered the house to be cleared of 
spectators, and the respondent was found guilty of 
specifications 1, 2, 5, 7, 8 ; but not guilty of the others. 
He was sentenced to be removed from office, and 
adjudged " to be disqualified for, and incapable of, 
holding any military office under the State for the 
term of one year." 

Thus terminated the trials by court-martial ; that of 
the lieutenant-colonel having cost the State $431.96, 
and that of the captains $409.47. 



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870 MILITARY HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XLIII. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

(^Continued.') 

ETasion of the Laws. — John Chapman Robbins becomes Clerk. — Loss 
of the Company Roll. — Muster rear Trowbridge's, in Warren. — 
Lieut. Ebenezer Cobb. — "A good time." — Horsemen ride about 
the Muster-field. — Robbins gives Orders. — Unsuccessful Attempt^ 
to arrest him. — Notes for Fines burnt as Wadding. 

From this time the Unionites evaded or set at defiance 
every military order which was sent to them. The 
Legislature either could not pass or could not enforce 
any Act which would bring them into subjection. In 
the infantry no man could be found to serve as clerk. 
Probably with the understanding that it would not be 
taken, a public offer of the clerkship was made ; but 
nobody came forward to accept it. After a while, it 
was taken by John Chapman Robbins, who was 
exempted by law from doing military duty. At the 
training, a few days before the annual parade in 1825, 
the question was agitated whether there should be a 
baggage-wagon for the muster. Robbins, the new 
clerk, discouraged it ; said there was " no necessity for 
it : let every man carry his own baggage, and he will 
fare better." The question was put, and decided in 
the negative. After the companies were dismissed, it 
was whispered about that the roll probably would not 
be called, and that it would be well for all to go on 
horseback without equipments, and " have a good 
time." On the day before the muster, Robbins's com- 
pany-roll was missing. He could not possibly account 
for its loss, unless his children had got it and dropped 
it into the well. It was exceedingly unfortunate ; 
muster the next day ; no list of the company ; and no 
means to collect any fines for absences. Accordingly, 
on muster-day there was no roll to be called. Robbins, 



MUSTER IN WARREN. 371 

more than twenty years afterward, said that, on his 
way home from the training, he hid the roll in a king- 
fisher's nest in the bank by the Old Burying Ground. 

The rifle-company's officers met on the field ; and, 
as the captain was removed from office, the command 
devolved on Lieut. Cobb. Ward Maxcy called the 
roll of the company ; but not one private was there to 
answer to his name. Lieut. Cobb sent word to the 
field-officers, that he was ready for duty; and, if they 
had none for him, he wished to be discharged for the 
day. He was requested by them to ride as major; 
but " the exercises were so different from what he was 
accustomed to, that he decfined ; " and he was accord- 
ingly released. 

Almost every person who could get a horse went 
to the muster-field on horseback, as had been sug- 
gested. Perhaps the number from Union was one 
hundred or one hundred and fifty; John Chapman 
Robbins procuring the fleetest horse he could hire. 
The field-officers, when they saw them, anticipated 
mischief, and ordered the guard not to let them pass. 
Accordingly, they were vigorously opposed ; but, while 
the sentries were keeping out two or three at one 
point, the whole troop rushed in at another, following 
Hudson of Union, who played the Kent bugle, and 
thus became a leader. Among the most active was 
Robbins. The horsemen rode wherever they chose, 
within the guard or without it. At a signal, all woiild 
start off" and gallop round the regiment. Then they 
would stop, and parade in front of it. The Kent 
bugle gave signals ; and this and the clarionet, both 
carried by Hudson, were played alternately, according 
to circumstances. 

In due time came the colonel to assume the com- 
mand. Robbins, on his fleet horse, rides up near to 
him, and shouts " Shoulder arms." The words are 
uttered with a stentorian voice, and are distinctly 
heard along the whole fine. The order is instantly 
obeyed by the whole regiment. An officer is imme- 
diately despatched to arrest Robbins, and put him 



372 MILITARY HISTORY. 

under guard ; but his horse is too fleet to be overtaken, 
and the officer, after an unsuccessful chase, returns. 
Robbins also returns. The commanding officer is 
about giving the order, " Attention the regiment," 
when Robbins, interrupting him, shouts " Attention 
aU creation." The officer is again ordered " to arrest 
that fellow, and put him under guard." Robbins is a 
skilful horseman. The ground is moist and muddy. 
He suffers the officer to come within a rod or two ; 
then he wheels his horse, and dashes off so dexterously 
and furiously, that the face and vest of his pursuer are 
covered with the mud tossed up by the horse's feet. 
Robbins comes and gives orders a third time. " At- 
tention the whole world ! Wheel by kingdoms." He 
is again pursued, but it is to no purpose : his horse is 
the fleetest on the field. 

Robbins calls to the officers, and teUs them he will 
dine with them that day in their marquee. During the 
hoiu-s that intervene, he mingles wit and impudence 
and droUery in such proportions and comical combina- 
tions, that he gets them in good humor ; and, at the 
dinner-hour, he is one of the first to enter the marquee., 
w^here he dines with as much impunity as if he had 
not done any thing to which they could object. Be- 
fore night, he succeeds in pulling up, one by one, all 
the sentry flag-staffs, and rides round the field with 
them under his arm. Thus ends the day. From 
that time to the present, the Unionites have not 
taken part in any of the regular musters. The mus- 
ter of 1824 was, in reality, the last in which they par- 
ticipated. 

After the affair was over, Lieutenant Cobb warned 
the rifle-company to meet, and answer for non-ap- 
pearance on the muster-field. Their answer "went 
by default." Accordingly, he demanded a fine. As 
the company had no immediate use for money, the 
clerk was ordered to take notes. What became of 
the notes, the commander never was officially in- 
formed. The fact, however, is that, at a voluntary 
training some time afterward, Ward Maxcy gave back 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 373 

to each man his note ; and the notes were all used as 
wadding, and burnt in the vicinity of the powder- 
house. 



CHAPTER XLIV. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

(^Continued.) 

Orders to elect Officers. — Movements to re-elect Capts. Bachelder 
and Robbins. — Nathan Bachelder chosen Captain. — Pardon Rob- 
bins and the Cabbage. — Re-election of Capt. Noah Rice. — He is 
cashiered. — Voluntary Trainings and Muster. — Aroostook War. 
— Rifle Company disbanded. — Philo Thurston. — Ebenezer 
Ward Adams chosen Captain. — His Trial and Imprisonment. 

Immediately after the removal of the captains, and 
probably a few days after the parade at Trow^bridge's 
in 1825, orders came for an election of officers to fill 
their places. The men were ready to re-elect Capts. 
Bachelder and Robbins. But such a movement w^as 
discouraged. " If you re-elect me," said Robbins, 
" my election will be declared null and void ; and, if 
but one vote should be thrown for any other person 
than myself, he would be declared elected, on the 
ground that I am ineligible." He advised them to 
vote for an officer who had resigned and been honora- 
bly discharged. 

There had been but tw^o captains of the rifle-com- 
pany, viz. John Bachelder and Lewis Bachelder. The 
former was in poor health, and the latter was in the 
same condition as the captain of the infantry. Nathan 
Bachelder, brother of the two preceding of the same 
name, was elected captain, Sept. 24, 1825. 

The officer detailed to preside on this occasion was 
from Waldoborough. For many years before the 
military difficulty, there had been good-natured spar- 
ring between the two towns ; the Waldonians teasing 
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374 MILITARY HISTORY. 

the Unionites about beans, and the Unionites in turn 
teasing them about sour kraut. On this occasion, 
Pardon Robbins dressed himself very neatly, and 
placed on his head a paper-cap having a peaked top, 
from which rose a cockerel's long tail-feather. He was 
humpbacked, and in his ordinary walk naturally swag- 
gered. Having procured a large neat wash-bowl, he 
placed in it an excellent head of cabbage, about the size 
of a peck-measure, gashed it neatly with a knife, and 
sprinkled salt over it. Thus prepared, he deliberately 
strutted up the broad aisle of the Old Meeting-house 
to the deacon's seat, where the officer was discharging 
his duty in a dignified and gentlemanly manner, and 
addressed him with the greatest gravity and courtesy : 
" As you must be somewhat fatigued, colonel, and 
this is a favorite dish among the Waldoborough peo- 
ple, please to refresh yourself, while the men are 
preparing to vote, with some sour kraut." With a 
gracious bow, he placed the bowl of cabbage on the 
table before him, and retired. It was an act too gross, 
however, not to elicit general condemnation, excited 
even as the Unionites were. 

Probably on the same day that Nathan Bachelder 
was elected captain of the rifle-company, — for the com- 
missions bear the same date, — Capt. Noah Rice was 
re-elected captain of the infantry. He was a worthy 
farmer, and had been a good officer. From the first, 
he was a stm*dy opponent of the Waldonians. At 
the muster in 1824, he was one of the most active of 
the three or four men who, from time to time, gave 
hints to the privates of the Union companies, and 
raised the confusion in which they dispersed. And 
so elated was he, that in the enthusiasm of the mo- 
ment, and amid the uproar and shouts that rent the 
skies, he huzzaed and swung his market-bag around 
his head till the cheese in it was pommelled to pieces. 
After his re-election, his commission was sent to him. 
It is said that he would neither be qualified, nor call 
out the company ; that he would not return the com- 
mission ; and that it could not be got away from him. 



CAPT. NOAH RICE. 375 

but by a court-martial. Accordingly the following 
notice is taken of him : — 

"To Samuel E. Smith, Esq., Governor and Commander- 
in-Chief, in the State of Maine. 

" Charges and specifications preferred against Noah Rice, 
Captain of a Company of Infantry, in the 3d Regiment, 2d 
Brigade, and 4th Division, by George Jewett, division-advo- 
cate of said division, on the complaint of Henry Kennedy, 
colonel and commanding officer of said regiment. 

" Charge I. — Neglect of duty. 

" Specification. The said Noah Rice, on the 13th day of 
September, A.D. 1831, was captain as aforesaid; and, being 
so in office, it was his duty, on the Tuesday following the 
second Monday of September aforesaid, it being the 13th 
day of said month, to parade his said company at some 
convenient place, within the limits thereof, at one of the 
clock in the afternoon, for inspection and drill. Yet the 
said Noah Rice, regardless of his duty aforesaid, neglected 
so to parade his company, or to give the proper orders for 
said purpose ; and, in consequence thereof, the said company 
lost entirely the benefit of the annual inspection and drill 
contemplated by law. 

" Charge II. — Disobedience of orders. 

" Specification 1. That the said Noah Rice, . . . having 
been duly ordered ... to notify and summon his said com- 
pany to meet at Warren ... on the 29th day of September, 
A.D. 1831, for military inspection and review, ... in disobe- 
dience of his said orders, neglected and refused to notify 
and summon his said company, or to give the proper orders 
therefor ; whereby, and by reason of said Rice's neglect and 
disobedience of orders, the said company did not appear at 
said Warren on said day for military inspection and review. 

" Specification 2. That the regiment . . . paraded . . . for 
review, and the said Rice . . . was duly ordered ... to notify 
his said company to assemble ... on said day, for review; 
but the said Rice neglected and refused to assemble . . . and 
to appear with his said company. 

" Charge III. — Unmilitary conduct. 

" Specification 1. That the said Noah Rice, from the date 
of his commission as captain aforesaid to the 1st day of 
October, A.D. 1831, . . . has wholly neglected his duty as 



376 MILITARY HISTORY. 

captain aforesaid, and repeatedly and often neglected to 
obey the proper and legal orders to him directed. . . . 

" Specification 2. That the said Rice, from the date of 
his commission as captain of said company, as aforesaid, 
to the 1st day of October, A.D. 1831, . . . has frequently 
and often excited, encouraged, and advised other officers 
belonging to said regiment to disobey and not perform the 
express orders and commands of their superior officers. 

" Specijication 3. That, on the day the order directing the 
regimental review of September, 1831, was served upon 
said Rice, he then and there did use and utter insidting and 
contemptuous language respecting said order and the com- 
manding officer of said regiment. 

" Specijication 4. That the said Rice was formerly captain 
and commanding officer of the same company whereof he 
is now commanding officer, and did receive his discharge 
therefrom some years since ; and the said Rice has re- 
peatedly and often stated that he accepted the commission 
as captain aforesaid for the purpose of furnishing him 
opportunities of insulting the officers of said regiment, and, 
by his disobedience of orders and total neglect of duty in 
his said office, to bring contempt and ridicule and disgrace 
upon the officers of said regiment. 

" The above charges and specifications are respectfully 
submitted for your consideration. 

" George Jewett, 
" Division- Advocate of the 4th Division. 
"Jan. 24, 1832." 

The court held at Waldoborough, June 12, 1832, found 
him guilty of every charge and specification, except the last 
three specifications of the last charge. They sentenced him 
to be removed from office, and adjudged "the said Rice to 
be disqualified for and incapable of holding any military 
office under this State for life. 

" John C. Humphreys, President. 

" John A. Dunning, Member. 
"Waldoborough, June 12, 1832. 

Attest : George Jewett, Division- Advocate." 

Although, after the difficulty on the field at Wal- 
doborough and the arrest of the captains, neither 
company would perform military duty under field- 



MILITARY SPIRIT. 377 

officers, there were voluntary trainings for a few years. 
Once they met, with the Hope and the Appleton 
companies, near McLean's Mills, and had a voluntary 
muster, which passed off with great order and decorum. 
A love for military affau's still continued. When the 
Aroostook war, in relation to the north-eastern bound- 
ary, broke out, as all military organization had gone 
down, notice for drafts was served on the selectmen. 
There was made a list of all the persons in town who 
were required by the laws of the State to do military 
duty. At the time for drafting, the Common was 
thronged. A draft of all the men required was made 
without any difficulty. Before this was done, a vo- 
luntary company was organized. Nelson Cutler, Esq., 
was chosen captain ; Lewis Andrews, lieutenant ; and 
John Adams, ensign. The officers never applied for 
nor received commissions. The company was several 
times called out for inspection and drill, and always 
readily responded to the call. The drill was kept up 
till after the arrival of the news of peace, and then the 
organization was allowed to subside. The drafts from 
this section of the State were not called for ; but the 
spirit with which the requisition for them was received, 
showed the manner in which the Unionites were in- 
clined to act, when what they considered the honor of 
their country was involved, and its territory invaded. 

The rifle-company was disbanded, and the officers 
were discharged, July 2, 1831. The members were 
ordered to be enrolled with the infantry. Philo Thur- 
ston had been chosen ensign of the infantry, July 6, 
1825. Although, in a quiet way, he had done his 
part at the muster-farce, he was the only officer in 
town with whom the field-officers had not had diffi- 
culty. The field-officers not only did not aid him in 
getting a discharge, but kept urging him to act. He 
was the only officer, and maintained that it was 
unreasonable to require him alone to attempt to or- 
ganize the three or four hundred men in Union, in 
the state of things which then existed, and he would 
not move in the matter. 



378 MILITARY HISTORY. 

Finally, after the disbanding of the rifle-company and 
the removal of Capt. Rice, orders came for another elec- 
tion of officers. The meeting was held in the Old Meet- 
ing-house, Sept. 18, 1832. The presiding officer made a 
few remarks on the "iron grip of the law," which, instead 
of alarming or awing the men, only excited contempt 
and a spirit of defiance. Ebenezer Ward Adams was 
chosen captain ; and John Fuller, lieutenant. After 
leaving the meeting-house, Capt. Adams uttered a 
remark, from which the inference was plain that he 
should never order them out after that afternoon. They 
paraded and marched and drilled an hour or two. The 
storekeepers and others contributed the treat, which was 
always furnished, from some source or other, at trainings 
and musters. Capt. Adams received his commission, 
but would not get qualified. Efforts were made to hire 
him to do it ; but he was immovable. He never called 
on the company to turn out after the day of his election. 
July 5, 1835, Nathaniel Groton, division-advocate, 
brought against him the following charges : — 

1. That he neglected to call out his company, May 1, 
1834, for an annual inspection and examination. 

2. That he did not, as the law required, parade his com- 
pany on one other day hetween the first Tuesday in May, 
and the annual review of the troops in September. 

3. Disobedience of orders in not appearing at Warren, 
Sept. 25, 1834, for annual review and inspection. 

4. Not turning out on the first Tuesday in May, 1835. 

The court-martial held at Thomaston, Nov. 4, 1835, 
found him guilty, and adjudged him to be removed, and 
to be disqualified from holding any military office under 
this State for the term of fifty years. They further sen- 
tenced him to pay a fine of twenty-one dollars. The 
captain would not pay the fine, nor allow his military 
friends to do it. He was carried to jail at Wiscasset, and 
imprisoned ; his. prosecutors refusing to take bail. He 
consulted Judge Smith, who notified the jail-keeper that 
his case was bailable ; and that, if he continued him in 



LAST ELECTION OP OFFICERS. 379 

close confinement, it would be at his peril. He was, 
accordingly, released. Thus ended the fifth court-mar- 
tial of Union officers. 



C H A P T E E XLV. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

(^Continued.) 

Two Companies of Infantry. — Election of Officers at Amos Walker's. 
— March to the Common. 

Subsequently to the disbanding and incorporating of 
the rifle with the infantry-company, the latter was 
divided into two companies, the river being the dividing 
line. According to one report, several persons, deeming 
a military organization important, presented to the go- 
vernor and councd a petition for this division ; and it was 
favored by many of the residents on the east side of the 
river, who afterwards fell back, in consequence of a 
resuscitation of the hostility to the Waldonians. An- 
other statement is, that the division into two companies 
was in answer to the petition of a few individuals of the 
old company. 

The lieutenant-colonel, it is said, went to one in 
whom, it was supposed, he could confide, and prevailed 
on him to summon such men, on the east side of the 
river, as were favorable to the measure, to meet for the 
election of officers at the residence of Amos Walker, 
who lived in a retired place, near the first brook east of 
Seven Brook. Information of the movement was speed- 
ily circulated throughout the town. May 10, 1834, 
Amos Walker's barn was thronged. Almost every man 
in town, whether old or young, sick or well, on both sides 
of the river, turned out. Several persons came from 
neighboring towns. The lieutenant-colonel began to 
read the order for election. The boys blew wooden 



380 MILITARY HISTORY. 

whistles. They annoyed him with paper-pellets. The 
object apparently was to irritate and disturb him. But 
a good degree of quiet was obtained, and he continued 
to read the order with the coolness and composure of 
an old soldier, till he finished it. Votes for a captain 
were called for. George Robbins was elected. He 
was immediately furnished by Dr. Harding and others 
with words for a speech. With an old wing stuck in 
the top of a hat which had no rim, he stepped forward, 
and remarked that he felt greatly flattered by the honor 
which had been conferred on him, and that, though 
he was conscious he had hitherto been somewhat 
neglected and overlooked, he should accept the appoint- 
ment. The speech was followed by an outbreak of 
applause. 

When the presiding officer found that every thing 
was intended to be farcical, he declined proceeding with 
the election. Then it was argued, with much gravity, 
that there was great unanimity in the election thus far, 
that every thing promised a harmonious re-organiza- 
tion of the mifitary system in town, and that it was 
certainly advisable to proceed. " You ought to go on " 
was the remark of some of the persons present. " You 
must proceed with the election" was the remark of 
others. " You shall go on, or we will have you court- 
martialled, if it be possible to do it. You were detailed 
to preside at the election of oflicers, not of one officer 
of the company." Alexander Skinner was then elected 
lieutenant ; and Life W. Boggs, ensign. 

At IVIr. Walker's were small wheels used in making 
ropes, and a log used in shortening them. The men 
placed the log on the wheels and began to march, styling 
themselves the Independent Artillery Company. A few 
turned in the sides of their hats, so as to make them 
somewhat pointed before and behind. Part were in 
single file, some in platoons three, and others four deep, 
and some were on horseback. For muskets they car- 
ried hoop-poles, staves, sticks of wood, clubs, sunflower 
stalks, — fastening to their hips sunflower-heads for 
cartouch-boxes ; in short, taking, for equipments, any 



MARCH TO THE COMMON. 381 

thing upon which they could lay their hands, provided 
it would tend to make the whole affair as ridiculous and 
unmilitary as possible. The new lieutenant brought up 
the rear of the company, carrying a feather in his hat 
and a rum-bottle in each hand. On each side of him 
was some one, acting in the capacity of an aid. In this 
manner they proceeded toward the Common. It could 
hardly have been possible to make a company appear 
more ridiculous. The new officers, according to uni- 
versal custom at military elections, gave a treat. The 
other officers good-naturedly partook, though they are 
said afterwards to have expressed some doubt, judging 
from the appearance of the new officers, whether they 
paid for the rum themselves. 

This was the last attempt ever made in town to elect 
military officers. It was the last training, if we except 
the voluntary movements in the time of the Aroostook 
war. The Unionites became completely triumphant. 
The presiding officer seems not to have been altogether 
satisfied with the result ; for, in his return to the adju- 
tant-general, he stated that neither of the officers " had 
any property ; " that they were " th'e refuse of society ; 
that the lieutenant" had "frequently been a town- 
charge ; " that the " inhabitants of Union " had " not 
done military duty for nearly ten years ; and that there 
seemed a disposition to evade the law, if possible." 
The three commissions were issued Aug. 9, 1834, bear- 
ing date May 10, 1834. The officers never called out 
the company, and, it is said, did not get qualified after 
receiving their commissions. They were discharged 
by limitation, Jan. 3, 1842. 



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382 MILITARY HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XLVI. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

(Concluded.) 

Qualifying Remarks. — Extension of the Unmilitary Spirit. — Change 
of Public Sentiment. — Military Musters. 

The preceding military narrative may not be satisfac- 
tory to all readers. Considering the gleanings to be 
made, the conflicting statements to be reconciled, 
the chasms to be filled, the scattered incidents to be 
arranged in their proper places, and woven into a narra- 
tive, and that most of these unrecorded events occurred 
more than twenty-five years ago, it is obvious that the 
account must necessarily be somewhat incomplete and 
inaccurate, though great care has been taken to make 
it as correct as the nature of the case would admit. 

It is to be observed, too, that the narrative has not 
been confined to Vhat the companies did. Some 
of the conduct could not have received the sanction 
either of the town or of the military companies them- 
selves. The same is undoubtedly true of Waldo- 
borough. The Waldonians were naturally glad to 
have the annual military musters near their own doors. 
But it is not to be supposed that the citizens at large 
wished to have them there, unless they were fairly 
entitled to them ; or that, as a body, they would sus- 
tain oppression or injustice in their officers. Let the 
blame fall where it belongs. In as great and general 
excitement as prevailed, there are always some eccen- 
tric men ready to shoot off" from the orbits in which 
the body of the people move, and do acts which are 
disreputable. Such are some of the transactions which 
have been mentioned. Individuals have been guilty 
of them ; the better part of the inhabitants have been 
ashamed of them ; the good sense of the towns has 
been against them. And yet the reproach, instead of 



QUALIFYING REMARKS. 383 

being cast where it ought, upon the eccentric or reck- 
less few who were guilty, has been unjustly brought 
upon the towns. 

It is not expedient to occupy the room that might 
be given to a justification or reprehension of the seve- 
ral acts which resulted in the overthrow of the military 
system. It may be remarked, however, that the people 
of Union considered they were oppressed. They were 
repeatedly iiTitated ; they were threatened ; they could 
get no redress. The power of the Legislature was 
brought to bear on them in stringent laws to meet 
their special case. The officers said that they were 
ready to do military duty, but that it must be done 
fairly and honorably ; and, feeling that such was not 
the case, the men took the inatter into their own 
hands. And when they acted, it was not with violence 
and bloodshed, but with ridicule. If still it be said 
that all this was in opposition to the law of the land, 
they argue — parvis componcre magna — " So were the 
proceedings of the whigs in the revolutionary war 
And if you justify them," say they, " for rebelling and 
fighting eight years, when they had petitioned and 
remonstrated, and could not even be heard, surely 
there is but little to be said against the Unionites for 
taking redress into their own hands, when they used 
no weapons but neglect and ridicule to effect relief 
from what they considered oppression and insult." 

One thing is certain : the consequences of this 
movement were important ; it was the beginning of a 
change of the military laws and feelings of the State. 
People in the neighboring towns continued for a few 
years to do military duty, as an evil to ^vhich they 
were doomed by the law; while the inhabitants of 
Union evaded or disregarded all laws of the State and 
all commands of all military officers in Maine, and 
pursued their avocations, undisturbed through the year. 
It was not long before men declined going from 
McLean's Mills, through Union and Wan-en, to muster 
at Thomaston, twenty miles distant, when they saw 
the inhabitants of Union neglecting with impunity 



384 MILITARY HISTORY. 

a journey to Waldoborough for the same purpose. 
How far the spirit has since extended is not known ; 
but the movements in this town have probably, in 
their remote consequences, done more than any tiling 
else to turn into ridicule and abolish, so far as it is 
abolished, the military pageantry, which belongs to the 
Dark Ages, when brute-force triumphed over right, ra- 
ther than to civilized society, which professes to be 
governed by reason and principle. The law said. 
Train : the Unionites said. No. There is something 
novel in the fact, that an institution which has existed 
from the infancy of the human race, which all nations 
have considered indispensable, — an institution to 
which mankind has always yielded as implicitly as 
to fate, should be entirely disregarded, and in fact 
overthrown, here. So quiet and orderly is every thing 
now, that, but for past recollections, it would not be 
known that there had ever been a training or military 
movement of any kind in the place. 

MILITATIY MUSTERS. 

Although much has already been said respecting 
military musters, it may be well to add a few particu- 
lars, as they were occasions of great interest, and the 
time is coming when they will be entirely unknown, 
except in history. The days on which they took place 
were among the few holidays of New England. They 
were anticipated with satisfaction by adults and with de- 
li'ght by boys. As the time approached, the interven- 
ing days were carefully counted by the young. There 
were two or three military trainings within a week or 
two before the appointed day, for the pm-pose of drill. 
The men who were not required to do duty, and the 
boys, were busy in getting choice apples, plums, and 
other fruit, to retail. Four-pences and cents were in 
great demand, as every boy wanted something to 
spend on the occasion. Eagerness was manifested in 
securing modes of conveyance to the muster-field. 
Persons who had relatives or intimate acquaintances 
in the vicinity went the day before. Others travelled 



MILITARY MUSTERS. 385 

in the night. Sometimes several members of a com- 
pany made an arrangement to meet at the captain's, 
or at some central place, at one or t\vo o'clock in the 
morning, to go together; and the first sound at the 
captain's door, to wake him, might be the jarring 
occasioned by a heavy discharge of a field-piece under 
his bedroom window. From break of day, vehicles of 
various kinds were moving towards the place. In 
some were merchandise. In others rode men wearing 
their military uniforms, and canying guns and equip- 
ments,-^ with their wives, daughters, or young children, 
dressed in their gayest holiday attire, by their sides. 
Along the roads were men and women and boys, on 
foot, hastening forward with as much ardor as if the 
existence of the nation depended on their being there 
at the earliest practicable moment. Upon their com- 
ing together from various places, the pulse was quick- 
ened, and more energy aroused by the rapid driving, 
the loud talking, the trooping of the boys, the beating 
of drums, and the marching and countermarching of 
companies, before going upon the field. Then there 
were the officers' loud tones of command, the crowding 
of people, the occasional crying of children and bark- 
ing and yelping of dogs, the glittering of guns and bay- 
onets, the nodding of plumes, and the indescribable 
feeling experienced on seeing the machine-like move- 
ments of a large mass of living beings when marching 
and drilling. From towns far and near was poured in 
a great tide of life. Temporary tents, wheelbarrows, 
stands, handcarts, and horsewagons, with produce, lined 
the muster-field and places of congregating. Rum and 
brandy and gin; gingerbread, cake, and molasses; 
honey, new cider, and apples; ham and bread and 
sausages ; cheese and oysters and crackers ; dough- 
nuts and pies and peppermints ; clothes, hats, and 
tin-ware; — in short, almost all things which could 
be bought or be sold were brought together and ex- 
posed in great profusion. " Walk up," " walk up, 
gentlemen," — and sometimes "Walk up, ladies," — 
greeted the ears from various quarters. Fiddlers 
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886 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

played, the lads and lasses danced ; and, on planks 
and slabs temporarily laid down, clowns exercised 
themselves with the double shuffle. Old topers got 
drunk and swore, and others became tipplers. The 
irritable would become angry, and strip off their coats ; 
and then a cry would be raised, " A fight, a fight;" and 
a crowd, unless the constables interfered, would run 
and gather round in a ring, to give the combatants 
room and see that they had fair play. Everybody 
seemed to be trying to be happy in his own way ; 
and, amid the vast variety of character, habits, and 
tastes which were brought together, there were, of 
course, many queer manifestations of enjoyment. So 
great has been the change within thirty years, particu- 
larly where the temperance-movement has had control, 
that the young have no adequate idea of the old 
musters of New England, w^hich were substantially 
the same on Boston Common and in the town of 
Waldoborough. 



CHAPTER XLVII. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

Early Hunting and Hunters. — Boggs. — Anderson. — Davis and the 
Tortoise. — Dicke. — The dogs Tuner and Lion. — Laws about 
Deer and Moose and Deer-reeves. — Deers. — Moose. — Their 
Haunts. — Time and Manner of hunting them. — Their Yards. — 
Transportation of Moose Beef. — Dressing and cooking it. — Moose 
in Summer. — One killed in Seven-tree Pond. 

EARLY HUNTING AND HUNTERS. 

Before there w^ere any permanent settlements, this 
place was probably nmch resorted to by hunters. 
Samuel Boggs, of Warren, at a later period, ranged 
along the rivers and ponds. Each week or fortnight, 
a boat with provisions was despatched from his home 
to Seven-tree Pond; places having been previously 



EARLY HUNTING AND HUNTERS. 887 

designated, where he left signs to enable the boatman 
to find him. Archibald Anderson, of Warren, and a 
man named Davis, hunted here in the fall and spring 
for many years. After an unsuccessful search during 
four days, Davis, almost famishing, once returned to 
his old camp, near Crawford's River, and kindled a fire. 
With great astonishment he soon saw the sand and 
ashes, on which it was built, begin to move. He was 
not disturbed by their surging and sinking ; but knelt 
down, and dealt heavy random-blows among them 
with his hatchet. In a short time, he was luxuriating 
on a roasted tortoise, which had unceremoniously im- 
bedded himself in the ashes. 

David Dicke, of Warren, says that in his boyhood 
the great hunting-ground was the meadows at the 
head of Round Pond. When he was in pursuit of 
moose, he commonly passed the night on the little 
island at the outlet of the pond. The early settlers 
were naturally interested in hunting and trapping. 
Furs were valuable. The flesh of some of the game 
was at times almost indispensable to their existence. 
Beef was scarce. When grain failed, fish, fowl, and 
wild game were their only substantial food. So that 
all the early settlers were hunters, and had traps, guns, 
and hunting-dogs. 

David Robbins had a very large dog, named Tuner. 
Tuner accompanied his master in his excursions for 
game. When night came, Robbins trod a hole into 
the snow, threw hemlock-boughs into it, and called 
Tuner to share his comfort. If his feet were cold, 
Tuner was required to lie on them to keep them warm. 
As soon as these were made comfortable. Tuner was 
ordered to abandon his \varm nest and take lodgings 
at his master's back. Thus Tuner was imposed upon ; 
being obliged, during the whole night, to move from 
place to place at his master's bidding. 

Once Tuner was missing. Men hallooed and guns 
were fired to entice him home. He came in a state of 
great excitement, and used all his canine eloquence 
of crying and whining to prevail on some of his mas- 



388 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

ter's family to follow him. After they had run about 
a mile, the dog, far in advance, began to bark. He 
had returned to the carcass of a yearling moose, 
which had been pursued and killed by him. 

Richard Cummings had a dog named Lion. Lion 
and Tuner were great friends. Lion's favorite em- 
ployment was bear-hunting. The two dogs followed 
a moose to Warren, where Lion probably found a 
bear's den, and was seriously injured. They returned 
on the east side of the pond, as far as the Hills Point. 
Lion could go no further. Tuner swam to the David 
Robbins Point, and set up a moui'nful howling. He 
could not be prevailed on to enter the house, but con- 
tinued to look across the pond and whine. Accord- 
ingly, to the great joy of Tuner, a float was sent across 
the pond, and Lion brought over, so wounded, proba- 
bly by the " bear's hug," that he never entirely recov- 
ered. 

L.iWS ABOUT DEER AND MOOSE AND DEER-E,EEVES. 

The office of deer-reeve included the duties of 
moose-reeve. An Act of the Legislature of Massachu- 
setts was published, Feb. 4, 1764, for the preservation 
and increase of moose and deer. The penalty for kill- 
ing any moose or deer between Dec. 21 and Aug. 11 
in any year, or for having in one's possession the llesh 
or raw^ skin of any moose or deer killed within that 
time, was ,£6 and the cost for prosecution for each 
and every offence. Suspected persons were to be ex- 
amined before justices of the peace, sheriffs to search 
for flesh and skins, and justices to require security of 
suspected persons and to bind over persons to give 
evidence. Towns which neglected to choose deer- 
reeves annually, at the March meeting, incurred a 
penalty of .£30. Every person chosen deer-reeve was 
required " forthwith to declare his acceptance or refu- 
sal thereof." If he refused to accept the trust, or to 
be sworn to the faithful discharge of it, he was fined 
£5. If he refused to pay the fine, he was to "be con- 
vened before the court of sessions ; " and, if he could 



DEERS AND MOOSE, 389 

show no just cause for his refusal, the court was 
empowered to commit him to jail, "there to remain 
till he had paid the said fine and the costs of prosecu- 
tion." The " more especial business " of deer-reeves 
was "to inqune into and inform of all offences against 
this Act, and to prosecute the oftenders." It was 
further enacted that the grand juries should from time 
to time " diligently inquire after and prosecute all 
breaches of this Act." It was probably in consequence 
of this Act that the town chose Bela Robbins deer- 
reeve in the years 1787, 1788, and 1789. There is no 
record of any other action of the town in relation to 
the subject. 

DEERS. 

There were never so many deers in the New England 
as in the other States. In the fall, a few years after the 
incorporation of Union, five or sLx made many tracks 
on a point of land, perhaps one mile south of the out- 
let of Crawford's Pond. The ground was muddy and 
soft, and they were evidently ti-ying to get across to 
the east side. In the following winter, they -were 
found by hunters from Warren, and every one was 
killed. About twenty years ago, two fawn were seen 
drinking at a fountain by the side of the road, in the 
Cedar Swamp in Appleton. One of them was shot 
near Quantabacook Pond. Stragglers, probably from 
the wilderness, are occasionally seen in Union at the 
present day. In December, 1845, a deer was discov- 
ered between Hills' Mills and Sunnybec Pond, pursued 
and finally killed near John Payson's, in the easterly 
part of the town. Another, probably the mate, Avas 
seen a few days afterward. It is supposed they had 
strayed from the Penobscot country. 

MOOSE. 

The early settlers of New England had singular 
ideas respecting moose. In a manuscript of President 
Dunster, of Harvard University, now in possession of 
John Belknap, Esq., of Boston, is this notice : " Moose, 



390 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

a beast as big as an oxe ; it is thought they will be 
brought to be very useful for labour, when their yonge 
are brought up tame." 

Probably, there was no part of the United States in 
which moose were so numerous as in Maine. It is 
said, that, as recently as 1849, more than fourteen 
hundred were killed in one year by the Indians, chiefly 
for the value of their skins. In Union, a favorite place 
for them was the meadows north of Seven-tree Pond. 
Before the town was settled, there were many paths 
running in various directions from the clear, unfailing, 
and never-freezing spring near the head of it. They 
were probably made by moose, who in summer com- 
monly go to one place for drink. Another and bet- 
ter ground was the meadows at Round Pond. It 
was here that, on a Thanksgiving-day, Jessa Robbins 
killed his first moose. It weighed 840 pounds. The 
horns had thirteen prongs ; and not one of the three 
men who came to look at him could, with outstretched 
arms, touch the extremities of both the horns at once. 
Here, too, it was that Archibald Anderson and Samuel 
Boggs often climbed into the crotch of a large sloping 
maple, which stood on the cast side of the river near 
the pond, to watch. When either of them espied one, 
if he could not kill him from the tree, — and it was 
too far to fire across the river into the meadow on 
the north-west, — he came down cautiously, and ap- 
proached him in the best way he could. He common- 
ly took a float, as thus he could get comparatively near 
without alarming him. 

After the settlers came, the favorite place of resort 
for moose was the vicinity of the Medomac River. 
There were found most of those which were killed. 
Generally they were shy. Their hearing and smelling 
were so acute that it was very difficult to come within 
gun-shot, except from the windward of them. Hunters 
took advantage of the circumstance that they always 
fed with their heads to the wind, and thus they some- 
times came upon them unawares. They were kifled 
at all seasons of the year ; but the best time to hunt 



HUNTING MOOSE. 391 

them was in March. Then these heavy animals were 
impeded and their legs lacerated by breaking through 
the crust, which was strong enough to sustain their 
pursuers ; or they were worried down by the deep snow, 
over which hunters on snow-shoes successfully followed 
them. This month was generally the time for an 
onslaught. A party procured high, narrow, and light 
hand-sleds, which had runners four or six inches wide to 
prevent their sinking into the snow. They took gim- 
lets, shaves, hatchets, an axe to mend then- sleds, and a 
little salt to make their moose-meat palatable. With 
guns, ammunition, and dogs, they started off for their 
favorite ranges and hunting-grounds, dragging their 
sleds on ponds and rivers and over carrying-places.^ 
On arriving at the proposed hunting-ground, they 
" struck up a camp," kindled a fire by means of their 
gun-flints and powder, and then were ready for action. 

One old hvmter says the moose were generally 
found in the vicinity of springs or places where they 
could drink, and between the highland and what is 
called the " black land," or the ground where spruces 
and hemlocks grow. When the snow was deep, their 
ranges became limited. They browsed upon the 
hemlocks, maples, white birches, moose-wood, and the 
saplings and bushes within their reach, and thus trod 
down the snow about them and made yards. These 
yards, which in winter were commonly on "black 
land," varied in size with the number of animals in the 
herd, the time of their being there, and the depth of 
the snow. Sometimes, though seldom, they extended 
over forty or fifty acres. They were enlarged as the 
animals, impelled by hunger, stepped into the snow 
to reach more browse. When undisturbed, a few 
moose would remain a month on an acre or two. 

When attacked by dogs, moose would turn and 

' One of these carrying-places, from the head of Seven-tree Pond, 
across the Robbins Neck, nearly in the direction of the canal, struck 
St. George's River, a few rods below Bachelor's Mills. Another began 
at the Pettengill Brook, crossed Appleton Ridge, and tei'ininated at 
the St. George's, about half a mile above the head of Sunnybec Pond. 
It was travelled by nearly all the hunters on the Medomac River. 



392 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. ' 

fight them, not by kicking, but by striking at them 
with their feet. Sometimes they would become so 
intent that the hunter could get near enough to shoot 
them. If, however, a moose was started from the yard 
by dogs, he commonly made but few plunges into the 
deep and hard snow, before he turned upon them. As 
he was annoyed, on the one side or the other, he kept 
changing his position in order to meet the attacks, and 
thus trod down the snow and made a small yard 
around him. The dogs continued to vex him, and, by 
their incessant and violent barldng, brought up the 
gunners. If, when the men approached, the moose 
made another effort to escape, the dogs, set on and 
encouraged by their masters, attacked him the more 
furiously. They seized him by the nose,^ bit his legs, 
gnawed the hair from his flanks and ribs, and har- 
rassed him till the hunters approached and despatched 
him with balls. But, when there was only a little 
snow, the moose, with the dogs on the full leap after 
him, would distance his pursuers and escape, or draw 
them into a race, which sometimes continued a hun- 
dred miles or more. 

"When moose were routed, their course was almost 
invariably toward the South, and calculations were 
made accordingly to intercept them. The old hunters 
said that they took this du'ection, because the farther 
they went, the softer became the snow and crust. 
The settlers in Union, and the towns below, con- 
sidered the circumstance fortunate ; for, if the course 
had been toward the North, the pm-suit of them 
would have drawn thejn from then* homes. In the 
winter of 1785-6, several moose were started in the 
vicinity of Quantabacook. One or more was killed; 
and one fled to the Robbins Neck, where he yarded, 

' William Thompson spoke particularly of three dogs. One Avould 
seize a moose by the ribs, and take out a mouthful of hair at every 
bite. Another small dog would seize him by the nose, and, curling up 
his legs, hold on so firmly that the moose would swing him from side 
to side. A third large dog " would fly up close to him " on the crust, 
and " bark and roar terribly, " without venturing to touch him. They 
seemed to have a common understanding how each should annov him 



MOOSE-BEEF. 393 

near the sloping maple, till the spring opened. Then 
he was again started, and ran to Friendship, where he 
was killed. 

When the hunters killed a moose, they skinned it, 
and split the carcass into halves or sides. A small 
tree was then bent down, and the ends of the limbs 
lopped off. The sides were hung upon the stubs of 
the limbs, and then the tree was allowed to spring 
back to its natural position. Thus the meat was pro- 
tected from w^ild animals. A little bird called the 
whetsaw, because its notes resembled the filing of a 
saw, would light upon it and pick it ; but it did no 
harm worth noticing. To keep off the crows, which 
were troublesome, long white splinters were stuck into 
the meat before it was suspended. Having thus dis- 
posed of a moose, and left the oifal on the snow, or 
used it to bait traps for sable or other game, the men 
proceeded to hunt again. 

When the time drew near for returning home, mea- 
sures were devised for carrying the meat. Hunters 
always toolc advantage of the ponds and rivers. When 
there was a thaw, they went forward on snow-shoes, 
and trod down the snow in the paths and carrying- 
places. Wheri the paths were frozen by the cold 
weather which succeeded, they sometimes transported 
their meat on packhorses. Commonly, however, they 
drew it on their light hand-sleds, — one side of moose- 
beef being considered load enough for one man to 
di'ag. The hunters at the Medomac,^ having arrived 
at the end of thek carrying-place, followed down Sun- 
nybec Pond and St. George's River, and discharged 
their loads on Seven-tree Pond. Sixteen carcasses 
have been brought on to this pond at one time. Some 
were eaten by the inhabitants, and others hauled off 
by teams to Warren and the lower towns. Some- 
times more moose were killed than were wanted, or 
could be given away. There was one winter in which 
one of the Robbins family, it is said, owned shares in 

' The Waldonians had a place farther west, and hunted by them- 
selves. 

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394 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

forty-seven moose and seventeen bears. The meat 
was an important article of food. The large bones 
were removed ; and the flesh, put loosely together in 
tubs or barrels, was dried and smoked. When broiled 
and buttered like beef-steaks, the meat was considered 
much better than when boiled. The bones were 
roasted and broken ; and the maiTOw, which was taken 
out, was salted, and eaten by the white people as a 
substitute for butter. 

In summer, moose frequented meadows and swamps 
in the daytime, and ponds and coves in the night. A 
young one was caught — some say in Round Pond, 
others by being driven into a river in Warren — by 
Archibald Anderson, and tamed. He was owned in 
Warren. In the daytime, he would lie about the 
house in the shade ; and, at night, go to feed on lily- 
leaves and aquatic plants in the brooks and bogs, from 
which he woiild return early in the morning. 

Within three or four years after Philip Robbins 
moved here, as he was coming from Warren in his 
float with his dog and gun, he saw a moose enter the 
pond on the east side, to cross over. It was summer. 
The moose's horns were short, and appeared as if 
covered with velvet. With his foot, Robbins kept his 
dog down on the bottom of the boat till he was near 
enough to fire. As soon as he fired, the dog sprang 
so furiously out of the boat as almost to upset it, and 
seized the moose by the nose. The dog of Richard 
Cummings came to his aid, and got upon the moose's 
head. Before he could reach the shore, the dogs 
drowned him. The few inhabitants soon got together, 
and took from the carcass thirty pounds of tallow. 



BEARS. 395 



CHAPTER XLYIIL 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

{Continued.) 

Bears. — Bear Traps. — Setting Guns. — Bears caught by David Rob- 
bins and Jessa Robbins. — Baited and killed by Ezekiel Hagar. — 
Love Rum. — Taken to Boston and shot. — Encounters on Seven- 
tree Pond : on Hart's Hill : on Hills Point : on Simraons's Hill : 
on the Robbins Neck. — Adam Martin. — Jason Ware and his Dog 
Sambo. — Fate of Sambo. — Mrs. Hart and the Bear Trap. 

BEARS. 

Bears were numerous, and troublesome to the early 
settlers. They broke into then corn-fields, and des- 
troyed then corn. They carried off sheep and hogs, 
much against the wishes and intentions of the owners. 
Bruin's hide, too, was good for caps, mittens, mocca- 
sons, and even great-coats. When killed in the fall or 
spring,^ he was very fat. If the spare-rib was cut 
through in the manner of pork, it was necessary to 
slice off three-quarters of the thickness, because it was 
so fat it could not be eaten. The flesh, not altogether 
unlike pork in taste, was a rich morsel to persons 
pinched with hunger. Consequently, Bruin and the 
early settlers were always at war. Sometimes he was 
caught in large steel-traps, baited with mutton ; at 
other times in log-traps so constructed, that, when he 
seized the bait, the stick to which it was tied released 
a heavy log that fell on his back and crushed him. 

The practice of setting guns in corn-fields to kill 
bears w^as very common and dangerous. People were 
frequently wounded or killed by their accide^ntal dis- 

' Old hunters have said, that, on retiring in the fall to hibernate, 
bears arc taught by instinct to eat balsam or something else, which 
entirely obstructs the alimentary canal. When spring opens, the 
same instinct teaches them what to take to remove the obstruction. 
It is said they are about as fat when they come from their dens as 
when they enter them. 



396 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

charge, though there does not appear to have been any 
fatal case in Union. A long line was fastened at one 
end. It was then extended between two rows of corn ; 
and, in order that its weight might not cause the dis- 
charging of the gun, it was supported at short 
distances by crotched sticks stuck in the ground. Near 
the unfastened end of the line were driven down two 
short stakes, split at the top. Into these splits, and 
pointing so as to range with the line, and at a proper 
elevation to take eftect, was crowded a loaded gun, 
which was covered \vith a long piece of bark to con- 
ceal it, and to protect it from dew and rain. Very 
near the lock was another stake. The unfastened end 
of the line was then tied to one end of a short stick, 
the other end of which was placed behind the stake 
and before the trigger. The gun was cocked and 
primed, and left for the night. Bruin, intent on 
getting corn and regardless of the line, pressed against 
it. As the line was always left a little slack, on ac- 
count of its liability to be shrunk by the weather, the 
bear generally brought his trunk in range with the gun 
before it was discharged. Then, as the charge com- 
monly consisted of two balls and a slug, the conse- 
quences were not trifling. A man who saw two 
bears, which were killed in this way, says that one of 
them was shot with two balls through the lungs, and 
the other through the neck. 

The number killed was large. Almost every man 
who settled in town before the year 1800 had some- 
thing to do with them. Jessa Robbins, about a week 
after he had killed a moose on Gillmor's Meadow, was 
going toward the spot, and, perceiving something there, 
he made a noise. The animal raised its head till its 
ears appeared just above the tall gi-ass. Robbins fired, 
and " shot a bear through the lights." He went up to 
him, and " affectionately " took hold of his paw ; but 
Bruin resented the treatment, and it was necessary to 
give him another shot. The same man caught seven 
bears in five w^eeks, eighty or a hundred rods south 
of his house, in one log-trap baited with the entrails 



BEARS. 397 

of fish. David Robbins caught five more in the same 
five weeks, within a few rods of the same spot. At a 
much later date, Ezekiel Hagar, from Concord, Mass., 
after living in the west part of the town about twenty- 
five years, said that he had killed forty. Some he 
caught in a large steel trap ; others he shot in corn- 
fields ; and, with the assistance of a faithful dog, he 
took others in dens. He would set in different places 
small sap-troughs, into which he would pour New 
England rum, of which the bears were as fond as 
topers. To make the rum more palatable, he would 
even sweeten it. Two small cubs were taken by him 
and sold to Rufus Gillmor, who kept them till the fol- 
lowing autumn. They were commonly confined in a 
pen. When occasionally let out, they would climb 
the willows east of his house. Once, when N. Rob- 
bins, Esq., being highway-surveyor, was carrying a 
keg of rum to the men at work, they came down from 
the trees, hugged the keg, and licked it ; and he was 
obliged to call for help to take them off and shut them 
up. A traveller took them to Boston. A shooting- 
match was made ; they were taken to Dorchester 
Heights ; a fee was exacted for each shot ; they were 
placed at a great distance ; — and there they were 
killed. 

Jessa Robbins says, that, on a Sunday morning, John 
Butler, then a young man, living at the Mill Farm, 
called to him across the pond to bring him some fire, 
as he had none, and no gunpowder to enable him to 
get any. After he had gone over, and had begun 
to assist Butler in kindling it, an object was discovered 
swimming from Hills Point towards the other shore. 
Taking an axe, they hastened to the boat, threw into 
it a few stones, and plied the paddles. At first it was 
thought it might be a loon ; but, as they approached 
it, they discovered it to be a bear swimming towards 
Philip Robbins's cow-pasture, which was on the south 
side of the river, where it enters the pond. Hogs were 
in the pasture ; and a gentle, steady breeze, blowing 
from that quarter, had probably been snuffed by the 

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398 ZOOLOGICAL HISTOKY. 

bear, and led him to make a movement for a dinner of 
pork. Jessa Robbins and John Butler shouted, and 
thus aroused Philip Robbins's family. The bear was 
alarmed, and put forth all his strength to reach the 
land. Robbins and Butler redoubled their exertions, 
and it became a race between them and Bruin. The 
bear, however, was intercepted about five or six rods 
from the shore. Robbins sprang to the bow of the 
boat, and, with the axe raised, was about to strike 
him ; but he was dissuaded from it by Butler, who 
was afraid, if the blow should not be fatal, that Bruin 
would attack the boat, and their lives be endangered. 
Bruin was terribly enraged. He growled, and gi'ound 
his teeth ; but, finding he could not be permitted to 
land, he turned towards the island. He crossed it 
from the north end to the south, and again entered the 
water to swim to the shore. Here he was intercepted 
by Philip Robbins's boat, and obliged' to return to the 
island. No alternative now remained for him but to 
climb one of the seven trees. He went to the foot of 
a large dead pine ; and, after deliberately seating him- 
self, and looking towards the top, he made a leap up 
the tree. He hugged it, holding on to the sides with 
his paws and claws, and climbed ; using sometimes his 
legs, at other times taking hold of the limbs with 
his teeth, till he went up nearly to the top. After 
seven or eight discharges of a gun, the bear fell dead 
at the bottom of the tree.^ 

John Butler was a fleet runner, and often said that 
he could outrun any bear. An opportunity occurred 
to put him to the test. He ti-eed three cubs on a tall 
pine which stood on the hill-side back of Hart's house. 
The barking of his dog, and his hallooing " A bear I a 
bear ! " *were heard by Jessa Robbins and others on 
the other side of the pond. They, with their dogs, 

' Mrs. Mero says the occurrence was within three, or at most four, 
years after her father moved into Stirlington ; and that he, being at 
Warren the day before, did not come home till that morning. When 
he heard the firing, he hurried as fast as possible, expecting the enemy 
had come. She also differs as to some of the details. 



BEAES. 399 

hastened to the spot. The cubs were very high. The 
balls, which were too small for the bores of the guns, 
did not seem to produce any effect. After firing 
several times, Robbins proceeded to climb the tree. 
As he was going up, he found that one of the young 
bears had been seriously Avounded. On climbing 
nearer, the three ran out on one limb. He went out 
on the limb next below, till he came to a bend in the 
upper limb, which then struck off in a different dnec- 
tion from the one on which he was standing. Being 
thus prevented from getting any nearer, he took a large 
jackknife, and, resting his chest against the upper limb, 
reached his hand as far as he could, to cut it off. The 
limb being borne down by the weight of the cubs, he 
had cut but partly through it, when it suddenly cracked 
and broke. As the bears jumped, the stub part of it 
sprang back against Robbins, and "knocked the breath 
out of his body." One of the bears was killed by 
clubs, as soon as it reached the ground. Another 
was treed, about half a mile off, by the dogs, and shot. 
The third one, which had been seriously wounded, feU 
into the top of a leaning tree, and, what ^vas very un- 
common, ran head foremost to the ground. He started 
off over the hill, and Butler after him. " Each did his 
best." For a few minutes, they went as fast as their 
legs w^ould carry them. But, as neither of the dogs 
happened to follow with Butler, the young bear 
escaped. Bntler's companions laughed at him and 
teased him a good deal, because he had so often 
bragged that he could outrun any bear ; and yet, when 
it came to the test, he had been beaten in the race by 
a lame or w^ounded young cub. Jessa Robbins says, 
in justice to Butler, however, it ought to be added, that 
on level ground he was probably as fleet as Bruin ; and, 
if he had not been obliged to climb a hill in the race, 
he would have been the victor. 

John Butler's dog treed a bear very near the pond, 
on land now owned by Lyman Alden. Butler heard 
the barking, and hastened to the tree. Philip Robbins 
and his son Jessa Robbins, on the other side of the 



400 ZOOLOGICAL HISTOKY. 

pond, heard Butler halloo as was usual, " A bear I a 
bear! bring a gun." Accordingly, they took their guns 
and dog, and put off in their boat to go to his aid. 
The dog, knowing what was at stake, stood at the 
bow of the boat, and, the moment it was near enough, 
jumped on shore, and thus shoved the boat back. On 
coming to the shore again, Jessa Robbins jumped, and 
the boat was again pushed back. Philip Robbins 
called to his son, and told him not to fire till he came. 
The son hastened to find Butler. Shortly, on looking 
round, he saw his father raising his gun and seeking a 
good opportunity to aim and fire. Jessa Robbins, being 
six or eight rods nearer, raised his gun and shot Bruin 
through the vitals. The bear fell dead to the ground. 
Although he was killed, the father was a little vexed 
that he should have been so adroitly deprived of the 
satisfaction of doing it. " Jess ! Jess ! " he exclaimed, 
" did I not tell you not to fire till I came ? " " Oh, 
yes I " coolly replied the son ; " but, father, I was afraid 
you would not hit him." 

Not long after the town was incorporated, there was 
a field of corn on Simmons's hill. The bears made 
such havoc that it was feared they would destroy it 
all. Guns were borrowed in all parts of the town, 
and set round the field. Among them was a long 
kings-arm, owned by Samuel Hills, which was loaded 
for the occasion with two iron slugs, one about an 
inch and a half, and the other about three inches, in 
length. In the evening, the people, listening atten- 
tively, as was usual when guns wei'e set, heard a heavy 
discharge. On going to the field, it was found that it 
was from Hills's piece, and that the bear was gone* 
The next movement was to get dogs and follow him. 
Jason Robbins had taken part in setting the guns; 
and immediately, though it was before midnight, he 
went to Mero's and Josiah Robbins's for assistance. 
Richard Cummings and Nathaniel Robbins turned 
out; and from the place where John P. Robbins udw 
lives, they " struck west" into the woods, intending to 
keep the dogs with them and be quiet till morning. 



BEARS. 401 

They had gone but a short distance when the dogs 
" set up a terrible yelling." They had found the bear ; 
and it "was a huge one. Neither of the men had a 
gxin ; for all the guns in town were around the cornfield. 
Accordingly, with their jackknives they cut cudgels ; 
and remained, and kept their dogs, near the bear. 
When daylight came, Jason Robbins, who could go to 
the guns without hazard, took one from the field and 
despatched him. Both slugs were in his body. He 
could not travel well, though he would fight the dogs 
furiously. When shot, he was in a gulley. It was 
necessary to drag him out, so as to manage him to 
advantage. All present took hold of him. The dogs 
inserted their teeth into Bruin's hide, pulled with great 
strength and with as much zeal as their masters. He 
was then carried on poles to the cleared land, and 
" dressed." 

When Capt. George West, about the year 1795, 
lived on the hill afterward owned by Capt. Bachelor, 
his cattle frequently swam the river to browse and feed 
on the Robbins Neck. One evening, just before dark, all 
except a very fat beef-cow came home in a gi-eat fright. 
It seems that a bear had killed the cow on the brink 
of the river, exactly opposite to West's house, and the 
other creatures had escaped. It 'was obvious that the 
bear was then on the Neck. The alarm was given, 
and the Philistines prepared to come down upon him. 
Men assembled the next morning ; and several of them 
stationed themselves at short distances from each other 
on the west side of the river, to intercept him where he 
would be likely to cross it. A party was sent on to the 
Neck to stir him up. Samuel Martin, maintaining that 
the bear would go as far as he could on the land before 
he "took to the water," stationed himself near the outlet 
of Bowker Brook. After a time, he saw Bruin on the 
Neck across the river. The distance was immense for 
a shot to take effect ; but, thinking it his last chance, he 
fired. The bear, however, " made off," and crossed the 
river within a rod or two of Capt. Tobey, who, being 
more of a sailor than a hunter, did not think to fire at 



402 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

him. Thus Bruin got safe into the meadow, where 
several persons were making hay. All started after 
him upon the run ; " Old Uncle Sam Hills," then a 
comparatively young man, chasing him with a rake. 
Bruin, however, escaped. The party came back to 
West's tavern " to get something to drink," provoked 
with Martin for firing, and with Tobey for not firing ; 
and " poking fun " at them both. Martin, however, 
insisted that when he fii-ed he saw the bear plunge 
forward. Many words passed, and many jokes were 
cracked at the expense of Martin and Tobey, till it 
was finally agreed to go to the spot where the bear 
was when Martin fired. It appeared that Martin was 
correct in his statement. One of the bear's large teeth, 
which the ball had knocked out, 'was picked up, and 
his course to the river was tracked by the blood. Some 
days afterward. Bruin was scented by his carcass, and 
found dead in the vicinity of Muddy Pond ; the ball 
having passed through the mouth, and cut off the 
tongue. 

At a later period, Adam Martin, of German origin, 
who lived in Union, near Waldoborough line, -was in 
the woods at work with an axe early in the spring. 
Hearing the bellowing of a creature, he ran and found 
a bear killing it. The bear saw him, and stopped. 
Martin and Bruin stood, and looked at each other' 
ferociously. But, as neither succeeded in looking the 
other out of countenance, Martin sti'uck his axe upon 
a hollow log to intimidate his enemy. Bruin resented 
it; and, in a state of gi'eat exasperation, hastened 
toward him. Martin ran ; but, finding the bear gain 
on him, he sprang up into a tree so small that the 
bear could not climb it. When Bruin put his paws 
up against it, he could almost touch him. There 
Martin had to cling, with his legs drawn up to keep 
out of his reach. The bear went round the tree and 
snuffed. He was evidently very hungry. Twice he 
went away and returned. Martin became almost ex- 
hausted; and when, at the third departure, the bear 
went a little further, and the view was intercepted, 



SAMBO. 403 

Martin let go his hold, dropped to the gi'ound, and 
ran. The same night, he set a trap and caught him. 
Martin said he was never frightened before.^ 

Jason Ware had a small white dog, named Sambo, 
who entered into the spirit of his profession with even 
more zeal than his master, and who acquired gi'eat 
reputation among the people and hunters in this section 
of the country for his skill and success. In one sea- 
son. Sambo assisted in killing thirteen bears. There 
was no dog in town quite equal to Sambo. He would 
follow any person carrying a gun. If he was wanted, 
it was only necessary for him to hear his name, and 
he would go, however far it might be. He has been 
known to obey a call, and run from his kennel to the 
Old Burying Ground hill, whether his master went or 
not. 

His method of pursuit was to keep near Bruin's 
heels, and bite him. The bear, not pleased with such 
strong attachments on the part of Sambo, would tum- 
ble over backwards, or turn aboiit to attack him. As 
he was large and clumsy. Sambo was always able to 
retreat a few steps, and then he would stand in secu- 
rity and watch the bear's motions. " As soon as the 
bear picked himself up, and began to go ahead again," 
Sambo renewed his attacks. The bear would again 
turn, and Sambo again retreat. Though Sambo 
seemed to take much satisfaction in this mode of 
travelling, his bearship evidently was not well pleased. 
He could not get along so fast as he desired. And, 
more than this, he was frequently delayed by Sam- 
bo's remarkable attention, till the gunners came near 

. ' " I have heard this story told in one of our grog-shops, by one of 
our ancient fathers, in native eloquence equal to that of Logan. This 
patriarch [David Robhins] was a large man, and had been a great 
bear-hunter. He wore a black overcoat and bearskin socks ; his hair 
and complexion peculiarly favoring the occasion. After speaking his 
prologue, this orator walked round the floor in a bear's gait, as he 
supposed the bear went round the tree ; and then, in imitation of the 
bear, he turned up his eyes and nose, and, after exhibiting a ghastly 
grin and making a frightful growl, he snuffed like the bear to smell 
the German." — MS. Letter. 



404 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

enough to shoot him ; or was so overcome by it that 
he would be obliged to take leave of Sambo and climb 
a tree. 

Elisha Partridge was paddling his boat up the river 
above Round Pond one evening, and, by the bright 
moonlight, saw an old bear munching acorns on the 
point of land on the east side. He whistled for Sam- 
bo, whose kennel was not far distant. Sambo sprang 
out, ran furiously down to the river, and at the first 
bound went half-way across the channel. He was 
immediately at the bear's heels, drove him up the 
river, and treed him on a pine which stood on the 
Robbins Neck, not far from the barn now owned by 
Hugh S. Gordon. He was watched till morning, 
when he was found to be very large, and to have 
climbed only about twenty feet I'rom the ground. He 
was fired at. The ball struck him in the breast, but 
too low to wound the heart. Bruin then went up the 
tree about sixty feet. He was fired at and wounded 
several times. Finally, a ball was shot through his 
heart. He fell dead to the ground, breaking and clear- 
ing every limb in his way. 

But, alas ! poor Sambo ! His end w^as tragical. In 
March, he went, with Joseph Meservey and others, 
into the Medornac country to hunt. The men, having 
ousted a bear from his den, thought it best, availing 
themselves of Sambo's assistance, to drive him toward 
home, instead of killing him at once and carrying or 
hauling him. When they had gone some distance, 
and were crossing Appleton Ridge, the dog, in at- 
tempting to leap back after biting the bear's legs, as 
the snow was deep and soft, came in contact with a 
tree. Bruin struck him with his paw, knocking him 
up into the air ; and, as he came down, hit him again. 
Meservey wrapped him in his blanket, and brought 
him home ; but he was about dead. Thus fell poor 
Sambo, a martyr to the cause of bear-hunting. No 
record remains of his obsequies ; no marble monument 
points out his resting-place ; no epitaph records his 
valorous deeds. He was probably buried like a dog. 



BEARS. 405 



MRS. HART AND THE BEAR-THAP. 

Sometimes the alarms from bears led to ludicrous, 
and at other times to painful, results. In 1794, when 
the men had gone to a military training, and the only 
persons at South Union, except little children and Her- 
vey Maxcy, who was about ten years old, were Mrs. 
William Hart, Mrs. Josiah Maxcy, and Mrs. Joseph 
Maxcy, they were disturbed by the squealing of hogs. 
As the noise was loud and continued long, the women 
came to the conclusion that the hogs must be attacked 
by a bear, and resolutely went out against him. They 
found the old porker and her two young ones dangling 
in the air, and squealing so loud that they might be 
heard one or two miles. The swine had been caught 
in a bear-trap, which had teeth or spikes as long as 
one's finger. It had been so fastened to a bent tree, 
that, when it was sprung, the tree, with the suspended 
trap, would return to its natural position. The women 
b'ent down the tree, two of them with their feet pressed 
upon the springs ; and the two pigs jumped out and 
ran off. But the old porker could not get away so 
easily. The teeth of the trap had penetrated under 
the cords. Mrs. Hart undertook, when the other 
women were pressing down the springs, to open the 
jaws of the trap, and release the animal. She suc- 
ceeded ; but, just at that moment, the jaws were 
sprung together, and caught her by both hands. The 
long teeth or spikes penetrated them, and the scars of 
the wounds are visible to this day. 



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406 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 



CHAPTER XLIX. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

{^Continued.) 

Wolves. — Wolf Hunt. — Cat-vaughan. — Foxes. — Personal Expe- 
rience. — Fox seized by Asa Messer. — Beavers. — Kaccoons. — 
Musquash. — Minks, Sables, and Loup-cervier. — Weasel. 

WOLA^ES. 

The wolves in this part of the country seem to have 
had their principal head-quarters in the dense, gloomy, 
and almost impenetrable forest along the seashore 
between the St. George's and the Muscongus Rivers. 
There they suckled and reared their whelps in low 
ledges and dens. Thence they went forth on their 
" long gallop " to a great distance, ranging and prowl- 
ing through the wilderness and the new settlements, 
and making night hideous with their howlings. In 
early times they were numerous and saucy ; bold 
when famishing, but generally sneaking from danger ; 
and howling piteously and imploringly when caught 
alive. They were carnivorous, but would eat vegetables, 
and in winter have been known to feed on sumach- 
berries. They were very fond of the sheep of the 
early settlers ; but they would on an emergency accept 
poultry. Young colts and calves were not exempts, 
and they have sometimes attacked swine. Seldom 
were any seen in Union on the east side of the river. 
Farmers suri'ounded their barn-yards with fences of 
long poles placed perpendicularly and contiguously, 
and pinned or spiked on transverse poles or joists, to 
keep these thieves from their herds and flocks. In 
summer, light fences were made in the woods, with 
gaps at the wolves' paths. A log was laid across 
each of these openings, and a trap set so that when 
the wolf stepped over the stick he would put his foot 
upon the trencher. These animals were also shot, 



WOLVES. 407 

and baited and caught in steel-traps and wood-traps. 
The reputation gained by killing a wolf; the bounty 
of four pounds for every grown wolf, and one pound 
for every wolfs whelp ; sweet revenge for losses of 
sheep, swine, and poultry ; and the excitement of hunt- 
ing, — kept up a perpetual and implacable warfare, and 
thinned their number. Large parties, from time to 
time, scoured the woods to kill them. 

WOLF HUNT. 

About the year 1820, late in the fall, a general wolf- 
hunt was announced through several towns in the 
vicinity. At the appointed time, there was as large a 
gathering as at a military muster. With guns, dogs, 
and ammunition, the men from several towns met at 
Trowbridge's Tavern, on the Warren and Waldobo- 
rough post-road. Joseph .Farley, Esq., of Waldo- 
borough, was chosen headman. As his health was 
poor, instead of going on foot, he rode and gave 
directions, and he entered with great zeal upon the 
expedition. Nathaniel Robbins, Esq., of Union, took 
a position about half-way between the St. George's 
and the Medomac Rivers, The men stretched out on 
his right and left, each one in sight of his right-hand 
and left-hand man, till the cordon extended from river 
to river. Robbins had a surveyor with him. The 
orders to him were to run a south course till he struck 
the salt water. As it was afternoon, it was agreed to 
camp on the road between the Narrows at Thomaston 
and Broad-bay on the Medomac. There, along the 
whole route, — a distance of probably eight miles, — 
fires were built so near to each other that a wolf could 
not pass between them without being seen ; and, what 
would frighten the wolves back, a tumultuous noise of 
firing and hooting was kept up all night. The next 
day the party v/ent through to the salt water, and even 
down to the clam-beds. Not a wolf was seen by any 
of them. If any secreted themselves, they were exter- 
minated by a terrific fire, which swept through the 
forest, in a very dry season, not many years afterward. 



408 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

CAT-VAUGHAN, OR CATAMOUNT [?]. • 

In 1777 or 1778, Richard Curamings and Jessa 
Robbins went beyond Crawford's Pond, near to Mil- 
ler's present residence, to hunt. Their three dogs set 
up a violent barking, and treed a wild-cat, or " cat- 
vaughan;" an animal, however, which seemed to differ 
somewhat from a wild-cat. It was about as large as 
a middle-sized dog, and had very sharp claws and 
very heavy teeth. Cummings and Robbins were short 
of ammunition ; for "powder was one dollar a pound, 
and hard to be got at that." Robbins said he believed 
he would go up and get her. Accordingly, he swung 
his club on his back, and began to climb. As he 
approached the animal, she growled and "spit" at 
him, and, from time to time, gave indications of an 
inclination to attack him. Robbins took his club, and 
kept up a noise by pounding on the tree as he ascend- 
ed. She receded from him, and went out on a limb so 
far that he could not quite reach her with his club. He 
then began to shake the limb violently, and she jumped. 
The moment she touched the ground, Cummings, with 
his club and the three dogs, pounced upon and killed 
her. The scientific name of the animal is not known. 
Old hunters told Robbins that his was a very hazard- 
ous undertaking. 

FOXES. 

Formerly, foxes were very numerous. About the 
years 1816 and 1817, their tracks were so thick on 
Capt. Barrett's land, on the east side of Seven Brook 
opposite to Hills' Mills, that, sometimes after a light 
snow, the fields appeared as if they had been raced 
over by sheep. Then a good skin was sold for one 
dollar. Men and boys hunted, and set traps. They 
enjoyed the excitement, and did not object, when 
they had skins, to take the money for them. Every- 
body was talking about foxes, boasting of the number 
he had shot and denned and trapped; and describing, 
sometimes in too strong language to bear rigid criti- 
cism, his various expedients to outwit Reynard. 



FOXES. 409 

Entering into the spirit which then prevailed among 
the boys, the writer, just at night when a snow-storm 
was coming on, set his trap a little beyond the brow 
of the hill, east of Seven Brook, on his father's land. 
On going as near to the trap as w^as expedient, in the 
morning of the two or tliree following days, it seemed 
not to have been disturbed. Finally, as the settling 
snow would spring it, and thus alarm any foxes which 
might be prowling about, a stick was punched into 
the fox-bed. The trap was gone. The excitement 
became intense. A movement was made toward the 
woods. Sir Reynard heard the noise, and was soon 
discovered springing and making great exertions to get 
through or over a brush-fence which the hooks on the 
end of the trap's chain had prevented him from passing. 
He ^vas speedily pounced upon and made prisoner. 
In trying to release himself, he had gnawed through 
the skin and flesh, and broken every bone in the leg 
by which he was caught. He was held by nothing 
but a single cord, and with a few bites he might 
have severed this and set himself at liberty. 

When taken, he feigned sleep, and in this condition 
was carried a quarter of a mile or more to the kitchen. 
Here he opened his eyes upon such a scene as he had 
never beheld. Before him were the cuhnary implements 
pertaining to civilized life. Whether his foxship would 
have preferred a luxurious mode of living to the irregu- 
lar course to which he had been accustomed, or a 
chicken ''with fixens" to one without them, is left to 
conjecture, as he was not consulted. His head, up to 
his ears, was plunged into a pail of water. The skin was 
taken off and stuffed with hay. A peculiar sensation 
was experienced when a few months afterward it was 
removed from the nail on the rough stud by the garret- 
window, and parted with to a tin-peddler for one bright 
silver dollar. Such is the history of the only fox which 
the writer ever had any part in trapping or killing. 
Hundreds of miles has he travelled, and hundreds of 
hours has he spent, with his gun and traps; though, 
with the exception just mentioned, his nearest ap- 

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410 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

proach to success was that he once had a "glorious" 
snap at a fox ; but the gun would not go off. 

Now for another fox-story ; which, though it may- 
seem improbable, is satisfactorily authenticated. On 
a Sunday morning, about the year 1821 or 1822, Asa 
Messer was going to a ten-acre cornfield which he had 
planted on burnt land. Exactly at the corner of the 
roads leading to Washington and to Skidmore's Mills, 
within five or six rods of the house afterward built by 
Robert Pease, and within twenty-five rods of the corn- 
field, he saw and heard a red squirrel. It was on a 
spruce, had a piece of an ear of corn, and, for so small 
an animal, was making a great outcry. As Messer 
drew nearer, he saw a large fox on a small knoll, lying 
flat on his belly, and watching the squirrel with in- 
tense interest. The squirrel kept descending toward 
him, and chippering and running back. A large white 
birch stood three or four feet from the fox, and nearly 
in a range with Messer. Messer stealthily crept up to 
the birch. The attention of the fox, with his back 
toward Messer, was entirely engaged in watching the 
squirrel, whose repeated attempts to come down had 
been for some time tantalizing him. After looking 
round once or twice from behind the tree, Messer con- 
cluded to make an attempt to jump on him and seize 
him. He sprang. Reynard, taken completely by sur- 
prise while licking his chops and watching the squirrel, 
did not attempt to run, but squalled and rolled over upon 
his back. Messer's feet and hands struck the ground 
exactly where the fox lay ; but, in rolling over, the fox 
had moved a foot or two. In an instant he seized 
him by the neck. Reynard, however, soon came to 
his senses. Messer picked up a stick, one end of 
which had become rotten, and attempted to strike him. 
Twice Reynard seized the stick with his jaws, and 
broke it off. With the remaining part, which was 
short but harder, Messer pommelled him to death, 
and carried the carcass to Ichabod Irish, who helped 
him to skin it. 

During the last twenty or thirty years, John F. 



BEAVERS. — RACCOONS. 411 

Hart's dogs and the zeal of hunters have, been thinning 
the foxes and driving them away. Now they are very 
scarce. 

BEAVEUS. 

It is said that there must have been many beavers 
in Union when it was a wilderness, and that to them 
the inhabitants are mainly indebted for the meadows. 
As their dams, one after another, have decayed and 
been destroyed, meadow-grass has grown where there 
was none when the ground was flowed. Be this as it 
may, there is no doubt that there were beaver-settle- 
ments on the meadow at the north end of Seven-tree 
Pond and in other places. Within the recollection of 
the early inhabitants, a very few beavers have been 
killed at Muddy Pond. The barrier, more than forty 
rods long and from two to six feet high, which extends 
from Vinal Ware's land on the north side of Round 
Pond to St. George's River, is the work of beavers; the 
bottom probably having been made of logs, and fas- 
tened by them, till the dam, which made the meadows 
on the north of it, was completed. Samuel Boggs, of 
Warren, availing himself of the circumstance that 
these animals always hasten to repair their dams 
when broken, made a breach in it, set his trap there, 
and caught one. The river at that time, down which 
logs were rafted, entered the pond twenty or thirty 
rods east of the place where it now does ; and hay is 
carted over the old channel, while the little opening 
made by Boggs has become the main outlet. The 
singular circumstance may be added, that, as late as 
the time of the incorporation of the town, the water of 
Round Pond extended to the beaver-dam ; and it was 
not till the present century that hav was cut south 
of it. 

RACCOONS. 

Raccoons were plenty. Phinehas Butler shot one 
on the top of the old camp at South Union. In cut- 
ting a road to the Medoraac Meadows, forty were 
taken or killed in the course of a few days. One man 



412 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

caught forty in one season. He took nine in one 
hollow log or in dens in three different years, and 
seven at another time. The flesh was palatable ; and 
their skins, about the year 1815, were sold for about 
one dollar each. 

MUSQUASH. 

Musquash abounded in the streams and meadows. 
Amariah Mero took sixteen out of one hole. When Dr. 
Sibley resided on the farm south of the Old Burying 
Ground, he shot and caught in traps fifty-one in one 
season. When they w^ere drowned out of their nests 
by a freshet, William Hart would take some man with 
him, row along the rivers and meadows, and bring 
home a back-load of them. Their flesh was not eaten, 
except in cases of oppressive want; but their skins 
commanded a fair price, at a time when hats were 
manufactured of fur. 

MINKS, SABI.ES, AND LOUP-CERVIER. 

Minks and sables were hunted, the former with 
success. Some twenty-five or thirty years ago, Story 
Thompson killed a loup-cervier near Mr. Stewart's. 

WEASEL. 

Thirty or thirty-five years ago, a weasel was in the 
habit of coming to the premises of Dr. Sibley, imme- 
diately after he assumed his white winter dress, and 
remaining till the color of it was changing the next 
spring. He became quite tame, but would never al- 
low himself to be touched with the hand. During his 
sojourn at the house, he was an exterminator of the 
rats and of all the mice which came in his way. He 
became mischievous at last among fresh-meat, eggs, 
and the like, and finally disappeared, after having 
spent four, five, or six winters on the premises. 



DUCKS. — WILD PIGEONS. 41-3 



CHAPTER L. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

{^Continiied.') 

Ducks. — Wild Pigeons. — Loons. — Crows an J Blackbirds. — 
Hunting Matches. 

DUCKS. 

In early times, ducks were very plenty. They were 
not much hunted, as there were but few inhabitants, 
and they had but little time to go after them. Ammu- 
nition, too, was scarce and dear. Wood-ducks came 
in flocks of thirty or forty. Towards night, they would 
go to the land to get acorns and other food. At low 
water, there was a sandy beach two or three rods wide 
on the margin of Seven-tree Pond, at the line dividing 
Josiah Robbins's farm from the one on the south. 
Robbins baited them there with green corn, and caught 
them in a pigeon-net. It was necessary to set the net 
very near to the water, so as to intercept them ; for, 
when alarmed by its s)3ringing, they always hurried in 
that direction. Here Robbins, having set his net the 
evening before, entered his bough-house before day- 
break, which was the time of their coming. During 
one summer, when flax was rotting in Seven Brook, 
at the stone bridge east of Dr. Sibley's, several wood- 
ducks came to feed on the seeds. Some v^ere killed. 
Two or three were wounded and caught ; but all 
attempts to tame them were useless. 

WILD PIGEONS. 

Many years ago, when the country was new and 
rye-fields were numerous, wild pigeons came in count- 
less multitudes. It seemed as if they were sent, like 
the quails of old, to relieve the wants of the people. 
Early in spring, when they flew high, flocks have been 



414 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

seen so large and long that the two ends were not in 
sight at the same time. Great numbers were caught 
by all the early settlers. Sometimes they were salted, 
and kept till winter. Many were taken on the Old 
Burying Ground hill. Nathaniel Bobbins, Esq., re- 
peatedly caught twenty-five dozen at once. He sold 
many to General Knox, who kept them alive till win- 
ter, and fatted them. Jessa Robbins caught thirty 
dozen and ten at one haul. He sold them at Thomas- 
ton, mostly for eightpence a dozen, which was con- 
sidered a good price. Some he sold to General Knox, 
when he was examining the river, before he moved to 
Thomaston. Mrs. Dunton says her father, David 
Robbins, caught so many that he was called Pigeon 
Robbins. She has known him to take twenty dozen 
before breakfast, twenty dozen after dinner, and twenty 
dozen more before dark, — making sixty dozen in a 
day. 

In order to take pigeons by baiting them, the stubble 
in a rye-field was entirely removed; and a spot ten or 
twelve feet wide, and fifteen or eighteen feet long, was 
levelled, and made like a carrot-bed. When there 
were no leafless small trees near, some were cut, and 
stuck down as stands for the pigeons to light on. The 
grain, of which there must always be enough on the 
pigeon-bed, was laid along in rows. As, in rising from 
the bed, pigeons always fly in the direction of the 
stands, the net is set so as to intercept them. A 
bough-house was built, into which was extended one 
end of the rope of the net. The catcher commonly 
secreted himself in the bough-house before daylight, 
so as to be in season. The pigeons came early, and 
lighted on the stands. Sometimes they would sit an 
hour before going doAvn to the bed. At first one would 
go down, then two or three more. Immediately after- 
ward, nearly the whole flock would pour down. The 
net was then sprung by pulling the rope. Sometimes, 
when the flock was very large, it was necessary, in 
order to prevent the pigeons froin raising the net and 
escaping, to confine it witli stones or crotched sticks, 



LOONS. 415 

placed there for the purpose. The skulls were then 
broken by nipping the heads between the thumb and 
finger. 

Many were caught by hoverers. A wild pigeon was 
tamed, which was easily done. A bed was inade. 
The hoverer was tied down in the middle of it, with 
string enough to let him act freely. When a flock 
passed over, wishing to join them he would flutter, 
and call them. Although there was no bait, they 
would be thus decoyed. As they \vould not light 
unless there was bait, the catcher was ready to spring 
the net upon the flock the moment it struck down 
where the hoverer was. 

LOONS. 

Loons have always been numerous, particularly in 
Seven-tree Pond. Their legs are placed far back on 
the body, and stick out behind like paddles. Of course 
they cannot walk on the land. A favorite place of 
resort for them in breeding-time was the north end of 
the island. On to .his they shoved themselves. There 
they laid their eggs and hatched their young. They 
requhe considerable surface of water to rise on the 
wing, and can never rise in a calm, nor in any direction 
except against the wind ; and sometimes they have 
been known to scoot along on the top of the water for 
half a mile, and yet not succeed. 

About the year 1826, Nathaniel Robbins, jun., saw 
two loons fighting. One would attack the other, 
which appeared to be the weaker, and the weaker 
would immediately retreat toward the shore. At last 
the weaker darted up to the land. Robbins ran about 
knee-deep into the w^ater, caught it, and carried it to 
his father's. It was kept a day in the front yard, not 
being able to rise from the ground, or even walk ; and 
then it was returned to the pond. 

Loons often passed between Seven-tree Pond and 
Round Pond, in the river. They have the power of 
letting themselves down so low in the water that 
nothing but the head will appear above the surface. 



416 ZOOLOGICAL UISTORY. 

They often do this in small places. When Nathaniel 
Robbins, Esq., was fishing for salmon with a seine, 
these birds ^vould sometimes enter the river to go to 
Round Pond; and, in consequence of letting themselves 
down, they would stick their heads into the net-work 
below the rope. Their feathers being stiff, they could 
not draw them back; and, being very muscular, they 
would flap their small but very strong wings, till they 
wound up a great part of the seine into a snarl. 
Commonly, they do not go in flocks, but in pairs ; 
though in Crawford's Pond several have been seen 
together. If they halloo loudly, it is always regarded 
as a sign of a storm. 

John Jones, with a rifle, on the shore opposite the 
house of Willard Robbins, fired at a loon w^hich he 
saw at a great distance. The loon was not wounded, 
and it dived. Upon rising, it halloed, as if in defiance. 
Jones stood still, and fired a second time. Again the 
],oon went down, and after a few minutes re-appeared. 
With each dive he made great advances towards the 
shore. He uttered another loud scream. As his body 
was sunk into the Avater, Jones fired, the third time, at 
his head. The ball struck very near the eye, and 
killed him instantly. 

CHOWS AND BLACKBIRDS. 

May 28, 1788, the town voted to " allow as a bounty 
on crows eightpence per head, and one penny for black- 
birds, for nil killed in town by town-inhabitants for the 
year ensuing. . . . June 20, 1803, voted that twenty cents 
be c^iven for crows and five cents for blackbirds. Voted 
that the town-treasurer be empowered to receive crows 
and blackbirds, and pay for the same ; and that he cut 
oft" their heads." May 14, 1804, an article " to see if the 
town will allow a bounty for crows and blackbirds, 
stri}ied and red squirrels," was dropped. No bounties 
have been voted since. 

Crows continue to be numerous. Half a century 
after the settlement of the town, flocks containing 
several hundreds would light on the hills and pastures 



CROWS. — HUNTING MATCHES. 417 

in summer, and early in autumn, to feed on grasshop- 
pers. They have never been quite so saucy in Union 
as they have occasionally been in other places. A few 
years ago, in Hopkinton, N. H., they killed seventeen 
turkeys in one flock, not taking one daily, as a hawk 
does, but destroying an entire brood at once. One 
farmer in that tow^n discovered, on one of his lambs, 
a crow, which had picked out one eye, and was 
thwacking the lamb over so as to pick out the other. 
A neighbor lost eight lambs in one spring, which were 
undoubtedly killed by them. Of some of the lambs 
the tongues as Avell as the eyes were picked out. The 
crows in the neighborhood had become very bold. 
But in Union probably nothing of the kind has oc- 
curred. The most which is apprehended from them is 
the injury they naay do in the cornfields ; and to these 
it is believed they do no harm in spring, by pulling 
up the corn, unless they have young. When it is con- 
sidered that it is very easy to scare them away at the 
seasons of the year when they do mischief, the policy 
of killing them may be questionable. They are scaven- 
gers and carrion-eaters, and destroy an immense number 
of insects and worms, which, without their co-opera- 
tion, would in time bring desolation on many a rich field. 

HUNTING MATCHES. 

When the town was first settled, game was plenty ; 
and for a long time there \vas one hunting-match or 
more yearly. Men who proposed to take part met 
and agreed on a day to which the hunt should be 
restricted, and determined the comparative value of 
different animals, according to their scarcity. A bear, 
perhaps, would count 100, a fox 20, a racoon 15, a 
partridge 6, a crow 5, a grey squirrel 3, a red squirrel 
2, a blackbird 1, and so on. The party then chose 
two captains, and they cast lots for the first choice. 
After the successful captain had selected a man, they 
proceeded alternately till all present were enrolled in 
the one or the other company. On the day appointed, 
every man went to hunt. In the evening, all came 

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418 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

together. The game killed by each one was counted, 
according to the principles before laid down. The 
company which was victorious sat down with the 
other to a supper, the expense of which was paid by the 
vanquished. Sometimes, instead of joining in com- 
panies, the hunters paked otf against each other, and 
the man who came at night with the least game paid 
for his rival's supper.^ Game, however, is now scarce, 
and the old hunters are nearly all gone. 



CHAPTER LI. 

ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

{Concluded.) 

Fish Laws. — Salmon. — Alewives. — Fish-hawks and Eagles. — 
Eels. — Smelts. — Trotit and Pickerel. — Other Fish. 

FISH LAWS. 

July 7, 1786, after the inhabitants here had made a 
movement to obtain an Act of Incorporation, and 
about three months before the Act was passed, the 
Legislature made a law "to prevent the destruction, 
and to regulate the catching, of the fish called salmon, 
shad, and alewives, in the Kennebec," and several other 
rivers, including the St. George's. No obstructions 
were to be built, or to be continued, which would 
prevent the fish from going vip to the lakes and -ponds 

' This kind of enjoyment suggests another, which sometimes was 
had sixty or seventy years ago, though it was not common. A man 
had wood to be sledded, or corn to be gathered or to be husked. He 
procured as much liquor as he thought would be necessary, prepared a 
supjier, and invited his neighbors to the Uee, They came and assisted 
him in the afternoon. Alter the supper, the more genteel and the bet- 
ter dressed would go into the room, and dance with the young women ; 
while those who were somewhat ragged, or wanted courage to enter, 
would at the same time be dancing the double-shufiie in the entry or 
around the door, to the same music which was sung to the dancers 
within the house. 



FISH. 419 

to cast their spawn, between April 20 and June 10, 
annually. The owners of all dams were required to 
open sufficient sluice-ways and passages, at their own 
expense, for the fish to go through. During the same 
period, no persons were allowed to catch them " at any 
other time than between sunrise on Monday and sun- 
set on Thursday in each week," or at any time to " set 
any seine, pot, or other machine, for the purpose of 
taking any . . . within two rods of any sluice or passage- 
way ; " and no seine or net was to extend at any time 
more than one-third across the stream. It was or- 
dered that the A.ct be read in town-meetings, in the 
month of March or April, annually. Every town and 
plantation was required to choose a committee to see 
it enforced, and to prosecute offenders. " Any person 
so chosen," who should " refuse to serve," unless he 
were elected to some other office, incurred a penalty 
of forty shillings. It was in accordance with this Act 
that fish-wardens were first chosen, at the first regular 
meeting after the town-organization. They were then 
denominated " a committee to take care that the fish 
should not be stopped contrary to law, the year 
ensuing." 

FISH. 

Salmon ^ remained in ponds and deep places in 
the river during the summer. In the fall, when the 
autumnal rains came, they went up the river, and cast 
their spawn in large holes, which they made in the 
sand at the bottom of the stream. From the upper 
and the lower end of the little island at the bottom 
of the eddy below the Middle Bridge, John Butler 
extended to the western shore two wears, the lower 
one having in it an eel-pot for the fish to pass through. 
From the water between the wears he would not unfre- 
quently, in the morning, teike out two or three large 
salmon- with a pitchfork. Between the years 1790 and 

* Salmo salar. — Lin. The scientific names have been furnished 
by the eminent ichthyologist, lloi-atio llobinson Storer, of Boston. 

* Nathaniel Robbins, Esq. 



420 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

1800, Royal Grinnell, with pitchforks, took from half a 
barrel to a barrel of them in a hole in the river opposite 
to his house in the summer; ^ but they were not so good 
as if the weather had been cool. About the year 1790, 
Josiah Robbins, with Philip Robbins, Amariah Mero, 
and Rufus Gillraor, made a salmon-net, and set it off 
Gillmor's land below the bridge, and in one year took 
more than two thousand pounds of salmon, which 
were salted for winter. About the years 1803 or 1804, 
when mills were first erected at the Middle Bridge, 
the >vorkmen killed these fish with axes and carpenters' 
tools. They were plenty, and furnished an important 
and luxurious means of subsistence to the early set- 
tlers. They disappeared many years ago. 

Ale WIVES ^ are numerous. Formerly the best places 
for them were near Taylor's Mills and Hills' Mills. 
The object in choosing fish-wardens in 1823, after 
neglecting it for some time, was to prevent the boys 
from taking the fish, as they had done for several 
years, at Crawford's River. In the morning, the ale- 
wives would pass up to the falls ; and, being prevented 
from going further, they would all return in the course 
of the afternoon. By putting a rack across the river, ten 
or twelve rods from its mouth, the boys were enabled 
before night to take all that had gone up. William 
Gleason, Esq., observed that, if the fish were allowed 
to go down, a little time intervened before others 
came. The conclusion was, that they went off in 
search of another stream, and were followed by one or 
two of the shoals near them. In one, two, or three 
days, would be seen a few stragglers or pioneers, appa- 
rently part of a shoal. If these were caught, others 
would come, and finally the whole shoal, and the 
shoal be followed by others. 

Soon after casting their spawn, multitudes of ale- 
wives, seeking a passage to the ocean, may be seen 
above the dam at Warren. Those which are nearest 
eddy round, a few each time dropping over, till finally 

' Lyceum Lecture. ^ Alosa tyrannus. — Dekay. 



FISH. 421 

the whole shoal, with a rush, goes over, tail first. The 
young go down later ; and, when they arrive at Warren, 
being about three and a half inches long, and of a 
suitable size for bait, they are vexed and driven in all 
directions by eels. The eels are also seen to lie quietly 
in the grass at the bottom of the water, and dart their 
heads up from time to time, and take as many as they 
want from the millions with which the river is crowded. 
Many years ago, when the only way of carrying 
boards down the St. George's was by rafting, so many 
would be killed by getting between them, that the 
boards would be slippery. When the old canal was 
used, the posts at the locking would be made greasy 
by the grinding of them. 

Fish-hawks and Eagles. — With the return of 
alewives in the spring ^vas that of fish-hawks and 
eagles. Col. Herman Hawes says he has seen the 
white-headed eagle, more than fifty times, sitting on a 
dry tree on Seven-tree Island, watching the fish-hawks 
to rob them. A fish-hawk would come sailing along, 
stop in the air, suspend himself with easy flappings 
at a moderate height, select his prey, then plunge into 
the water, and, if successful, bring up a fish, shake 
himself, and think to bear away the prize to his nest. 
The white-headed eagle, improperly called the bald 
eagle, in the mean time being on the watch, w&uld 
start and swiftly pursue him. After many trials, find- 
ing he could not escape, he would drop the fish. In an 
instant the eagle would close his wings, follow it down, 
and commonly seize it before it struck the ground, 
or he would pick it up, and, pirate-like, bear it off. 
Once a fish-hawk in Union dived into^ the water, 
brought up a fish, flapped his wings, and attempted to 
fly, but failed and was carried down. He rose again, 
and made another attempt, but was again drawn 
beneath the water, and seen no more. 

Eels' are not popular; and, as the streams and 
ponds are favorable to their multiplication, they are 

* Anguilla Bostonicnsis. — Dekay. 
36* 



422 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

numerous. Thirty or forty years ago, one or two bush- 
els might sometimes be caught in an eel-pot placed 
over-night at an opening in Bachelor's dam. More 
recently, for about two months, beginning with the 
early part of August when they are passing down the 
river, the wash-box of the factory at South Union is 
found to contain from a peck to a bushel every morn- 
ing. When the water is so high that the waste-gate 
is opened, none are caught. The fish pass into the 
flume, and are carried into the wash-box by the water, 
which rushes so furiously into it through a four-inch 
aperture, that they cannot re-ascend. This is their 
only passage down ; as, during this season, but little if 
any water runs over the dam. 

The question naturally arises. How do these fish 
go up ? Every year when the water is low, in July, 
it is found that the dam needs gravelling in several 
places. Did the eels work their way up by removing 
the gravel ? Small eels have been seen two feet out 
of water on the side of a wet flume, apparently en- 
deavoring to ascend St. George's River. It has been 
intimated that there appeared to be something like 
a glutinous property on the fish, and that it aided them 
somewhat in adhering to a wet board or timber, when 
not immersed in water. When the boys were in the 
practice of catching alewives in wooden racks at South 
Union, experience taught them to remove the alewives 
at night ; for eels would frequently reach up and eat 
them in the box, though it was at least five inches 
above the surface of the water. 

When the young go down the river, they sometimes 
collect in large numbers at the dams ; and so bent are 
they on effecting a passage to the ocean, that they are 
not unfrequcntly found with their tails inextricably 
wedged into the cracks between the planks. 

Smelts. — William Gleason, Esq., says that, in the 
fall of 1823, part of the wing-dam of the paper-mill, 
where the factory at South Union now stands, together 
with a qiiantity of stove-wood, was carried ofl by a 
freshet. After the snow-water had gone, in the spring 



FISH. 423 

of 1824, the proprietors of the paper-mill went down 
the stream to pick it up. There had been a heavy- 
north-west wind the preceding evening; and, while 
collecting their wood, they found among it, near and at 
the mouth of Crawford's River, a few dead smelts. 
Although there were known to be smelts in the lake 
in Hope, it had not occurred to any one that they 
were also in Union. Mr. Gleason, inferring from their 
being found on the bank of the river that there must 
be some in the river and in Crawford's Pond, immedi- 
ately made a small net, and was the first person who 
caught any in town. 

When these fish appear in Seven-tree Pond, which 
is immediately after the snow-water is gone, they 
are dipped up in nets just at dusk, at the " height 
of flowage ; " that is, where the level and comparatively 
calm water of the pond makes a small breaker with 
Crawford's River as they meet. These fish, it is said, 
are long and slim, and differ from the salt-water smelts. 
Many are caught in the wash-box of the factory, when 
the snow-water ceases to run ; and this seems to prove, 
that at that time they go down instead of going up. 
In September, for the last four or five years, bushels of 
smelts, lying in windrows, have been found dead along 
the south-east side of the long island in Crawford's 
Pond, and on the south-west shore of the pond. As 
a south-east wind wafts them into Crawford's River, 
it is a natural inference, that the mortality prevails in 
the southerly part of the pond. 

Trout' and Pickerel.^ — There was formerly a 
tolerably good supply of trout, and in Crawford's 
Pond they were plenty ; but there was not a pickerel 
in St. George's River or its tributaries. During the 
five or six years when the boys caught alewives at 
Crawford's River, they took with them so many trout 
that they were nearly exterminated from that river and 
the pond above. A contribution was raised afterward ; 
and, in March 1827 or 1828, John F. Hart and Marcus 

* Salrao fontinalis. — MUchilL * Esox reticulatus. — Le Sueur, 



424 ZOOLOGICAL HISTORY. 

Gillmor made two journeys to Whitefield to obtain 
pickerel. ^ Having prepared a box with lioles in the 
top to admit air, they succeeded, by changing the 
water two or three times on the journeys, in bringing 
alive and slijiping into the water under the ice, just 
below the Lower Bridge, eleven of them. Nine, at the 
same time, were put into Sunnybec Pond, and nine 
into Crawford's Pond. The expectation of a favorable 
result was not very sanguine. There was, however, an 
understanding that there should not be any fishing for 
pickerel before the expiration of four or five years. In 
the iifth year, it was found that they had so multiplied 
as to be caught in large numbers in the ponds. In a 
few years, they ^vere found in every pond on St. 
George's River, and in the tributary streams, and in the 
ponds in Waldoborough. The small tish on which they 
feed were so plenty, never having been disturbed by 
them, that they rioted in unwonted luxury. Some of 
them weighed five or sLx pounds, though their aver- 
age weight at the present time is from eight ounces to 
one pound. They have nearly exterminated the trout. 
Besides the fish mentioned are others, which are 
common in Maine. Among them are the VNdiite 
perch,- yellow perch, ^ roach or cousin-trout,'^ bream 
or flatside,^ pout,** sucker,^ &c., the number of some 
of which has been greatly diminished in consequence 
of the voracity of their unwelcome intruders, the pick- 
erel. 

' In 1797 there -were pickerel in all the eastern tributaries of 
Kennebec River, but none in tlie western. Between the years 1810 
and 1820, the Hon. Robert H. Gardiner cmplojasd a man to procure 
some froin Nahunikca^. Seven were put into the Cobhessecontee 
above his mills, and now pickerel are abundant in the streams and 
ponds which make that river. 

* Labrax mucronatus. — Ciivier, 
' Perca flavescens. — Cuvier. 

* Leuciscus inilchellus. — Storer. 

* Pomotis vulgaris. — Cuvier. 
^ Pimelodus catus. — Lin. 

' Catostomus Bostonienses. — Ix Sueur. 



CONCLUSION. 425 



CHAPTER LIT. 



CONCLUSION. 

Design. — Sources of Information. — Changes since the Settlement. — 
Possibilities and Responsibilities. 

The narrative and statistical portion of this history is 
now concluded. The preparation of it has required 
much more time and labor than was anticipated. As 
historical facts cannot be " manufactured to order," 
and Union is far behind many other towns in the 
number and variety of topics of general interest, it 
was at first thought impossible to eke out any thing 
more than a pamphlet. But materials, such as they 
were, accumulated ; and the result is a volume, de- 
signed rather for the inhabitants and the descendants 
of the early settlers, and for a few friends, than for the 
public or " the snarling, hungry horde of curs called 
' The Critics.' " ^ Accordingly, to some persons it will 
seem open to the objections of too great minuteness 
of detail, and of occasional violations of good taste. 

Though accuracy and completeness have been par- 
ticularly attended to, it is obvious that there must be 
errors and omissions. The writing and printing have 
been done where the town-records and the inhabitants 
of Union could not be easily consulted. The infor- 
mation has been taken from a very great variety of 
sources. Much reliance has been placed on the state- 
ments of Messrs. Phinehas Butler and Jessa Robbins, 
in relation to what occurred among the earliest set- 
tlers. Constant use has been made of contributions by 
Nathaniel Robbins, Esq., and his son Augustus C. Rob- 
bins, Esq. ; and to the former of them, for verification, 
nearly all the manuscript \vas read, in the winter before 
his decease. It is hardly necessary to state, that the 

1 Page 236, note. 



426 CONCLUSION. 

letters, lyceum-lecturcs, and oral communications of 
Dr. Jonathan Sibley have been of great value in rela- 
tion to events of the nineteenth century, and have 
furnished many of the incidents of an earlier date. 
The most important source of information, however, 
is the town-records. The loan of these w^as voted to 
the writer, " on condition that he give to the clerk, for 
the benefit of the town, a receipt for the same to be 
returned in one year, or pay the sum of forty dollars 
as a forfeiture on failure to return the same in one 
year or sooner, if wanted." After a few months, they 
were needed lor consultation, and it was necessary to 
restore them. More information probably would have 
been obtained from the clerk's office, but for a barba- 
rous act, about the year 1837, by which "all the use- 
less papers," so called, were destroyed. In addition 
to the sources mentioned are many others, for which 
credit is often given in the narrative. 

A town-history ought to be just and truthful. The 
bad as well as the good should be told. Though 
some undesirable occurrences have been recorded, it 
may be said with truth, that Union contains an indus- 
trious, thriving population, and will not sutler in 
comparison with a majority of other country-towns. 
Extreme want is not known. Abject degradation 
and beggary do not, as -in cities, dwell side by side 
with luxury and extravagance. Though there are not 
probably six persons worth ten thousand dollars each, 
there is hardly a man who is not in comfortable cir- 
cumstances. There are but few towns in the county, 
or even in the State, where the property is so equally 
divided. A consequence is, that there is no aristocracy 
of wealth or of family. Every man is a- monarch, and 
independent. At the same time every man is a sub- 
ject, and amenable to his equals. Upon all a kind 
Providence has showered down gifts with a lavish 
hand. The hills and the valleys, the woods, the 
streams, the soil, the water-privileges, the treasures 
yet unearthed, the health of the people, show that 
here are elements of thrift, contentment, and happiness. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 427 

The age of the nation and the age of the town are 
nearly the same. The first family moved here in 177G, 
the year of the declaration of the Independence of the 
United States. Four of the oldest settlers are yet 
living. Mrs. Mero, now of Cape Elizabeth, and Mrs. 
Dunton, of Hope, were then children. Messrs. Phinehas 
Butler, of Thomaston, now ninety-three years of age, 
and Jessa Robbins, the oldest person in Union, being 
ninety-two, were among the first to wield the axe, and 
break in upon the wilderness and solitude which 
reigned where rich fields and beautiful landscapes 
now meet the eye at every tm'n. Their lives cover 
more than the entire period of the existence of the 
town and the nation. When they came here, thirteen 
little colonies, containing three millions of inhabitants, 
were beginning an almost hopeless, but, as it proved, a 
successful struggle against the oppression and the 
military and naval force of one of the most powerful 
nations of the Old World. Since that time, the Fede- 
ral Constitution has been formed and adopted ; the 
French Revolutions, the career of Bonaparte, the war 
of 1812, and the Mexican War, have become historical 
facts. Empires have risen and fallen, thrones have 
been overturned, science and art have drawn from 
nature her concealed treasures, steam has been applied 
to ships and harnessed to cars, and made to do man's 
bidding, and the telegraph with winged woi;ds to out- 
strip the lightning. The thirteen little colonies have 
become thirty-one states, containing twenty-three 
millions of souls, extending from the Atlantic to the 
Pacific ; and their intellectual and moral power is so 
formidable, that the monarchs of Europe, with their 
hundreds of thousands of troops always armed and 
on duty in all their cities and villages, are in awe of a 
people which has not a military police in a single city 
in the Union. 

The little colony which was begun here three quar- 
ters of a century since with one family has become 
one of the little republics which constitute the great 
republic of the United States. It is continually send- 



428 CONCLUSION. 

ing abroad influences, which, though ahiiost impercep- 
tible, are nevertheless affecting in some degree the 
destinies of the nation. No individual lives here or 
elsewhere, however humble, virtuous, or vicious, whose 
influence is not far more extensive than he imagines. 
The eloquence and power which waken into life the 
energies of a people, perhaps are first discovered when 
opposing iniquity and misrule, or pleading in behalf of 
justice, virtue, humanity, in a quiet country-town. 
Men are often surprised at the discovery of talents, of 
which they were utterly unconscious, till a dire ne- 
cessity or pressing emergency drew them out. Possi- 
bly from the colony planted on the shores of Seven-tree 
Pond may sjjring up for mankind a reformer, whose 
good deeds shall create a reverence for the spot where 
he was born. The time has been when people would 
smile, if directed for benefactors of their race to such 
unpromising youths as Christopher Columbus and 
Martin Luther begging bread, George Washington 
surveying land in the wilderness, Andrew Jackson a 
servant-boy, Benjamin Franklin assisting his father 
in making candles for a living, or Noah Worcester in 
humble but honorable poverty pounding on his lap- 
stone. A casual remark overheard by a boy has 
sometimes awakened ambition and talent which have 
changed his destiny, and made him a blessing to 
mankind. So it may be here under genial influences. 
No man can foresee the important consequences which 
may result from his one vote at town-meeting, or 
even from an apparently insignificant word or act in 
his intercourse with his child, his neighbor, or society. 
If you wish the town to present attractions for intelli- 
gent strangers to settle among you, and your children 
to become men and ivomcn, and to do something for 
the improvement of the M^orld, you must liberally 
and zealously encourage public worship, common- 
school education, temperance, integrity, piety. 



429 



FAMILY REGISTER. 



The following notices pertain to residents before the 
year 1800, and to their families and descendants. Be- 
fore deciding hastily that dates are incorrect, it should 
be considered that a gravestone, a family Bible, and a 
town-record, may contain three different dates of the 
same birth or death, and that a private memorandum 
made at the time is generally preferable to either. A 
common and almost unaccountable error on records 
and gravestones is the confounding of the years a per- 
son lived with the year of his age when he died ; it 
being stated, for instance, that a man died in his forty- 
second year, when it is meant he was forty-two years 
old, and was in his forty-third year. 

Explanations. — The names of parents are printed in small capitals. 
The names of the children or second generation are distinguished by 
the Roman numerals I. II. III. &c. and the common Roman letters ; 
of the grandchildren or third generation, by the Arabic numerals 1, 
2, 3, &c. and italics ; and of the great-grandchildren or fourth gene- 
ration, by the Arabic letters (1), (2), (3), &c. enclosed in parentheses, 
followed by names having spaced letters. The names of children are 
placed immediately after those of their parents. The descendants of 
females are placed under the husband, when he is a descendant of an 
early settler ; otherwise they follow their mother. 

Abbkeviations. — b. born ; br. brother ; c. childless ; ch. children ; 
d. died; dr. daughter; i. father ; h. husband; m. married; p. parents ; 
r. residence ; s. son; u. unmarried ; w. wife. A date preceded by the 
letter t. indicates the year when a man's name first appears on a tax- 
bill, and may be of value in determining the time of his coming to 
reside. The earliest tax-bill is for 1791 ; the next, for 1793. 
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430 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Adams, Joel, Captain, son of Peter Adams, was born at 
Franklin, Mass., July 21, 1753 ; and died, according to the 
family records, Oct. 22, but gravestone Oct. 23, 1830. In 
the Christian Advocate, vol. v.. No. 18, it is stated that he 
came in the twenty-sixth year of his age, when there were 
but three families in Stirlington. In 1781 he married Je- 
mima, or Mima, who died Jan. 1, 1844, dr. of Philip Rob- 
bins ; had — I. Polly, b. Feb. 28, 1782; m. Rev. Cornelius 
Irish, Dee. 5, 1804. — II. Peter, b. Jan. 19, 1784; d. Dec. 
21, 1793. — III. Jacob Smith, b. Jan. 14, 1786; m. Abi- 
gail Heald, who d. ; residence, Lincolnville. — IV. Emma, 
b. Aug. 12, 1787; m. Jeremiah Stubbs, Sept. 16, 1808; 
ch. 1. Peter Adams, b. April 4, 1809; m. Rachel Col- 
lins; r. Appleton. 2. Mercy Ann, b. Nov. 19, 1811. 
3. Alfred Adams, b. April 29, 1815; d. about 1824. 4. 
Olive Daggett, b. Aug. 2, 1817; m. a Hart, of Appleton. 
5. Je?/w?m /a«e, m. William Lincoln, of Appleton. 6. Joel 
Adams, d. 7. Sarah Maria, m. a Collins, of Appleton. — 
V. Alford, b. Aug. 9, 1789. — VI. Mima, b. June 22, 1791 ; 
m. her cousin Ebenezer Ward Adams ; b. at Franklin, 
Mass., July 23, 1787, son of Ward Adams, of Franklin, and 
Olivia Daggett, of Wrentham ; had 1 . Ward, tailor, b. July 4, 
1812; m. Martha O. Gordon, of Augusta, and has (1). 
Martha M.S.; (2). Wesley F. ; (3), Olivia C. ; (4). 
El vert on W. 2. Calvin Metcalf, b. Dec. 21, 1813; d. 
Oct. 5, 1839. 3. John Martial, b. April 22, 1815 ; d. Aug. 1, 
1815. 4. James Orson, b. Oct. 24, 1816. 5. Olivia Dag- 
gett, b. June 8, 1818. 6. Aldres Addison, b. Feb. 9, 1820; 
m. Eveline Kilgore, of Waterford ; r. Norway. 7. True 
Page, b. Dec. 26, 1821, a Methodist preacher. 8. Alfred 
Smith, b. Dec. 5, 1823, a Methodist preacher, tailor ; m. 
Aroline Davis, of Unity. 9. Esther Ann, b. June 18, 1826. 
10. Maryan Day, b. April 25, 1828. 11. ^ son, b. June 3, 
1829; d. Jime 3, 1829. — VII. James, b. Jan. 15, 1794; 
m. Caroline Eddy, of Exeter. — VIII. Esther, b. June 25, 
1796 ; m., 1822, Rev. True Page, Methodist minister, who 
d. in Union, Sept. 4, 1838. — IX. Joel, b. Jan. 30, 1800, a 
Methodist preacher ; m. Jane Hunt, of Readfield; r. Friend- 
ship. — X. Ruth, b. Jan. 9, 1804. 

Alden, Ebenezer, son of Job A., b. at Middleborough, 
Mass., Sept. 20, 1774 ; came to Union in the spring of 1795, 
settled on the hill east of Seven Brook ; m. at Franklin, 
Mass., March 4, 1799, Patience (b. at Franklin, Mass.), dr. of 



ALDEN. — BARRETT. 431 

D. Gillmor; had — I. Horatio, b. Feb. 4, 1800; r. Cam- 
den ; m., first, in 1822, Sally (b. Readfield, Sept. 12, 1802 ; 
d. Feb. 7, 1835), dr. of Capt. Nathaniel Bachelor; and, 
second, in 1835, Polly, b. June 19, 1807, sister of his first 
wife; has children. — II. Louisa, b. Jan. 30, 1802; d. in 
Thomaston, Sept. 29, 1827; m. 1823, Phineas Tyler; and 
had 1. William Parker, b. March 30, 1824. 2. Edwin, b. 
Oct. 25, 1825. — III. Silas, b. June 23, 1804; r. Bangor; 
m. Jan. 27, 1828, Sarah, dr. of Capt. John W. Lindley. — 
IV. Sclina, b. Dec. 26, 1806: d. Nov. 15, 1807. — V. Ly- 
man, b. Dec. 1, 1808; r. South Union; m., Sept. 17, 1835, 
Sarah Elizabeth Williams, of Orono, Stillwater ; ch. are 1. 
Helen Louisa, b. Aug. 25, 1836. 2. Eugene Beauharnois, 
b. Jan. 1, 1839. 3. Lyman MarleU, b. Sept. 29, 1842. 4. 
Hejiry Eben, b. April 4, 1847. — VI. Melina, b. June 16, 
1811; r. Thomaston; m. May 25, 1837, George Abbot, 
Esq. of Temple, who d. 1850; ch. 1. Lucy Ellen, b. June, 
1839. 2. George Roscoe, b. Feb. 1842. — VII. Augustus, 
b. July 3, 1814 ; r. homestead; m., Dec. 10, 1840, Marga- 
ret Wiley, b. Jan. 24, 1815, dr. of Ebenezer Bancroft Wil- 
liams, of Gardiner. 1. Paiie7ice Gillmor, h. March 2, 1844. 

2. Sarah Williams, b. April 17, 1846; d. March 1, 1847. 

3. George Adelhert, b. May 25, 1848. — VIII. Ebenezer, 
b. Dec. 14, 1816; r. East Tliomaston ; m., June 29, 1845, 
Caroline Snow, of Thomaston ; and has 1 . Francis Marion, 
b. May 23, 1848. — IX. James Gillmor, b. March 1, 1819; 
r. Jancsville, Wisconsin; m. Oct. 24, 1842, Alvitia C. Mil- 
ler, of Bangor ; has 1. James Francis. 2. Louisa; both b. 
Bangor. — X. Edward, physician, b. 1821, Dec. 13 [family 
records], or 21 [himself]. — XI. Henry, b. Aug. 5, 1824; 
d. Oct. 16, 1847. — XII. George Adelbert, b. July 29, 
1828; d. May 9, 1829. 

B.i^RRETT, Amos, Captain, b. April 23, 1752, Concord, 
Mass.; d. Jan. 25, 1829; son of Deacon Thomas Barrett, 
who m. Mary Jones. Deacon Thomas was the son of Ben- 
jamin and Lydia (Minott) Barrett. Benjamin Barrett, who 
d. Oct. 25, 1728, was son of Humphrey B., who d. Jan. 3, 
1716: whose first wife was Elizabeth Payne, and whose 
second was Mary Potter. This Humplirey was the son of 
Humphrey B., who came from England to Concord about the 
year 1640. Mr. Amory, wishing to dispose of his real 
estate here, agreed with Capt. Amos Barrett to lay out his 
part in lots, for which he received about four hundred acres 



432 FAMILY REGISTER. 

of land, joining Levi Morse's on the north. Part of it is 
now owned by Gorham Butler. Capt. Barrett came in 1795. 
Mary Hubbard, of Concord, Mass. (whom he m. March 31, 
1779), b. Aug. 12, 1755; d. Aug. 4, 1839 ; had — I. Amos, 
b. Jan. 6, 1780; m., first, Feb. 15, 1804, Susanna, or 
Sukey, who d. Feb. 17, 1834, aged fifty, dr. of Nathan 
Blake; and, second, in 1836, Harriet, dr. of Nathan D. 
Rice; f. of 1. Charles, b. March 19, 1806; m. Margaret 
Giraldman, of New York city ; r. Mansfield city, Richland 
county, Ohio. 2. Sarah, b. Oct. 8, 1810. 3. A7nos, b. 
Aug. 6, 1818 ; d. March 16 [or 18, according to gravestone], 
1834. 4. Henry, b. Dec. 12, 1821. 5. Susan, b. Nov. 3, 
1826; d. Nov. 13, 1829. —H. Silas, b. Aug. 11, 1781; 
drowned April 25, 1803, in the mill-pond at the Middle 
Bridge, while getting logs into the saw-mill. — III. Mary, 
b. June 8, 1784 ; m., Aug. 2, 1810, Rev. Henry True ; ch. 
1. Henry Ay er, physician, b. Aug. 10, 1812; r. Marion, 
Marion county, Ohio ; m. Elizabeth Pierce, of Pittsfield, 
Mass. (b. Deerfield, Mass. ; dr. of James Reed), and has 
(1). Henry, b. Jan. 26, 1848. 2. Mary Barrett, b. 
Aug. 28, 1820; m.. May 16, 1843, Elijah Vose, Esq., b. at 
Warren, March 19, 1807, son of David and Alice (Eastman) 
Vose; and has (1). H e 1 e n A y e r, b. March 5, 1844; 
(2). Mary True, b. Dec. 17, 1849. 3. Amos Barrett, 
b. July 22, and d. Aug. 6, 1825. — IV. Abigail, b. April 15, 
1786; m. Rufus Gillmor, and d. Sept. 30, 1821.— V. 
Sarah, b. Nov. 16, 1788; d., of consumption, Sept. 19, 
1808. — VI. Harriot, b. April 13, 1791 ; m. July 29, 1822, 
Daniel Fiske Harding, Esq., who was b. Nov. 30, 1784, at 
Southbridge, Mass., son of Joshua (b. Medway), and of his 
w. Jemima Fiske, b. Watertown, Mass. ; ch. 1 . Amos Bar- 
rett, b. March 13, 1825. 2. Henry Fiske, b. March 28, 
1827. 3. Daniel, b. April 10, 1829. 4. Harriet, b. May 
24, 1832. — VII. Ebenezer Hubbard, b. Jan. 19, 1797; r. 
Hampden; m. Joanna E. Vose, May 3, 1825 ; c. 

Blake, Nathan, b. January, 1745, at Wrentham, Mass. ; 
d. March, 1819, at Albion; m. Mary Day, who was b. 
March, 1755, at Wrentham, Mass., and d. January, 1834, 
at Albion. He came in 1799, bought the farm of William 
Lewis, west of the old Upper Bridge; had — I. Wal- 
ter, seaman, surveyor, b. May 2, 1782, at Wrentham; 
d. Aug. 23, 1846; m., Jan. 15, 1809, Jane, b. July 3, 
1784, dr. of Daniel and Emily (Pease) Reed, of Edgar- 



BLAKE. BLUNT. 433 

ton, Mass. ; and had 1. Emily Reed, b. Nov. 9, 1809 ; m., 
March 25, 1845, Hiram Dorman, who d. in Sanford, August, 
1849. 2. George, b. June 8, 1811; d. Sept. 18, 1812. 3. 
Julia Gillmor, b. March 31, 1813; d. March 16, 1831. 

4. Charles Frederick, b. Oct. 24, 1814; r. homestead. 5. 
Eliza Tohey, b. July 27, 1816; d. Feb. 14, 1842. 6. Au- 
gusta Livermore, b. July 23, 1818. 7. Clarissa, b. Oct. 7, 
1820; m., June 16, 1848, Samuel Ezra Kellogg; r. Battle 
Creek, Mich. 8. Thcron, b. Aug. 12, 1822. 9. Edtcard, 
b. Dec. 31, 1824; d. Jiin. 1, 1825. — II. Polly, or Mary, m., 
Jan. 10, 1804, Joshua Hemenway ; r. Searsmont ; and had 
1. George, b. Nov. 2, 1804; m. Hannah Ferguson; r. Bel- 
fast ; c. 2. iV/ar^, b. Aug. 15, 1806 ; m. Darius Daggett. 3. 
Harriot, b. Aug. 22, 1809. 4. Louisa, b. Dec. 29, 1811. 

5. Anson Blake, d. 6. Joshua. [Thomas, f. of Joshua 
Hemenway, d. Feb. 6, 1847, aged ninety-four; and Sally 
Hemenway, Aug. 1, 1820, aged sixty-three.] — III. Sukey, 
or Susan, m. Amos Barrett, jun. — IV. Clarissa, m., Jan. 22, 
1811, Hon. Joel Wellington, of Fairfax, now Albion; r. 
Houlton. — V. Nancy, d. Sept. 3, 1812, ajt. twenty-two. — 
VI. Eunice Day, m., Jan. 9, 1817, Bailey More, of Sears- 
mont ; both d. Nathan Blake had also a son Geoi'ge, who 
d. Nov. 12, 1802. 

Blanchard, John ; m. Huldah Carriel ; came with 
Capt. Stone; t. 1796; returned to the West, perhaps went 
to New York; f. of — I. Lydia, b. Nov. 28, 1798.— II. 
Jonas, b. Nov. 1, 1801; d. Jan. 15, 1802. —III. Nancy, 
b. June 7, 1803. 

Blunt, Henry, b. at Bristol, March 28, 1771 ; paid 
his first poll-tax here in 1794; lived near the summit of 
the hill, about two miles north-west of Sunnybec Pond, and 
d. Aug. 29, 1838. He m. Miss Betsey Clark, b. at Bristol, 
Jan. 23, 1775; d. May 2, 1839; had — I. Ebenezer, b. 
June 1, 1796, r. on a part of the homestead; m. Susannah 
Fuller, of Warren, b. Sept. 29, 1798; had 1. Henry, b. 
Sept. 14, 1821 ; m. 1846, Emily Andrews, of Wallingford, 
Conn. 2. Eliza, b. Nov. 5, 1822; d. May 21, 1823. 3. 
Thomas Johnson, b. Oct. 22, 1824, lives where his grand- 
father did; m. Nancy Stone, in 1847, and had (1). Eliza 
Frances, b. Oct. 25, 1847; (2). Martha Ann, b. 
Feb. 2, 1849. 4. Isaac, b. June 19, 1826; d. March 8, 
1849. 5. Arthur, b. April 4, 1828; d. March 23, 1850. 
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434 FAMILY REGISTER. 

6. Mary Ann, h. Sept. 7, 1830. 7. Martha, b. Aug. 13, 
1832. 8. Betsey, b. April 20, 1834. 9. Sarah Frances, b. 
April 15, 1838; d. June 1, 1842. 10. Oscar, b. Aug. 25, 1842. 

BowEN, Ezra, b. Rhode Island, in consequence of a 
cataract, was nearly blind for many years before he d. Feb. 
14, 1832. He m., first, Experience Tolman, of Thomaston, 
who d. Nov. 8, 1803 ; and, second, in 1805, the widow Eliza- 
beth (Jones) Erskine (or Aikin, according to the record of 
the publishment), who d. in Bristol, among her children by 
her first husband. E. B. had — I. Polly, b. May 26, 1776 ; 
d. very young. — II. Sally, or Sarah, b. May 17, 1778 ; m. 
John Walker. — III. Susa, or Susan, b. Aug. 15, 1780 ; d. 
about two years old. — IV. Polly, or Mary, b. Dec. 8, 1783 ; 
m. Daniel Patch; r. Knox. — V. Susan, or Susannah, b. July 
9, 1785 ; m., first, March 29, 1807, Daniel Gibbs, of Thomas- 
ton ; second, Levi Spaulding, of Searsmont ; third, Aaron 
C. Hadley, of Waldo, where she d. — VI. Ezra, b. Feb. 9, 
1788; r. Knox; u. — VII. Isaac, b. July 19, 1790, phy- 
sician ; m. Sarah Martha Andrews, a southern lady, and 
d. in Augusta in 1839 ; f. of 1. Tolman Andrews, d. 1838, 
aged seven years; 2. Eliza Andreivs. — VIII. Amos, b. 
Feb. 22, 1793 ; m. Athelinda Gough, in Burnham, and was 
killed by a tree. — IX. Esther, b. July 22, 1795; m.. May 
29, 1823, Rev. Peter Burgess, a Methodist minister; r. 
Palmyra. —X. Oliver, b. Sept. 26, 1799; m., first, July 29, 
1824, Eliza Fisher, of Warren; and, second, Jidy 29, 1827, 
Margaret Roakes, of Warren, and had James Fisher, b. May 
22, 1825. — XL Tolman, b. Nov. 8, 1803; m. Charlotte 
Woodman ; r. Belmont. 

BoYDEN, Justus, from Stoughtonham (?), t. 1791 ; took 
up the Obadiah Morse lot of land, tarried a short time, and 
returned to Massachusetts. 

Brovv^n, Jonathan, t. 1795, son of Jonathan Brown, 
from Thomaston ; m. Sally, sister of Edward Jones. His 
father bought for him the land, with the standing crop of 
rye, belonging to John Fairbanks. He lived on that and 
other places ; was a Methodist, and also, it is believed, 
a Free-will Baptist, preacher, and moved to Bowdoinham. — 
I. Ruth, b. Dec. 25, 1794. — 11. Polly, b. Nov. 15, 1797; 
d. Jan. 17, 1798. — III. Edward, b. Jan. 9, 1799; m. Mary 
Clark, of Appleton, Oct. 21, 1824; r. Liberty; had James 
Gardner, b. Aug. 25, 1825; Calmn S., b. Feb. 6, 1829; 



BROWN. — BUTLER. 435 

Edward, b. Feb. 12, 1834; William, b. Oct. 11, 1836; 
Jacob, b. Nov. 30, 1839; and probably others. — IV. 
Phebe, b. Dec. 20, 1800. — V. Reliance, b. Feb. 18, 1803. 

— VI. Joel, b. Aug. 10, 1804. — VII. Jonathan, b. July 9, 
1806. — VIII. Sally, b. Oct. 25, 1808 ; and probably others. 

Butler, Christopher, son of John, was b. Sept. 18, 
1750, at Edgarton, Mass. ; d. Jan. 26, 1821, of lung-fever. 
Early in life he " went whaling " to Davis's Straits. His 
fondness for society led him often to visit the inhabitants in 
different parts of the town and to go out of town. He sel- 
dom, perhaps never, rode, but walked. Instead of wearing 
a hat, which affected his head painfully, he always wore a 
green baize cap. His voyages in early life made him 
familiar with the signs of the weather, and his prognostica- 
tions were regarded by many people as almost oracular. 
Jan. 2, 1772, he m. Lydia, dr. of Joseph Luce, of Chil- 
mark, Mass., who was b. Nov. 10, 1750, and d. Jan. 28, 
1843; had — I. Jane, b. Nov. 2, 1772; m., first, Jason Rob- 
bins ; and, second. Sterling Davis. — II. Nabby, b. July 14, 
1774; m. Joseph Robbins, and d. of dropsy, Oct. 7, 1818. 

— III. Polly, b. Oct. 2, 17^6; m., Oct. 28, 1799, Adam 
Kelloch, of Warren, and moved to China. — IV. Betsey, 
b. Oct. 20, 1778; d. Sept. 12, 1793. — V. John, b. June 16, 
1780; m. Feb. 11, 1803, Hannah Harthhorn, of Cushing, 
who was b. Oct. 8, 1779, dr. of Samuel and Elizabeth 
(Tewksbury) Harthhorn, of Marblehead, Mass. ; and had 1. 
William, b. Sept. 9, 1804 ; m., Nov. 18, 1827, Lois Newbit, 
and had (1). Lydia Selina, b. Sept. 28, 1828; (2). 
Elmira Iravilla, b. May, 1831 ; (3). Jacob Ward, 
b. Feb. 1835. 2. Lydia, b. April 18, 1806; m.. May 2, 
1833, Andrus Dwinell, of Orono, Old Town. 3. Selina, 
b. Feb. 11, 1808 ; m., first, William Bartlett, of Thomaston, 
Sept. 20, 1832 ; and, second, John O'Ncil, of Thomaston. 

4. Gorham, b. Nov. 20, 1800; m., Nov. 1845, Catherine 
Gallop, of Thomaston, and has (1). John, b. Sept. 1846. 

5. Ward, b. Aug. 18, 1811; r. Thomaston; u. 6. El- 
bridge, b. Oct. 18, 1816; d. Aug. 7, 1826. 7. Christopher, 
b. May 18, 1820; r. homestead; m. Sally Healey, of 
Thomaston, and has (1). Lydia Amelia, b. Aug. 14, 
1846; (2). William Oscar, b. Aug. 29, 1848. — VI. 
Rebecca, b. Oct. 5, 1782; m. .loel Robbins. — VII. Gor- 
ham, b. May 9, 1785 ; m., Sept. 25, 1808, Sally, dr. of Seth 
Luce ; and fell down dead in his cow-yard, Sept. 1 7, 1836 ; f. 



436 FAMILY REGISTER. 

of 1 . Elmira, b. Oct. 23, 1 809 ; m., first, Prince, son of Thad- 
deus Luce ; and, second, in 1849, William Bishop ; r. Belfast 
or vicinity. 2. John, b. Feb. 6, 1813; m. Ann Maria, dr. 
of Simeon Noyes, of Hope ; and had ( 1 ). G o r h a m, b. Jan. 
6, 1838; (2). Simeon Noyes, b. April, 1840. 3. 
Wesley, b. Sept. 3, 1817; r. homestead. 

Butler, John, brother of Phinehas, b. Feb. 10, 1756, 
at Framingham, Mass.; d. Thomaston, Feb. 6, 1840; m. 
1777, Lucy, dr. of Oliver Bobbins, of Thomaston, and she 
d. Jan. 29, 1840. He was in the service of Dr. Taylor till 
twenty-one years old ; ch. — I. James, b. Nov. 8, 1778 ; m. 
Mary Gray; r. Bockland ; had three sons and four drs. 
The second son, Calvin, d. July, 1848, leaving three drs. — 
n. Lucy, b. March 15, 1780 ; m. David Gay ; r. Rockland ; 
had nine sons and three drs. ; lost three sons. — III. John, 
b. May 18, 1781 ; m. and d. at Smithficld, R. L ; had 
three sons. — IV. Betsey, b. Aug. 22, 1783; d. ; m. Rd. 
Smith ; r. Rockland ; had two sons and one dr., having 
lost one son and one dr. — V. Plannah, b. June 17, 1785; 
m. John Spear ; r. Rockland ; three sons and two drs. ; one 
of the sons d. —VI. Briggs, b. March 3, 1787 ; m., Feb. 3, 
1817, Ruth Howell ; r. S. Thomaston ; has six sons. — VII. 
Alden, b. Dec. 7, 1788; d. Oct. 15, 1792. — VIII. Otis, b. 
March 9, and d. April 29, 1791. — IX. Brackett, b. Thomas- 
ton, Jan. 28, 1793; r. S. Thomaston; m., first, Dec. 25, 
1816, Nancy Matthews, who d. Aug. 21, 1827, and had 
five drs. ; and, second, Jan. 1, 1834, Eliza Kelloch, of War- 
ren; had five drs. and two sons. — X. Brinton, b. April 18, 
1795; r. S. Thomaston; m., Harriet Perry, Jan. 1822, and 
had eight sons and two drs. — XI. Charles, b. Feb. 12, 
1798; m. Jane Houston Russ, of Camden, Feb. 1, 1825; 
had 1. Lucy Jane, b. April 14, 1826. 2. Charles Edwin, 
b. April 20", 1828. 3. William Henry, b. April 8, 1831 ; 
d. June 7, 1831. 4. William Thomas, b. May 19, 1832. 
5. Sarah Elizahcih, b. March 12, 1835. 6. Roswell, b. 
Jan. 6, 1837; d. Jan. 11, 1838. 7. Isabella Cecilia, b. 
Aug. 7, 1839. 8. Albert Xavier, b. Dec. 19, 1841. — XII. 
Sukey, or Susan, b. Aug. 29, and d. Sept. 15, 1800. 

Butler, Joseph, br. of Phinehas, b. at Framingham, 
April, 1 764 ; was, like John and Phinehas Butler, but later, 
bound to Dr. Taylor till twenty-one years of age. He m. 
Margaret Martin, of Bristol ; went with his son Martin to 



BUTLER. 437 

the western part of Pennsylvania, where he spent ,a few 
of the last years of his life in the practice of medicine, 
for vhich he was never regularly educated. He had — I. 
Nancy, b. Feb. 18, 1790 ; m., 1809, Pelatiah Pease, of Apple- 
ton Ridge. — II. John, b. Jan. 28, 1792; d. Sept. 16, 1831 ; 
m., 1814, Sally Ulmer, of Thomaston ; f. of 1. Elizaheth^h. 
Sept. 28, 1814. 2. Margaret,\i. Sept. 22, 1817. 3. Har- 
riet, b. Dec. 18, 1820. 4. Jane, b. April 13, 1822. 5. 
Matthias, b. Aug. 7, 1824. 6. Nanaj, b. April 21, 1827. 
7. Ephraim, b. Oct. 17, 1829. — III. Martin, b. March 12, 
1794. — IV. Susannah, b. June 25, 1796. — V. Peggy, b. 
Dec. 9, 1798; in. Daniel Roakes, of Appleton, in 1819. — 
VI. Mary, b. Feb. 25, 1802; m. a Sprague. — VII. Wil- 
liam, b. Nov. 15, 1805 ; d. Dec. 5, 1803; and probably others. 

Butler, Phinehas,^ son of Phinehas and Bathsheba 
(Graves) Butler, was b. at Framingham, Mass., April 8, 
1758; m., Oct. 18, 1781, Milea, dr of Oliver Bobbins, of 
East Thomaston or Rockland, where he and his wife are now 
living. Descendants — I. William, b. April 11, 1782; r. 
Thomaston; m., first, Judith Loring, of Thomaston; and, 
second, Jane Singer, of Thomaston ; had ten ch. all b. in 
Thomaston. — II. Sarah, b. April 20, 1784; d. Nov. 26, 
1792. — III. Shepard,b. March 21, 1786; d. Dec. 17, 1795. 
— IV. Phinehas, b. April 13, 1788; r. Union; m., first, 
Catherine Ulmer, of Thomaston, and had twelve ch. ; and,' 
second, Hannah Demerritt, of Liberty, in 1833; had two 
ch. ; and, third. Silence Jameson, of Warren ; ch. 1 . George 
Washingtoti, b. June 10, 1809 ; m. Eleanor Collins, and had 
(1). Rachel Collins, b. Aug. 8, 1829 ; (2). Catha- 
rine Ulmer, b. June 11, 1831; (3). Susannah Ro- 
binson, b. May 28, 1833; (4). M ar y A nn D o d ge, 
b. March 16, 1835; (5). H o s ea Collins, b. Jan. 14, 
1837; (6). John Spear, b. March 28, 1839 ; (7). Al- 
bert Collins, b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; (8). Clara E 1 1 en, b. 

* The Limo Rock Gazette, published at East Thomaston, Nov. 8, 
1849, says, " Our corre-ipondent at Union furnishes us with the fol- 
[lowing remarkable and ahnost unparalleled piece of family history. 
On Sei)t. 7, 1849, a child was born in Searsmont, who has five great- 
great-grandparents still surviving, viz. : Mr. and Mrs. Phinehas But- 
ler, of Thomaston ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Robinson, of Liberty ; and 
Mrs. Elizabeth Ulmer, of Thomaston. The ages of these great-great- 
grandparents are 92, 8-5. 88, 88, 8.5, respectively. The little one is also 
blessed with three great-grandparents and four grandparents, together 
with a host of other relatives.' " 



438 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Sept. 21, 1843; d. Oct. 23, 1835. 2. Elioenai Crocket, 
b. Sept. 11, 1810. 3. Thomas Jefferson, b. July 18, 1812; 
m., in 1834, Harriet Kinne)', of Liberty ; r. South Thomas- 
ton; had (1). Andrew Jackson, b. April 15, 1835; 
(2). Eunice Aroline, b. Sept. 5, 1836. 4. Sally Ul- 
mer, b. Aug. 8, 1814. 5. Eunice Gallop, b. April 16, 
1816. 6. Catharine Sarepta, b. May 1, 1818. 7. Joanna 
Dean, b. July 17, 1820. 8. Mima Rollins, b. Sept. 11, 
1822; d. July 17, 1850; u. 9. Lucy Tolman, b. Jan. 20, 

1825. 10. Hannah Richardson, b. Nov. 15, 1826. 11. 
Phinehas Shcphard, b. March t), 1828; d. Jan. 7, 1832. 
12. MffWa J^rme, b. April 23, 1830. 13. Phinehas Walker, 
b. Jan. 6, 1834. 14. Melea E., .b. Jan. 4, 1835; d. Sept. 
26, 1849. — V. Melea, b. Feb. 23, 1790; d. Sept. 9, 1792. 

— VI. George, b. Aug. 27, 1792 ; r. Thomaston ; m., Feb. 
24, 1820, Mima, dr. of Jessa Robbins, of Union; and had 
1. Ruth Pearce, b. Sept. 7, 1821 ; m., Sept. 1, 1844, Albert 
Sleeper, of South Thomaston; and is f. of (1). Mary 
Arobine, b. June 21, 1845. 2. Catharine JJlmer, b. 
April 21, 1824; m., Sept. 5, 1844, William Glidden Colby, 
of Patrickto wn ; and had ( 1 ) . William Franklin, 
b. June 15, 1846; (2). Albion Cephas, b. April 28, 
1848 ; (3). a son,h. 1850. 3. George Washington,^. Feb. 22, 

1826. 4. IF«//er ^wa?/rfar, b. June 12, 1829. li. Caroline 
Augusta, b. March 22, 1832. 6. Jason Rollins, b. Jan. 17, 
1835. 7. Laura Angeline, b. June 16, 1837. 8. Lucinda 
Arobine, h. Nov. 21, 1839. 9. Shepard F., b. Oct. 23, 
1845.— VII. Levi, b. Jan. 22, 1795; r. Appleton ; m., first, 
Lucy Tolman, of Thomaston; and, second, January, 1848, 
Mary, dr. of John Walker. — VIII. Melea, b. Oct. 18, 1797; 
m., Dec. 24, 1829, Samuel Dean; r. South Thomaston. — 
IX. Joanna, b. Oct. 20, 1800; m. Israel Dean, of South 
Thomaston: had ten ch. — X. Walter, b. Nov. 22, 1802; 
m. Joanna Packard, of Nobleborough ; r. Rockland. 

Butler, Thomas, b. July 15, 1709, at Tisbury, was son 
of Thomas Butler, whose w. was a Mayhew. He came to 
Union in May, 1791; m. widow Katharine Toothaker, 
dr. of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hathaway) Daggett, who 
was b. at Dartmouth, Nov. 25, 1772, and d. Aug. 21, 1849. 

— I. Waldron Stone, b. Jan. 6, 1801 ; m., July 5, 1838, 
Harriet, dr. of Otis Bills; and has 1. Otis Nelson, b. Oct, 
24, 1839. 2. Ehen Edioard, b. Sept. 4, 1841. — II. Jcruel, 
b. Feb. 14, 1802; r. homestead; u. 



CARRIEL. 439 

Carried, or Carroll, David, of tSroton or Sutton, 
Mass.; unsuccessful as a merchant in Charlestown, Mass., 
where he m. Patty Leathers; t. 1797 ; purchased the farm 
about one-third of a mile north of the Common ; sold it to 
Dr. Sibley; and d. Sept. 20, 1837, set. seventy-two. His 
wife lived in Charlestown when it was burnt by the British, 
and it is said was with her father in the last boat that, be- 
fore the battle, crossed Mystic River with any of the citizens. 
She d. March 4, 1829, aged fifty-eight. They had — I. David, 
b. Jan. 21, 1792. — II. Nathan, b. March 17, 1793; carpenter; 
m. twice (once to Betsey Bartlett, of Springfield, Mass.), and 
d. at Springfield, June 20, 1849. — III. Benjamin, b. Sept. 17, 
1794 ; a mason; went to Manchester [?], Ohio, where he 
m. twice. — IV. George, b. Jvme 21, 1796; paper-maker; 
m. in Taunton, Mass. ; r. Conn. — V. William, b. March 5, 
1798 ; d. at Gardiner, June 4, 1815. — VI. John, b. Jan. 7, 
1801 ; paper-maker; r. Suffield, Conn., many years, now at 
New Marlborough, Conn.; w. Ann. — VII. Patty, or Mar- 
tha, b. Feb. 1, 1803; m., first, April 8, 1824, Cyrus Nye; 
and had 1. Edward Thomas, b. Aug. 9, 1825. She m., 
second, Dec. 12, 1833, Charles Foglcr ; and had 2. Cyrus 
Nye, b. Nov. 9, 1834. 3. Mary Frances, b. Oct. 20, 1836. 
4. John Fairfield, b. May 24, 1839. 5. Martha Ann, b. 
April 19, 1841. —VIII. Phebe, b. Jan. 23, 1805 ; m., first, 
July 3, 1823, Obadiah Morse; and, second, April 14, 1847, 
James Adams Ulmer, of Thomaston, by whom she had her 
fifth child, Matilda Morse, b. Oct. 8, 1848. — IX. Han- 
nah, b. Feb. 22, 1807 ; m. Jesse Hobbins, jun., and d. Au- 
gust, 1843. — X. Charles, b. Feb. 5, 1809; started for 
Ohio ; never heard from ; supposed lost in a steamboat, 
which exploded about the time. — XI. Isaac, b. Feb. 7, 
1811; d. March 0, 1830. — XII. Lydia, b. Dec. 6, 1812; 
m., first, Ralph Rising, of Suffield, Conn.; and had 1. 
Ralph Wesley, b. March 3, 1839. She m., second, Thurston 
AVhiting, of Union: and had 2. Frederick Parker, b. 

.March 22, 1844. 3. Mary Buxton, b. Feb. 6, 1846.— 

jXIII. Amos, b. in 1814. 

Carriel, Jonathan, br. of David, was b. at Sutton, 
Mass.; d. Sept. 5, 1827, aged seventy : came June, 1796, 
from Groton, Mass. His wife, Sibyl, d. March 31, 1842, 
aged eightv ; had ch., the first eight not b. in Union. — I. 
Jonathan, b. May 29, 1782 ; m.. May, 1808, Rachel Ripley, 
who d. Feb. 3, 1814, aged twenty-nine; had 1. Danford, 



440 FAMILY REGISTER. 

b. Jan. 4, 1810< m., 1841, Harriet Norwood; cli. (1). 
Marcellus, b. June 23, 1842; d. Sept. 13, 1848 ; (2). 
Sylvan us Roscoe, b. Jan. 17, 1844; d. Sept. 19, 
1848; (3). Aurelius, b. Sept. 11, 1845; d. Sept. 2, 
1848; (4). Rachel Helen, b. May 28, 1847; (5). 
Flora 11., b. April 6, 1849. 2. Mahala, b. July 20, 
1812 ; d. March 5, 1817. — II. Betsey, b. March 22, 1784 ; 
m., October, 1806, Abram Ripley, of Appleton, and d. — 
III. Sibyl, b. Jan. 11, 1786; u. — IV. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 
29, 1788; m. Rebecca Goodspeed, and d. — V. Polly, b. 
April 29, 1790; m., October, 1810, Archelaus Ripley; and 
d. July, 1850. — VI. Sally, b. April 3, 1792; d. March 11, 
1820 ; m., 1814, Samuel Norwood, from St. George, who d. 
Aug. 31, 1828, set. thirty-eight; had 1. Harriet, b. Sept. 
18, 1815. 2. Samuel, b. April 12, 1817 ; m. Sibyl Carriel ; 
and had (1). Lysander, b. Aug. 7, 1840 ; (2). Sarah, 
b. Dec. 25, 1841; (3). Sally, b. June 9, 1819. —VII. 
Patty, b. Feb. 13, 1794; u. — VIII. Joseph, b. April 27, 
1796; d., of consumption, June 2, 1817. — IX. Lucy, b. 
Jan. 8, 1798; m., Oct. 17, 1822, James Bryant; and d. — 
X. Greenard, b. Nov. 1, 1800 ; m. Eliza Clark, of Stratham, , 
N. H. ; and d. April 11, 1850. — XL Stephen, b. Sept. 

18, 1802; m., 182.7, Jane West Tobey ; and had 1. Sxjl- 
vestcr Broxon, b. March 2, 1828. 2. Leander Tohey, b. 
Feb. 12, 1831. Adelia West, b. July 13, 1833. 4. Charles, 
d. 5. Augustus Grcemvood. 6. Albion Dudley, b. Aug. 

19, 1843. — XII. Olive, b. July 31, 1804; u. — XIII. 
Silas, b. Feb. 25, 1809; m. Sally, dr. of John Ripley. 

Case, Barxakd, came from Martha's Vineyard in 1787,, 
and did much in laying out the town. He lived first on the 
east side of Sunnybec Pond (where Alpheus Collamore 
afterward settled) ; and, secondly, on the farm of Thomas 
Butler. He was considered an excellent scholar for the 
place and the time, taught school, worked some as a black- 
smith, and was very much respected. In consequence of his 
recommendation, the purpose of making a Common of the 
Old Burying Ground hill was abandoned. It is said that 
he recommended the spot near where the canal crosses the 
road ; also the present Common. Before many of the roads 
were laid out, he surveyed and recommended one from the 
neighborhood of the Reuben Hills farm, to run south-east, 
along west of Levi Morse's, and perhaps forty rods east of 
the falls at South Union, in a direct line to Warren. His 



CLARK, CUMMINGS. 441 

wife d. at Tisbury before he came. He d. of consumption 
at George West's. 

Clark, Asa (w. Mary); a blacksmith; t. 1799; from 
Boston ; r. near Calvin Gleason's ; moved to Newburgh ; 
ch., the first three b. Boston, — I. Allen, b. April 2, 1791. 
— II. Sally, b. April 4, 1794. — III. Peter M., b. Nov. 23, 
1796 —IV. Mary, b. July 14, 1799. — V. John, b. Oct. 27, 
1800. — VI. Willard, b. April 1, 1803. 

Coffin, Uriah, in some way connected with the Dag- 
getts in coming to town; t. 1791, and several years after- 
ward ; had a w. ; c. ; believed to have gone back to Martha's 
Vineyard. 

CuMMiNGS, or Comings, Richard (ninth child of 
Samuel and Susanna Comings), b. Sharon, Feb. 19, 1750, 
O.S ; m., March 8, 1774, Elizabeth, dr. of Philip Bobbins. 
They had — I. David, b. Nov. 2, 1775; m., March 12, 
1799, Bosarina Kelloch, commonly pronounced Kellar, of 
Warren, and d. March 24 (not 17), 1842; ch. 1.. George, 
b. Dec. 3, 1799 ; m., first, Freelove Dedman, Sept. 2, 1827, 
who d. Feb. 22, 1839, Bst. 31 ; and, second. May 3, 1839, 
Avis, widow of Sanford Hills ; and had (1). Loan a, b. June 
24, 1828; d. Sept. 11, 1828; (2). Loammi Dedman, 
b. Sept. 2, 1829; (3). George Ethel, b. Jan. 29, 
1832; (4). Plympton, b. June 9, 1837. 2. John, b. 
Aug. 8, 1801 ; m. and r. Belmont; killed in a skirmish 
with Indians in Texas, sometime before the Mexican war. 
3. Milton Robbins, b. Aug. 26, 1803; m. Susan Copp, of 
Merimachi ; r. Appleton. 4. Avis, b. Oct. 31, 1805; m. 
Isaac Fuller, and d. 5. Samuel, b. Nov. 20, 1807 ; m., first, 
March 21, 1838, Elvira Jane Litchfield, who d. Aug. 25, 
1842; and, second, 1843, Paulina Pottle Robertson; and 
had (1). Viletta Adelaide, b. March 4, 1839; (2). 
Aurelia Ann, b. June, 1844, d. Nov. 1847; (3). George 
Watson, b. Dec. 1845, d. July, 1849; (4). Elzora, 
b. June, 1847; d. Oct. 1848; (5). Elvira Paulina, b. 
April 23, 1850. 6. Esther, b. Nov. 29, 1809; m., Sept. 
15, 1836, Caleb O. Billings, of Northport ; r. Belfast. 7. 
Eleanor, b. July 1, 1812; m., 1841, Brice Jameson, of 
Warren. 8. Joseph Gilman, b. March 9, 1815; m. Mar- 
garet Kelloch, from Warren, and has Amos; Avis M.; 
Samuel L., b. March 1, 1847 ; Susannah E., b, Aug. 
il8, 1849. 9. Otis, b. Feb. 27, 1819; m. Abby Pendleton, of 
38 



442 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Northport, and lives there. — JL-Esther, b. Oct. 9, 1777 ; d. 
May 11, 1793 [see page 69]. — III. Polly, b. Feb. 17, 1780 ; 
d. Dec. 18, 1781. — IV. Eliza^h, or Betsey, b. Oct. 25, 
1781; m. Samuel P^rKam, March 6, 1800, Avho was 
drowned in St. George's River, in Warren; had 1. Otis, 
who d. 2. Willia7n, m. Cecilia Tobey, of Jefferson, and d. 
at sea. 3. Mary, m. George Tobey ; r. Jefferson, a widow. 
— V^.... Susanna, b. April 30, 1783 ; m., July 11, 1798, John 
Malioney; r. Lincolnville. — VL Sally, b. Feb. 18, 1785; m., 
first, John Robinson, of Hope, Feb. 6, 1831 ; and, second, 
Franc. Fletcher, of Lincolnville. — VII. Philip, b. May 

6, 1787; m. Hannah Grafton; r. Waldoborough ; had 1. 
Ambrose, b. Sept. 16, 1812 ; m. Mary Ann Nash, of Waldo- 
borough. 2. Folly Grafton, b. Dec. 10, 1814; m. Wallace 
Cunningham; r. Belfast. 3. Sarah, h. Dec. 27, 1816; m. 
Silas Law. 4. Hannah, m. Saul Benner, of Waldoborough ; 
r. there. 5. Philip, m. Clarissa Burns, of Waldoborough; 
r. there. 6. Eliza, m. William Kelloch ; r. Waldoborough. 

7. Pierce. 8. Ignatius Sherman. — VIII. Suell, b. Jan. 
2, 1789; m., Feb. 4, 1818, Sophia Barnard; had 1. Phi- 
lena,h. Sept. 24, 1819; d. Oct. 3, 1843. 2. Jason Rob- 
bins, b. May 31, 1821 ; m. Abby Maria S. Stoddard, of 
Boston, July 18, 1847. 3. Leonard Barnard, b. June 28, 
1 823. 4. Lydia Maxcy, b. June 28, 1 825. 5. Josiah, b. July 
30, 1827. 6. Maria, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 7. Del an a, h. Oct. 
9, 1831. 8. Nancy, b. Feb. 8, 1834. 9. Suell, b. April 
22, 1837. 10. William Augustus, b. March 24, 1842. — IX. 
Melinda, b. Jan. 2, 1791 ; m., first, James Fuller, Jan. 22, 
1817 ; and, second, his brother Givens. — X. Chloe, b. May 
2, 1792; m., Jan. 1, 1813, Alpheus Collamore (whose first 
wife Avas Deborah Grinnell), and had 1. Deborah Grin- 
nell, b. Jan. 10, 1814 ; m., 1837, Benjamin Brown, jun., of 
Appleton. 2. Elbridge Gerry, b. July 10, 1815. 3. Melenda 
C, b. Oct. 29, 1816. 4. Eliso7i, b. Sept. 5, 1818. 5. 
Jane, b. March, 1820. 6. Susan, b. Sept. 26, 1822. 7. 
Nancy, b. Dec. 8, 1823. 8. Richard, b. Jan. 20, 1826. 
9. Polly, b. July 4, 1829. 10. Andreiv Jackson, b. Dec. 
11, 1831. — XI. Richard, b. July 27, 1794; m., March 1, 
1821, Elsie Robinson, of Hope. 

CusHMAN, Matthew^ Smith, carpenter; t. 1797; bought 
the place now owned by N. D. Rice ; returned to Belling- 
ham, Mass., and moved to Providence, R. I. By w. Cyn- 
thia had — I. Sabin, b. Aug. 5, 1796; m. ; r. Bellingham. 



DAGGETT. 443 

— II. Asa, b. Oct. 27, 1798 ; shoemaker; r. Providence. — 
III. Smith, b. Nov. 15, 1800. 

Da&gett, Aarox, fourth child of Thomas ; m. Rebecca, 
dr. of Stephen Peabody, of Warren ; went to sea, and was 
probably lost. He had — I. Ruth, b. Jan. 1, 1792; m. 
Jacob Kuhn, of Waldoborough, in 1816; had 1. William 
Harriman, m. Julia Augusta Groton ; and had (1). Ange- 
lina, b. 1845; (2). William Franklin, b. July, 
1847. 2. Pete?', lost at sea. 3 and 4. Twins, Albert, who 
d., and Gilbert. 5. Almond Orlando. — II. Olive, b. 
Feb. 2, 1794; m., Jan. 8, 1818, George Clouse, of Waldo- 
borough, who d. Nov. 22, 1825; leaving 1. Horatio Nel- 
son, b. April 22, 1822; seaman, farmer; r. Union. 2. 
Angelica Frances, b. Sept. 2, 1824; m., April 13, 1846, 
Gardner Light, of Waldoborough ; r. Worcester, Mass. ; 
and has (1). Mary Frances, b. Sept. 10, 1848. — III. 
Peggy, or Margaret, b. July 17, 1796; m. Peleg Wiley, in 
1819; and had 1. Almira, m. Oliver Simmons, of Hope. 
2. Aaron Daggett. 3. Ephraim. 4. William Hovey. 5. 
Jacob Kuhn. 6. Peleg. 7. Rebecca; d. 8. Charles; d. 

9. Ruth Kuhn. — lY. Polly, b. Feb. 23, 1798; d. 1802.— 
V. Aaron, b. April 7, 1800; d. 1801. — VI. Lucy, b. Nov. 

10, 1802; m. Abraham Gushee, of Hope; had Frederic 
Augustus, b. August, 1825; Louisa, d. young; Rebecca, m. 
Elijah Ripley, of Hope (who has (1) Frederick, b. 
July 5, 1847); Almond; Ambrose; Elijah Daggett. — VII. 
Elijah A., b. March 2, 1806; M.D. at Bowdoin College, 
1833 ; physician in Waldoborough ; m. Ruth Ann Waters, 
of Jefferson; and had 1. Ann, b. May 28, 1847. 2. 
Athearn. — VIII. Aaron Athearn, b. Dec. 17, 1808; m. 
Bethiah, dr. of William Thompson; had 1. Simon Elijah, 
b. in Jefferson. 2. A dr., d. in Appleton. 3. Emeline Ore- 
ville,d. 1849. 4. Morrill Stanford,}). 1845; d. 1849. 5. 
Augusta, d. 1849. Mrs. Aaron Daggett, m., second, John 
Newbit, of Waldoborough, in 1815; and had Jonathan 
Newhall, who d. in 1848. 

Daggett, Matthew, a sea-captain, whOjfoUowed the 
sea from boyhood, was nephew of Thomas, senior ; lived a 
while in Union, and settled in Warren. N. Robbins, Esq., 
said the first national vessel was built for a present to 
France. On going out, she anchored off Holmes's Hole. 
It being Christmas, the officers and some others went on 



444 FAMILY REGISTER. 

shore to enjoy themselves. A violent storm came on. The 
officers could not get on board, nor the seamen from the 
ship to the shore. Many on board died. Matthew Dag- 
gett was thawed off from a gun to which he had been frozen. 
Daggett, Samuel, b. at Tisbury, May 19 (1); d. Oct. 
2, 1835, set. eighty-two; son of Thomas and Rebecca 
(Athearn) Daggett. He m. Jedidah, sister of Christopher 
Butler; and she d. Feb. 21, 1830. They had — I. Brother- 
ton, b. at Tisbury, Mass., Jan. 4, 1778 ; m., first, Sarah, or 
Sally, Kimball, of Bristol, in the winter of 1802-3; and, 
second, Mrs. Emily (Chadwick) Marshall, of Thomaston, 
December, 1838, who d. Oct. 14, 1844; and had 1. Eleanor 
Martin, b. Jan. 7 or 30, 1804; m., Dec. 29, 1834, John 
Oakes. 2. William, b. Aug. 27, 1805; r. Michigan. 3. 
Mary, b. May 18, 1808; d. June 4, 1830. 4. Sophronia, 
b. March 4, 1810 ; m., March 5, 1833, Jonathan D. Brcck ; 
r. Brighton, Mass. 5. Orwjrfa, b. Dec. 26, 181 1 ; m. Reuben 
Sherror ; r. Thomaston. 6. Arunah Weston, b. Feb. 16, 
1814; m. a Whitney ; r. Bangor. 7. Timothy Kimball, en- 
gineer of a steamboat, b. Feb. 26, 1816; r. Mobile, Ala. 
8. Eliza Mitchell, b. Aug. 8, 1818. 9. Elvira, b. Nov. 17, 
1820; m. George Hatch, of Thomaston ; r. Boston. 10. 
Brotherton, b. Nov. 25, 1822; r. Boston. 11. George 
Bartlett, b. Aug. 23, 1824; m. Mary Jane, dr. of John 
Burns ; r. homestead ; had Reuben S h e r r o d, b. Feb. 
1, 1849, who d. Feb. 16, 1850. 12. Elisha Harding, 
b. Sept. 6, 1827; r. Thomaston. —JL. James, b. Sept. 9, 
1779, at Tisbury; m., in Waldoborough, Aug. 31, 1800, 
Deborah Upham, from Bristol ; r. Hodgdon ; had 1 . James, 
b. Jan. 22, 1802. 2. Isaac, b. Nov. 2, 1803; drowned in 
the Penobscot ; and others. — HI. Polly, b. May 12, 1781 ; 
m. Thomas Mitchell. — jy. Jonathan, b. May 20, 1783; 
m., first, in 1 804, Betsey Martin, of St. George ; and, second, 
Mary Robinson, of Belmont. They had issue, 1. Athearn, b. 
Sept. 1, 1805 ; d. July 5, 1806. 2. John, b. Aug. 29, 1806; 
m. in Waldoborough ; killed by a fall in the night from the 
haymow ; left a widow and two children. 3. Wilbert, b. 
Oct. 30, 1807^ m. Susan Lair, or Lehr ; r. Waldoborough. 
4. Julia Ann, b. March 17, 1809; d. Aug. 21, 1814. 5. 
Richard Martin, b. Jan. 16, 1811. 6. Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 
and d. Nov. 7, 1813. 7. Silvia Weston, b. Aug. 6. 1814, 
m. a Wing; r. Belmont. He also had other ch., all by the 
first wife. — V^ William, b. April 9, 1785; m., in 1813, 



DAGGETT. 445 

Silvia Church Weston; and had 1. Amelia, b. Feb. 26, 
1814. 2. Sarah Ami, b. Aug. 23, 1815. 3. Jane Tobey, 
b. Oct. 9, 1818 ; m. a Crawford, in Searsmont. 4. Joshua, 
b. Sept. 16, 1820 ; r. Bristol. 5. Nancy Alford, b. Oct. 25, 
1822. 6. Lucy Weston, b. Jan. 11, 1825. 7. Margery, 
b. June 22, 1827; d. Jan. 8, 1828; also others. — VI. 
Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1792; d. Oct. 11, 1846; m , first, in 
1817, Priscilla Coggan ; and, second, Mrs. Sarah, dr. of 
Jacob Wade, and widow of Jacob Stetson. He had 1. 
Augusta Bachelder, b. Aug. 24, 1818; m., 1840, George 
Barter, of Thomaston. 2. Martha, b. Aug. 7, 1822; d. 
Sept. 16, 1823. 3. Hancey, b. Nov. 6, 1825; d. Sept. 21, 
1842. 4. Cyrenus Chapin, b. Dec. 13, 1830 ; also two ch. 
by the last w. ; one of them d. — VII. Ebenezer, b. Aug. 2, 
1 797 ; m., first, in 1819, Margaret Miller, of Waldoborough, 
who d. May 31, 1830; and, second, June 9, 1831, her sis- 
ter Salome; had 1. Cyrus, b. Oct. 22, 1819; r. in Camden. 
2. Thurston, b. Nov. 28, 1820; m. Rachel, dr. of Andros 
Mitchell. 3. Elzina, b. March 31, 1822; m. Reuben 
Ghentner, of Waldoborough ; lives there. 4. Barbara D., 
b. Nov. 30, ISiifS; d. Sept. 5, 1825. 5. Mary Miller, h. 
June 4, 1825; m. George, s. of Ebenezer Robbins. 6. 
Erastus, b. April 23, 1827; m., June 11, 1846, Pamela 
Ripley, of Appleton. 7. An infant c/ii/c^, d. May 31, 1830. 

8. Lysander, h. Jan. 10, 1832; seaman; d. June 10, 1850. 

9. Charles Miller, b. March 8, 1834. 10. Clementine C, 
b. Oct. 26, 1835. 11. Darius, b. March 18, 1838. 12. 
Harriet D. 13. A dr., who d. 14. Lucius C. 15. Angelia. 
— VIII. Daniel Weston, b. May 1 9, 1 800 ; d. April 4, 1 833 ; 
m., Dec. 3, 1827, Lydia Jameson, of Warren ; had issue, 1. 
Ozms,b. Sept. 29, 1828; d. Feb. 2, 1830. 2. Da?«'e/ O., b. Jan. 
18, 1831. The widow m. Caswell, who committed suicide. 

Daggett, Thomas, senior, d. May 15, 1806 ; and his w., 
Rebecca Athearn, d. Aug. 3, 1805. They had Samuel; 
Thomas ; Hannah, who m. a Norton'^jn Martha's Vineyard ; 
Aaron ; Rebecca, who m. her cousin, Matthew Daggett, of 
Warren, and d. October, 1848. With Thomas Daggett, 
senior, probably came Ebenezer, a blind brother, whom hS 
maintained, and who d. April 29, 1816, aet. seventy-eight; 
and Andrew, a foolish son, who also d. in town. 

Daggett, Thomas, son of Thomas and Rebecca (Athearn) 
Daggett, d. Jan. 13, 1822, sixty-seven; m. Rebecca Luce, 
38* 



A/»orV~Ni 



446 FAMILY REGISTER. 

who d. Feb. 6, 1 832 ; sister of Mrs. C. Butler. They had — 
I. Hannah, b. April 14, 1783 ; d., of consumption, April 23, 
1826; u. — II. Berintha, b. Sept. 11, 1786; m., April 23, 
1809, John Chapman Bobbins ; and d. July 5, 1839. — III. 
Thomas, Captain, b. June 4, 1788; farmer in Searsmont ; 
went to sea as mate of a vessel ; became acquainted, on his 
voyage from England, with an English lady, Martha Maid- 
man, whom he m. in New York city, and returned with her 
to his farm. She spent the last weeks of her life at his 
father's, in Union, where she d., of consumption, Aug. 23, 
1818, aged twenty-two, having had one child, which died 
young in Union. Afterward he went to his wife's kindred 
in New York, engaged in business, and d. — IV. Sally, b. 
May 6, 1790 ; d. ; m., Sept. 20, 1818, Samuel Goodwin, of 
Searsmont; had ch. — V. Edmund, b. Aug. 23, 1792 ; m., 
1818, Deborah, dr. of Josiah Keene, of Camden ; r. some 
years on the homestead, but now near Hope Corner ; ch. 1 . 
Frederic, valise and trunk-maker, b. Aug. 13, 1819; 
m., Oct. 3, 1815, in New York, Helen Lauretta, dr. of 
Captain Lewis and Hannah (Morse) Bachelder ; and had 
(1). Frederic La Forrest, b. Jan. 12, 1847, d. 
April 5, 1849 ; (2). a son, b. November, 1850. 2. Martha, 
b. March 7, 1821 ; d. March 16, 1823. 3. Thomas, a gro- 
cer, b. May 4, 1822; d. Philadelphia; u. 4. Ephraim 
Gay, b. July 31, 1824 ; afflicted with epilepsy and mental 
and religious depression and derangement ; took the life of 
a child and his own life, in Boxbury, Mass., June 7, 1851. 
5. Freeman Luce, valise and trunk-maker, b. Feb. 8, 1827 ; 
r. Boston. 6. Lucinda, b. March 26, 1828 ; d. Oct. 1, 1831. 
7. John Sibley, b. Feb. 7, 1830; r. Bowdoin College. 8. 
Sarah Gay, h. Jan. 25, 1832; m., 1849, John Bich ; r. 
Hope. 9. Patience Heioett, b. June 1, 1834; d. young. 
10. Esther. 11. Mary. 12. Helen. 13. Caroline.— Yl. 
Henry, b. Aug. 3, 1794; m., Sept..26, 1816, Meribah Jack- 
son ; settled in Belmont, and moved to Wisconsin. — VII. 
Matthew, b. Oct. 1, 1798; d. Dec. 10, 1798. 

Daniels, Nathan, Deacon, son of Henry and Lois 
(Pond) Daniels, b. at Franklin, Mass., Sept. 7, 1771 ; took 
up land where he settled, in the easterly part of the town, 
probably in 1797; m., 1797, Lois Ellis, of Franklin, who 
d. March 7, 1844, aged sixty-seven years eleven months. 
They had — I. Lois, b. Oct. 10, 1797 ; m. John Payson, May 
1, 1823; ch. 1. Nathan Daniels, b. Jan. 6, 1825. 2. John 



DANIELS. — DAVIS. 447 

Ellis, b. Aug. 8, 1826. 3. George Washington, b. Feb. 12, 
1828, 4. Eliza Ann, b. Jan. 30, 1831. 5. James Madison, 
b. Oct. 28, 1836. — II. Ellis, b. Oct. 15, 1799; m. Freelove 
Wentworth ; r. Hope. They, beside others, had Sylvia A. ; 
d. Dec. 12, 1846, aged twenty-one years, ten months, 
twenty-nine days. — III. Nathan, b. March 15, 1801, m., 
June 2, 1825, Mehitable, dr. of Amos Walker ; had 1. Mary 
Elizabeth, b. May 13, 1826. 2. Harriet Newell, b. Feb. 
7, 1829; m., Oct. 1849, a Hartford. 3. Sarah Eliza, h. 
Sept. 18, 1831 ; d. Sept. 24, 1832. 4. Joel, b. Dec. 10, 
1833. 5. Levi, b. March 18, 1838. — IV. Milton, b. 
April 12, 1803 ; m., first, in 1829, Lucy, dr. of Lewis Rob- 
bins ; second, in 1835, Nancy Miller; had 1. Leicis 
Rohhins, b. March 3, 1831. 2. Lucy Ann, b. May 17, 
1837. 3. Laura Maria, h. May 15, 1842. — V. Eliza, b. 
Nov. 29, 1804; m. Levi Morse. — VI. Joseph Hawes, b. 
Aug. 8, 1807; m., Oct. 30, 1830, Sarah, dr. of Amos 
Walker; and had 1. Edwin Roscoe, b. March 8, 1831. 2. 
Lucy Rohbins, b. Nov. 3, 1833. 3. Sarah Eliza, b. March 
14, 1836. 4. Zilpah Ellis, b. Oct. 12, 1838. 5. Joseph 
Henry, b. Aug. 8, 1841 ; d. Jan. 9, 1844. 6. Lois Ann, b. 
June 24, 1844. 7. Frances E., b. Oct. 8, 1848. — VII. 
Fisher Ames, b. Sept. 6, 1808; m., Sept. 2, 1832, Julia 
Ann Gardner; and had Obadiah G.,h. Aug. 26, 1833; 
also Lois, d. June 24, 1842, aged six months ; and probably 
others. —VIII. Mary, b. Feb. 17, 1811 ; m , Jan. 1, 1838, 
Edward Taylor, of Hope; and d. April 18, 1850. — IX. 
Julia, b. March 13, 1813 ; d. Feb. 26, 1841 ; c. ; m., Nov. 
28, 1839, Zuinglius, b. June 10, 1812, son of William Col- 
lins. Z. C.'s second w. was Julia Ann Bachelder. — X. 
Rhoda Cordelia, b. Aug. 22, 1815; d. Oct. 23, 1840; m., 
Oct. 29, 1839, George L. Folger, of Hope. — XI. Cynthia 
Abigail, b. July 31,1818; m. Nathan Robbins. 

Davis, Mark, from Friendship; t. 1797; m., in 1799, 
Betsey Pickering, of Fox Islands, who is said to have origi- 
nated from or near Portsmouth, N. H. He lived, when it was 
burnt, in Capt. Barrett's old house, many rods north-west 
of the one recently burnt on the spot now occupied by Gor- 
ham Butlers. 

Davis, Sterling, t. 1799; d. Jan. 29, 1849; m. Jane, 
widow of Jason Robbins; had — I. Jason, b. March 13, 
1801 ; m. Chloe, dr. of Josiah Maxcy ; had 1. Elizabeth, or 



448 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Betsey, b. Aug. 1, 1824; m., Jan. 20, 1848, Calvin Robin- 
son, of Hope. 2. Hervey Maxcy, b. Sept 8, 1826. 3. 
Statira, b. January, 1828; ni., Jan. 15, 1848, Josiah How- 
ard Shepard ; has (1). Susan Caroline, b. April 10, 
1850. 4. Jane, b. November, 1831. 5. William Tilson, 
b. January, 1834 (?). 6. Roxana, b. July, 1835. 7. 
Chloe Alvina, b. 1838 (?). 8. Ehm^a Robhins, b. May 31, 
1843. — II. Sterling, b. June 20, 1803; m., 1828, Betsey 
Miller; had 1. Lucena Keller, b. Aug. 15, 1829. 2. 
Joseph Miller, b. Dec. 16, 1833. — III. Wilber, b. Dec. 11, 
1808; m. Rosanna Noyes, of Hope; had 1. Oscar. 2. 
Benjamin Bussey. 3 and 4. Twins ; Elislia Harding and 
Dexter Hovey. 5. A daughter, d. few months old. 6. Ed- 
win. 7. Sarah Allen. 8. Emily Jane. 9. Alice. 10. 
Marshall, b. July 16, 1848. — IV. Jane, b. April 27, 1810 ; 
m., 1829, William Tilson, jun., of Thomaston ; and d. ; 
leaving Davis, a cadet, at West Point. 

Dunham, Samuel, r. on the Simmons Farm. The town 
records say, " Moved into town from Warren, sometime in 
June, 1790, Samuel Dunham and Kate Dunham his wife; 
Joseph Dunham, James Dunham and Sarah Dunham, the 
children of Samuel and Kate Dunham." He brought into 
town, "June 22, 1792, from Warren, Mary Sumner, wife of 
Ezra Sumner, Mary Davis, Liddia Sumner and Charles 
Sumner." It is said that he was not faithful to his wife. 
About the year 1794, she, becoming a little deranged, went 
to visit her little boy, who was living with Capt. William 
Starrett, of Warren, with wliom she resided when m. On 
her way back, she was seen fording the river near Hart's 
Falls, and afterward near Crawford's Pond. She took a 
hay-road, went into the woods, and was lost. About 
that time there was at Warren a town-meeting. The 
people adjourned to the next day for the purpose of ex- 
ploring the woods. The search was unsuccessful. About 
two years after this, William Hart, having been out on a 
trapping excursion, found her bones and a piece of her 
gown in the very easterly part of Union, near Grassy Pond. 
Her bones were taken up, and buried in the graveyard." 
He moved to Friendship, it is believed, and there died. 
Probably his dr. Abigail m., June 13, 1796, James Pease, 
of Barrets Town. 

Dyer, Rufus, carpenter, from Bridgewater, Mass. ; t. 



DTEK. — ESENSA. 449 

1795; r. Appleton ; m., March 5, 1797, Abigail, b. 1768, 
dr. of Jacob and Hannah (Jones) Booth, of Gloucester, 
R.I. — I. John, b. Sept. 7, 1800; r. Appleton; m., first, 
May 1823, Anna Walker; and, second, Lydia McCurdy, 
in 1835 ; had 1. Anna W., h Jan. 1825, or Feb. 21, 1826 ; 
2. Fanny W., b. March 28, 1827, or March 28, 1828; m., 
first, Samuel Leach and had (1). William. S. L. went 
off, and she m., second, George Cox, in 1848, and had (2). 
a s o n, d. young. 3. Infant dr.; d. 4. iJjA/i/s, b. April 4, 
1831. — II. Betsey, b. Sept. 14, 1802; d. July 1 1, 1805. — 
III. Abigail, b. Aug. 7, 1804 ; m. True Door, of Harmony ; 
and d. — IV. Cecilia, b. July 10, 1806; m. Shadrach Snell. 
EsEXSA,^ Henky, b. Brunswick, in Hanover, Germany ; 

* Mr. Esensa belonged to the cavalry in Germany, came to Quebec 
under Col. Baum, and was captured by Gen. Stark at Bennington, 
where " the balls flew so thick he did not think one soul could 
escape alive. The Hessian cavalry," he said, " had been promised 
horses, and been told that they should get enough from the rebels ; 
but they never gut any." He described Col. Baum as a man of " re- 
markable appearance, and having a remarkably brilliant eye." Esensa 
was introduced into Waldoborough by Capt. Schenck ; and not long 
after the battle, while yet u., he came to Union, and labored in com- 
pany with Suchfort. As Suchfort joined the British army in Eng- 
land, and Esensa was one of the Hessians despatched from Germany 
to aid the British, it is not probable that they ever met till in Stir- 
lington. .They often worked together ; and so similar were their 
movements in felling trees and in taking hold and lifting logs, that 
one of them remarked, from this alone he should have known the 
other to be a Hessian. He afterward lived several years in Hope. 
Before the year 1800, he returned to Union, and bought the farm now 
owned by Philo Thurston, about one-third of a mile above the Mid- 
dle Bridge, on the west side of the river. After he had been from 
Germany about thirty years, he was threshing grain for Mr. Samuel 
Hills, and the conversation turned on Germany. Hills asked him 
why he did not write to his relatives and friends there. E. asked 
Hills to write. The flails were thrown down, and a letter immediately 
written, superscribed to several persons, and mailed, without much 
probability, in those days, of his receiving a reply. An answer came 
from friends whoni he had left thirty years before, and who had sup- 
posed him to be dead. The joy of the old Hessian, who had not 
heard from his relatives in Germany since he came away, could 
hardly be restrained. In consequence of this movement, he received 
about three hundred dollars, which had been reserved for him from 
his father's estate, and was a great relief to him in his somewhat 
straitened circumstances. Towards the close of life, he moved to 
a place in Appleton beyond Fossetts' Mills, where he d. not far from 
the year 1831. The graves of him and his friend Suchfort are 
within a mile and a half of each other. 

In the burying-ground of West Springfield, Mass., is a gravestone 



450 FAMILY REGISTER. 

m. Susannah Rolfe, of Bristol (?), and had children, the first 
four b. in Hope. — I. Peggy, b. Aug. 26, 1790. ; m. John 
Stanley. — II. Nancy, b. Dec. 7, 1792; m. — III. Charles, 
b. Oct. 22, 1794; m. Sally Overlock ; r. Appleton. — IV. 
Susannah, b. Nov. 22, 1796; m. Peleg House ; r. Liberty. 

— V. Sally, b. Feb. 15, 1798 ; m. Daniel Briggs Grinncll. — 
VI. David, b. Nov. 23, 1799; m. thrice; r. near Frederic- 
ton, N.B. — VII. Reuben, b. Sept. 21, 1801 ; r. Canada. — 
VIII. Elizabeth, b. May 18, 1803. — IX. Henry, b. Aug. 
29, 1804; r. Appleton. — X. Eunice, b. June 22, 1807; 
m. John Lermond ; r. Appleton. 

EvERTON, Zeph., came with William Lewis from Thomas- 
ton ; t. 1791 and 1793; worked at the mills by the Upper 
Bridge, and boarded himself. Mischievous wags, to tease 
him, accused him of frying doughnuts in a tin lantern. He 
appears to have been a " likely, respectable " man, and, 
it is said, afterward Avas toll-gatherer at the bridge in 
Thomaston, where he d. 

Fairbanks, John, from Sherburne, Mass.; b. May 18, 
1760; probably came about the same time with William 
Hart and Levi Morse. He was taxed in the tax-bill of 
1791, but did not reside constantly in town. He m. 
Eunice, b. April 20, 1769, dr. of Samuel and Sarah Payson. 

— I. Abner Hills, b. Nov. 15, 1789; m. Nancy Mac , 

of Parkman, Ohio; and d., Feb. 10, 1826 or 1827 ; and had 
Maria, who m. Rev. Daniel H. Mansfield, a Methodist 
minister. — II. Eunice Payson, b. March 6, 1792; m. 
Lewis Robinson, of Hope ; and d. — III. John Noyes, b. 
March 10, 1794; m., June 16, 1822, Martha Preble; ch. 
1. Eunice Payson, h. Aug. 4, 1823; m. John Dean; had 
(1). a son, d. one week old ; (2). James Gregory, b. 
Sept. 1847; (3). John Bartholomew, b. April, 

" In memory of John Andrew Iscnse, born in Little Biwene ; was a 
Dragoon in the Prince of Brunswick's Regiment ; who was killed by 
lightning, Aug. 16, 1780, in the 28th year of his age. ' Ich weiss das 
mein Erlooser lebt, und er wird niich wieder aus der Erden aufer- 
weckcn.' — Job xix. 25. The British Dragoon Isense was some 
twenty feet from the tree, when he was killed, having taken shelter 
from the storm under a cock of hay." See Bridgman's Inscriptions. 
The German pronunciation of Isense is the same as the English of 
Esensa ; and it is not improbable, both being Crermans and engaged 
on the British side in the revolutionary war, that they may have 
belonged to the same family. 



FAIRBANKS. GAY. . 451 

1850. 2. Nancy McMellen, b. April 1; d. March 18, 
1826 (?). 3. Martha Elizabeth, h. Feb. 16, 1837; m. Wil- 
liam Boynton ; r. Bath ; and has ch. 4. John Noyes, 
h. Jan. 31, 1829. 5. Henry Norris, b. June 12, 1831. 6. 
Caroline Olive, b. March 15, 1833; d. Sept. 4, 1833. 
7. William Franklin, b. July 11, 1834. 8. George Hollis, 
b. Nov. 1, 1836. 9. Clotilda Ann, b. Dec. 2, 1838; d. 
Dec. 2, 1838. — IV. Sarah, or Sally, b. Aug. 2, 1796; m. 
Lewis Wentworth, previously h. of her sister. — V. Hills, 
b. Nov. 8, 1798. — VI. Caroline, b. Dec. 10, 1802; m. 
Joseph Gleason, Nov. 25, 1827.— VII. Eliza, b. Dec. 12, 
1804; m. Lewis Wentworth; and d. March 1834. — VIII. 
Olive C, m. John Homes Stewart. 

Fales, Peter, blacksmith, m. Chloe Shepard, came from 
Attleboro', Mass., about 1799; settled first at the head of 
Seven-tree Pond, and afterward on the farm now owned by 
Moses Morse, and returned to Mass. ; had — I. Samuel Tur- 
ner, b. Dec. 8, 1797. — II. Sabry Turner, b. Jan. 16, 1800. 
— III. Willard, b. Feb. 14, 1802. — IV. Lewis, b. March 
29, 1804. — V. John, b. Sept. 2, 1806. One of his children 
d. 1809. 

Gay, Jonah, t. 1794; and his w., Mary Thomas, of Me- 
duncook. At the raising of a saw-mill on the west side of 
the river, at the Middle Bridge, Nov. 19, 1802, the broad- 
side began to sway before it was secured. Gay, seeing it 
was about to come over, sprang and seized a post with a 
view to prevent it. The broadside came down. The end 
of the post struck him, crushed his chin and chest together, 
and he died instantly. His w. d. March 13, 1843 ; eighty- 
one ; ch. — I. Abicl, b. July 22, 1791 ; r. Waldo; m. Ju- 
dith Sayward, of Thomaston ; had 1. Mary, b. Sept. 19, 
1816; d. Oct. 18, 1822. 2. Judith, h. Dec. 4, 1818. 3. 
Clarinda, b. June 1, 1821 ; d. Oct. 17, 1821. 4. Mary, b. 
Feb. 13, 1823. 5. Abiel, b. Jan. 31, 1825. 6. Sarah, b. 
July 14, 1827; d. Aug. 29, 1832. 7. Richard, b. May 13, 
1829; d. Aug. 24, 1832. — II. James, b. May 2, 1793; d. 
in the army, in the war of 1812. — III. Polly, b. Feb. 15, 
1795; d. March 2, 1795. — IV. Rachel, b. April 2, 1796; 
m., 1814, David Gay; r. Waldo; had 1. Edward, b. Nov. 
25, 1816. 2. Nancy, b. Jan. 4, 1818. 3. James, b. 
March 13, 1822. 4. Sally, b. April 18, 1824. — V. Elijah, 
b. Feb. 8, 1798; d. Feb. 10, or 11, 1837; m. Joanna Cur- 



452 FAMILY REGISTER. ^ 

tis ; had 1. a child, d. Aug. 22, 1826. 2. John Curtis, b. 
Oct. 2, 1827. 3. Eliza Ann C, b. Sept. 28, 1830. 4. 
James, b. Dec. 17, 1832. 5. Sarah W., b. April 2, 1834. 
6. Mary Fales, b. Sept. 7, 1835. His widow m., Jan. 6, 
1839, John S. Dunton. — VI. Richard, b. May 10, 1800; 
m., first, 1827, Nancy Boggs ; and, second, Nancy Robbins. 

— VII. Jonah, b. March 9, 1802; d. June 21, 1805. 

GlLLMOR,^ GiLLMORE, or GlLMORE, DavID, SOn of 

David and Joanna (Miller) Gillmor, came in the spring of 
1795; became an extensive landholder, owning, it is said, 
one-twelfth of the town. His land was on the east side of 
the river. He m., 1784, Mary, b. Nov. 1, 1769, who d. at 
Newburgh, Jan. 12, 1834, second child of Josiah Robbins. 
He d. Jan. 28, 1849, at Newburgh. They had — I. Sarah, 
b. May 18, 1785; m. Hervey Whiting; r. Wrentham, 
Mass. — II. Rufus, b. Oct. 26, 1787 ; m. Julietta Fairbanks, 
of Franklin; r. Newburgh. — III. Mary, b. Feb. 24, 1790; 
m. Dr. Charles Ulmer, of Hampden ; r. Newburgh. — IV. 
David, b. Aug. 30, 1794; m. Lydia Croxford, of New- 
burgh; r. Monroe. — V. Patience Melinda, b. April 6, 
1796; m., Jan. 18, 1818, Ebenezer Cobb, of Union, who 
was b. Oct. 9. 1793, at Carver, Mass., son of Capt. Barnabas 
Cobb (who m. Jerusha Cobb, b. at Kingston, Mass., grand- 
daughter of Ebenezer Cobb, of Kingston, who d. Dec. 8, 
1801, aged one hundred and seven years, eight months, and 
six days). They had 1. Mary Jerusha, b. Jan. 12, 1819; 
m. Jesse Arnold, of Hope. 2. Sarah JVliiting, b. June 19, 
1821; m., June 13, 1839, Nathaniel Miller, s. of Elisha 
Harding, M.D. 3. William Ebenezer, b. May 15, 1824; 
m., November, 1849, Elvira Weston Snow, dr. of Edward 
and Mary (Twining) Snow, of Frankfort. 4. Joseph Or- 
lando, b. Jan. 28, 1827. 5. Minerva Clementiyie, b. May 
29, 1829; d. March 9 [according to gravestone, 8], 1832. 
6. Sylvanus Gillmor, b. Nov. 2, 1831. 7. David Barna- 

> His father, David Gillmor, b. Raynham, Mass., March 27, 1732 ; 
r. Franklin, Mass. ; and d. there, Oct. 21, 1831. He m., April 20, 
1762. Joanna Miller, b. in Rehohoth, Sept. 9, 1740; d. June 3. 1816. 
They had — I. John, b. March 27, 1703. — II. David, b. Mav 3. 1765. 

— III. Joseph, b. April 17, 1708. — IV. Rufus, b. April 26, 1770.— 
V. Khobe, b. Dee. 4, 1772; d. March 10, 1816. — VI. Abigail, b. 
April 15, 1775; m. Olnoy Titus. — VII. James, b. Dec. 10, 1777.— 
VIII. Patience, b. Jan. 16, 1782; m. E. Alden. Of these, David, 
Rut'us, Abigail, and Patience settled in Union. 



GILLMOR. 453 

has, b. Jan. 15, 1834. 8. Marcellas Lewellin, b. July 6, 
1836. — VI. Apollos Robbius, b. April 2, 1798; m. Han- 
nah Newcomb ; r. Hampden. 

GiLLMOR, Nathax, son of \Yilliam, of Franklin ; t. 
1799 ; a mason ; m. Nancy Fisher, of Franklin ; settled and 
built a house on the farm now owned by Dr. Sibley, and 
retiu'ned to Franklin. 

GiLLMOE, RuFUs, b. April 26, 1770, at Franklin, Mass. ; 
m., at Union, June 19, 1788, Sally, dr. of Josiah Rob- 
bins. He was in the expedition against Shays ; came 
here in 1787; r. south of the Old Burying Ground, 
and afterward on the north side of the Common. Hav- 
ing sold this place to Ebenezer Cobb, he now lives 
nearly opposite. Descendants, — I. Polly, b. April 2, 
1789; m, 1805, Jesse Drake; had 1. Amos, b. March 
28, 1806; m., 1828, Melancey Gushee ; ch. (1). O r a- 
mel Luolphus, b. Jan. 24, 1830; (2). Mary O s- 
carine, b. Oct. 5, 1833; (3). Statira Maria, b. 
Sept. 5, 1835; (4). Amos Leroy. 2. Jesse, b. Nov. 30, 
1807; d. July 19, 1842; m. Maria, dr. of Lewis Robbins. 
3. Lusena, b. April 7, 1809; m., 1828, Silas Kelloch, or 
Kellar; and d. 4. Eloira, b. Feb. 8, 1812; m., 1833, 
Almond Gushee, jun., of Hope. 5. Julina, b. Nov. 12, 
1813; m., 1831, Josiah Thwing, of Vassalborough ; r. 
Gardiner. G. Luther, b. Nov. 10, 1815 ; m., June 10, 1838, 
Abigail P. Davis, of Warren; ch. (1). Lucena Au- 
gusta, b. May 27, 1839; (2). M e 1 v i na OraviUe, b. 
Oct. 9, 1841; (3). Louisa Jameson, b. Aug. 9, 1843 ; 
and others. 7. Olive, b. Aug. 27, I8I7 ; .m., first, in 1840, 
Pliram Arnold, of Appleton ; and had (1). Almeda; m., 
second, David Gushee, by whom she has (2). Armena. 
8. Millard Gillinor, b. Sept. 9, 1821. 9. Almena, m., 
Nov. 17, 1844, Edward Hills; ch. (1). Julia Almeda, 
b. Dec. 17, 1845; d. Oct. 1, 1848 ; (2). Hiram Arnold, 
b. Aug 5, 1847; (3). Helen Maria, b Oct. 12, 1849. 
— II. Rufus, b. Dec. 25, 1790; r. Searsmont ; m., first, 
Abigail, dr. of Capt. Amos Barrett, Jan. 18, 1816 ; and had 
1. Anson Blake, b. Novcmbsr, 1817. 2. Amos Barrett, b. 
August, 1819. He m., second, Polly, dr. of Ezekiel Hagar, 
Dec. 28, 1823 ; and had Abigail, who d. ; and Ri/fus ; and 
perhaps others. — III. Lusena, b. Aug. 11, 1792; m., Oc- 
tober, 1808, Michael Crowell, b. Kingston, Mass.; had 1. 
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454 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Statira, b. March 7, 1809; m. Stevens Davis; r. Wiscon- 
sin. 2. Rufus Gillnwr, b. May 22, i811 ; d. Utica, N.Y., 
April, 1839. 3. Mary, b. May' 15, 1813; m. Si^muel 
White; r. Orono. 4. Caroline EHzaleth, h. Aug. 6, 1815 ; 
m. Hugh Reed; r. Orono. 5. James Parker, b. Dec. 20, 
1817 ; r. Wisconsin. 6. Sarah Gillmor, b. May, 1820; m. 
Jeremiah Page, of Dexter. 7. Hannah Parker, b. Dec. 26, 
1822; m. Charles Thayer; r. Cleavland, Ohio. 8. Luscna 
Elizabeth, b. Aug. 6, 1825; m. Paul Webster; r Orono. 

9. Po//?/, b. April 22, 1828. 10. Charles Gillmor. b. Jt.n. 
4,1831; d. July 27, 1841. 11. ilfic/joe/, b. May 24, 1834 ; 
d. August, 1834. 12. Samuel White, b. June 15, 1836. — 
IV. Millard, b. Sept. 28, 1794; widower, sea-captain. — V. 
Julia Metcalf, b. April 3, 1797; m., 1818, Lieut. -col. John 
M. Bachelder, b. Aug. 8, 1792, at East Kingston, N.H., son 
of Captain Nathaniel Bachelor; had 1. Almeda Adaline, b. 
May 16, 1819; d. Dec. 23, 1839. 2. John Morrill, h. 
Aug. 11, 1820; drowned Aug. 21, 1825. 3. Julia Ann, 
b. March 8, 1822; m. Zuinglius Collins; and had (1). 
Leroy Zuinglius; (2). Azelia Matilda, b. Dec. 
8, 1847. 4. Sarah Gillmor, b. May 28, 1823 ; m. Aurelius, 
6. of Christopher Young. 5. Harriet Loana, b. Jan. 12, 1826. 
6. Jolm Morrill, b. Jan. 4, 1829. 7. Frances Viana, b. 
Aug. 22, 1831 ; m., 1850, Ziba Simmons. 8. Charles Gill- 
mor, b. June 3, 1833. 9. Eliza Matilda, b. June 2, 1835. 

10. Mary Celesta, b. July 18, 1837. — VI. Marcus, b. Oct. 
21, 1799 ; d., of delirium tremens. May 13, 1832 ; m. Elsie, 
dr. of John Lermond ; had 1. Ann, b. Sept. 16, 1823; m. 
Robert Thompson Rowley. 2. Millard, b. Dec. 15, 1824; 
d. Aug. 18, 1826. 3. Martha, b. March 7, 1826; m. Eze- 
kiel G. D. Boveridge. 4. Louisa Alden, b. April 6, 1828; 
m. William H. Gowen. 5. Gustavus, b. Dec. 28, 1830. — 
VII. Sarah Bobbins, b. Sept. 10, 1803; m., 1827, Abijah 
P. Judd ; r. Bethany, Conn. — VIII. Charles Pope, b. Sept. 
21, 1808 ; drowned at Orono, May 22, 1833. — IX. Nancy, 
b. Jan. 29, 1815; m., 1829, Robert Thompson, jun. ; and 
had 1. Adelia Ma7Hlla,h. Jan. 5, IHSO. 2. Sarah Ainanda, 
b. Nov. 3, 1831. 3. Marcus Albury, b. Dec. 4, 1833. 
4. Oseola Adelphvs, b. June 5, 1836. 5. Hoi lis, b. 
Jan. 20, and d. March 29, 1839. 6 and 7. Twins; Eli 
Moor and AH Mehemet, b. June 19, 1840. 8. Flora 
Maria, b. Dec. 25, 1844. 9. Richard Edwin, b. Jan. 18, 
1848. 



GLEASON. 455 

Gleason,^ MrcvjAH, b. Framingham, Jan. 27, 1777, 

* " Gleason, or Glkison, or Glezex, and (as sometimes written 
an 1 pn):i.)ui\jsd) LaE-tu.v." Thomis Glea^on early took the oath of 
fi I 'lity, and is named, in Ifio", on Cambridge town-records. He was 
of Charlestown. in March, 1662, in the occupation of the "tract of 
laud reservv.'d to S:iua Sachem." He d. in Cambridge, probably about 
H)S4r. Hy his w. Susanna, he had, in Cambridge, ^lary, b. Oct. 31, 
IGjZ. His other ch., b. before, were Thomas, Joseph, John. Of 
tha-ie, Thomas, the oldest, belonged to Sudbury in 1665, bought of 
Bjnjamin Rjce, in the south part of Framingham, was received to 
Sherburne, Oc-t. 5, 1378, and d. in Framingham, July 2o, 1705. By 
his w. Sarah, who d. July 8, 1703, he hadl. Sarah, b. Feb. 6, 1665 ; 
m. Jeremi^ih Morse. 2. Anne, m. John Gibbs, 1688. 3. Thomas. 
4. I-aac. 5. Patience. 6. Mary, b. June 19, 1680. 7. John. The 
s 'venth of these children, viz. John, was constable in Framingham in 
1710, three years a selectman, and d. there, ^lay 9, 1740. By his w. 
Abigail he had 1. Ebcnezer, b. probably in Sherburne, Sept. 1, 1708 ; 
and in Framingham, 2. John, b. Feb. 27, 1710-11. 3. Anne, b. May 
,3, 1713; m., Nov. 22, 1733, Ji.hn Drury. 4. Samuel, b. Dec. 13, 
171i. 5. Abigail, b. Nov. 23, 1717 ; m., James Cloyes, May 28, 1740. 

6. Martha, b. Mav 1, 1720; m., Nov. 11, 1742. Jonathan Mavnard. 

7. Sarah, b. Feb. "6. 1723-4; m., Jan. 4, 1749, John Crooks, of Hop- 
kinton. 8. Patience, b. July 7, 1729; m., Aug. 25, 1748, Daniel 
Ball; moved to Athol. 

Simuel, the fourth of the children, m., first, Elizabeth How, Jan. 
C\ 1735, who d. soon after the birtli of the child Elizabeth, who d. 
act. eighteen. Samuel, m , second, Dorothy Faux, March 14, 1740, 
who d. 1751 ; and, third, Abigail Livermore, April 3, 1755. By his 
second wife he had 2. William, b. June 6, 1740; d. July 10, 1741. 
3. Samuel, b. Oct. 9. 1742. 4. John, b. July 22, 1746. 5 and 6. 
Twins, b. Oct. 18. 1748; viz. Dolly, m. Asa Drury, of Natick, and 
Martha, m. Asaph Bigelow, of Framingham, and d. 1830. 7. Mary, b. 
Fv'hiuary, 1751 ; m. James Morse. 

The fourth of these, Col. Johx Gle.vson, b. July 22, 1746; m. 
Anna Fames, of Ilolliston, who d. of fever, aged about seventy-five, 
Jan. 24, 1824. He was selectman in Framingham; moved to Union 
with his son Calvin, in May, 1805 ; settled about one mile and a half 
we-it of the south part of Sunnybec Pond; and d. Sept. 20, 1827; 
had — I. John b. March 31, 1771; r. Thomaston; d. 1832. —II. 
Molly, b. July 27, 1773; m, Sept. 21, 1801, Capt. Nathan Miles, of 
Barretts Town. — III. Lydia, b. March 11, 1775; m. Joseph Morse, 
anil d. at Union ; c. — IV. Micajah, b. Jan. 27, 1777. — V. Calvin, b. at 
Framingham, March 13, 1779; d. 1850; m., Oct. 18, 1801, Sally, dr. 
of J,<mes and Sarah (Perry) Rice, and b. at Natick, April 17, 1781; 
had issue, 1. J.imes. b. July 14, 1802; d. Jan. 18, 1824. 2. Nathan 
Miles, b. May 17. 1807; m., Nov. 17, 1831. Mary Morton, of Bristol. 
3. Jasaph Mjrse, b. Dec. 8. 1808 ; m., Nov. 1839, Frances Martin, of 
Bremen. 4. Sal'i/ Perry, b. Aug. 22, 1811; m., Feb. 24, 1831, 
Cyrus Morton, of Bristol. 5. Calcin, b. Sept. 23, 1813; m., Dec. 24, 
1840. Abigail S. Simmons, of Union. 6. Charles, b. Feb. 28, 1818; 
d. Marchi3l, 1824 —VI. Anna, or Nancy, b. Jan. 25, 1781; m. 
Joshua Underwood, of ilolliston. — VII. Rebeckah, b. Oct. 18, 1782; 



456 FAMILY REGISTER. 

fourth child of Col. John; was t. 1799. , He erected a 
fulling-mill on Crawford's River. He m., March 22, 1801, 
Polly, dr. of Onesimus and Jemima (Leland) Cole, of Sher- 
burne, who d. Sept. 22, 1836. He was greatly afflicted 
with asthma, often going to Boston and back in a vessel for 
the relief it gave him; and d. in Union, June 19, 1823 He 
had children — I. Joseph, b. March 22, 1802; m., first, 
Caroline, dr. of John Fairbanks, Nov. 25, 1827, who d. 
Aug. 17, 1847; c. ; and, second, Ann, dr. of Thaddeus 
Luce, Jan. 9, 1848, who d. Feb. 17, 1850, leaving 1. Atni 
Caroline, b. Feb. 17, 1850. He m., third, Betsey, dr. of 
William Collins, of Appleton, ^Sept. 15, 1850. — H. Eliza, 
b. Oct. 2, 1803 ; m., 1821, David Norris Piper, of Thomas- 
ton ; had 1. Aaron G., b. Feb. 27, 1822. 2. Sarah Jane, 
b. Dec. 3, 1823; m. a Fales, of St. George. 3. Mary E., 
b. Jan. 1825; m. Barnabas Webb, of Thomaston. 4. 
Martha Frances, b. March 20, 1828 ; m., George W. Bever- 
idge, of Hope. 5. David Norris, b. Jan. 1831. — HI. 
William, b. Aug. 18, 1805; m, April 12, 1827, Lydia 
Le Doit, b. in North Yarmouth ; whose father, from France, 
d. May 24, 1814, and was buried in Union. Their ch. 1. 
Infant dr., b. Feb. 20, 1828; d. Feb. 21, 1828. 2. Elita, 
b. Feb. 14, 1829 ; d. Oct. 21, 1832. 3. Abigail Childs, b. 
Dec. 15, 1830. 4. Mary Cole, b. Dec. 14, 1832; d. April 
7,1842. 5. Miccyo/t, b. Feb. 16, 1835. 6. Hannah Irish, 
b. June 17, 1838. 7. Hellen Elizabeth, b. July 23, 1841. 
8. Edward, b. Sept. 18, 1843. 9. Edgar, b. Feb. 18, 
1846; d. March 2, 1848. — IV. Mary, b. July 17, 1807; 
m., Nov. 14, 1850, Samuel Beals, of Abington, Mass. — V. 
Harriet, b. Jan. 21, 1810; m. Nathaniel Bobbins, jun. — 
VI. Olive, b. Oct. 4, 1812; m., 1837, Stetson Vaughan, of 
Warren, Me.; r. Abington, Mass ; had 1. George D., h. 
June 18, 1838. 2. Louisa E., b. Nov. 29, 1839. 3. Ori- 
anna A., b. Oct. 15, 1841. 4. Francis L., b. Jan. 18, 
1844. — VII. Sarah, b. March 13, 1817 ; m. John Williams, 



m. Jonathan Morse, and d. in Union, 1831. — VIII. Olive, h. July 
20, 1784 ; m., Oct. 7, 1804, Micah Stone, of Warren, and d. 1812. — 
IX. Hitty, b. Sept. 30, 178fi; m , Feb 8, 1805. John Hcnienway, of 
Koyalston, and moved to Union. — X. Aaron, b. P'eb. 17, 1791; ni. 
Rachel Metcalf; d. Thomaston, 1829. Of the sons, Micajah and 
Calvin settled here. For fuller details of the early gencaloi-y, see 
Barry's "History of Framingliam," from which much of this account 
of the early generations is derived. 



GLEASON. — GRINNELL. 457 

of Warren ; r. Union; ch. 1, George F., b. May 15, 1844. 
2. Augustus E., b. June 24, 1848. 

Grixxell, Bailey, b. Little Compton, R. I. ; came 
probably soon after his br. Royal ; t. 1791 ; r. north side of 
Muddy Pond ; moved to Exeter, where he d. in the fall of 
1834. His w.. Reliance Spooner, b. Rhode Island; d. in 
Union, iNlay 20, 1834. They had — I. Richard, cast away 
and drowned at sea, Nov. 19, 1807 — II. Samuel Spooner, 
m. Catherine Morse, of Friendship; r. Appleton. — III. 
Mace Shepard, b. Little Compton, R. I., Aug., 15, 1786; 
m., in Union, Jan. 19, 1812, Rachel Butters, b. Feb. 4, 
1789, at Jaffrey, N. H. ; moved to Exeter, in March, 1814 ; 
ch. 1. Jane, b. and d. 1812, a few days old. 2. William 
Spooner, b. Union, Sept. 20, 1813; m., Dec. 31, 1838, 
Mahala, dr. of Rev. Cornelius Irish, and had (1). Esther 
Arvilla, b. Oct. 14, 1839; (2). Cornelius Irish, b. 
July, 1841; (3). Jane Mabry, b. Jan. 1843; (4). 
Albert; d. ; (5). Mary A.; (6). A d a A. 3. Sarah, 
b. Exeter, June 17, 1815; m., Jan. 26, 1843, Isaac Worth, 
of Exeter; c. 4. Albert, b. Jan. 7, 1817; m., June 15, 
1843, Angela Hayden, of Bangor, from Castine ; had (1). 
Ellen Maria, b. Boston, April 10, 1844; (2). Charles 
Edwin, b. Boston, Aug. 20, 1847. 5. Charles B., b. 
Aug. 17, 1818; m., Sept. 27, 1844, Mary Thomas, b. May 16, 
1818; dr. of Asa a^d Mary (Hill) Shaw, of Exeter ; c. 6. 
Eloira, b. May 17, 1820; m., April 22, 1841, Nathaniel, 
s. of Nathaniel Barker, of Exeter; and had (1). Mary 
Esther; (2). Charles F. ; (3). Frederick; (4). 
Frank. 7. Susan, b. May 3, 1822; d. Jiily 25, 1824. 8. 
Diana R., b. Feb. 4, 1824; d. Sept. 1826. 9. Arvilla, b. 
Nov. 13,1826; d. June, 1827. — IV. Philip, b. Nov. 1, 1789; 
m., first, a Cunningham, Aug. 7, 1823 ; and, second, Mary K. 
Jameson; all d. — V. Susanna, b. March 9, 1792; m., 
Oct. 1815, Joshua Spear, of Warren; and d. of consump- 
tion. — VI. Rebecca, b. June 30, 1794; u. — VII. Bailey, 
b. Jan. 25, 1797; drowned, Nov. 21, 1807, below the mill 

on Muddy Brook. —VIII. Cornelius, b. 25, 1799 ; d. 

March 19, 1833, of consumption; u. — IX. Reliance, b. 
Feb. 9, 1802; m., 1822, Joshua Morse, from Friendship, 
in 1822; and had 1. Elijah, b. July 20, 1823. 2. 
Lucinda, b. Nov. 6, 1824; d. Sept. 5, 1825. 3. Lucinda, 
b. Dec. 15, 1825. 4. Clarinda, h. Jan. 18, 1827. 5. 
Louisa, b. Oct. 16, 1828. 6. Reliance, b. Aug. 14, 1830. 
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458 FAMILY REGISTER. 

7. Delena, h. Aug. 15, 1832. 8. Susanna, b. Aug. 16, 
1834. 9. Harriet, b. July 1, 1836. 10. Olive Celeste, b. 
June 1, 1839. 11. Anthony Adelhert, b. Jan. 5, 1841. 

12. Charles Leroy, b. May 19, 1843. 

Geinnell, Royal, b. at Little Compton, R. I., June 1, 
1755; d. in Union, Nov. 1, 1837; ni., Oct. 18, 1781, in 
Dartmouth, Mass., Hannah Briggs, b. there April 13, 1760 ; 
ch. — I. Betsey, b. Sept. 18, 1782; d. Oct. 6, 1782. — II. 
Deborah, b. Oct. 1, 1783; d. of consumption, Feb. 23, 
1812; m., Nov. 13, or 14, 1806, Alpheus Collamore ; had 
1. Royal, b. Oct. 16, 1807; d. Jan. 1823. 2. Peter, b. 
May 14, 1809. 3. William A., b. March 5, 1811. A. C, 
m., second, Chloe Cummings ; [A. Collamore's father, 
Joshua, d. June 18, 1821, 81.] — III. Hannah, b. Jan. 20, 
1786; m., Aug. 2, 1804, Asaph Lucas; and had 1. Wil- 
lard, b. Aug. 17, 1805; m., 1829, Anna Fossett. 2. 
Edwin, b. May 2, 1807. 3. Mary, b. May 3, 1810; m. 
George Washington Messer. 4. Air am, b. May 31, 
1820; d. June 4, 1820. 5. Martha, b. April 20, 1823; d. 
Oct. 15, 1826. — IV. Charity, b. Jan. 20, 1788; d. April 

13, 1809, "disorder in the head." — V. Mercy, b. Jan. 3, 
1791 ; m. John Allen, Sept. 5, 1812 (?) ; r. Buffalo, N.Y. 
— VI. Daniel Briggs, b. April 22, 1793; m., April 15, 
1819, Sally Esensa ; r. Appleton ; had 1. Elijah, b. Jan. 
1820; m. Susan Fish, who d. 1847. 2. Nancy, m. Bailey 
Grinnell. 3. Eunice, m. William Lehr. 4. Sarah, m. 
Joseph Light. 5. Lavinia, b. April, 1836. — VII. Mary, b. 
April 30, 1795; m., Dec. 6, 1812, Isaac Booth; moved to 
Exeter, and d. April 12, 1836; had 1. Albert, b. Dec. 15, 
1813. 2. Orlando, b. Sept. 12, 1815. 3. Ira, b. July 29, 
1817. 4. Mary Elizabeth, b. July 30, 1819. 5. Jacob, b. 
June 1, 1821. 6. Isaac, h. March 25, 1823. 7. Hannah 
Briggs, b. March 25, 1825. 8. Martha, b. March 30, 

1827. 9. Royal Grinnell, h. June 23, 1829. — VIII. James, 
b. Dec. 1, 1797; m. Sally Lothrop, of Union, 1819 ; and 
had 1. Olive, h. June 14, 1820. 2. Sa7'ah Ann, h. March 
16, 1822 ; m , Jan. 1, 1846, Edward Cleaveland, of Camden. 
3. John, b. Feb. 17, 1824. 4. William, b. March 26, 1826. 
^. Martha, b. Feb. 11, 1828; d. Feb. 23 (gravestone 24), 

1828. 6. and 7. Julia Maria, and Arthusa Kellogg, twins, 
b April 12, 1829. 8. Royal, b. Aug. 22, 1831. 9. James 
Adelbert, b. April 22, 1835. — IX. Lavina, b. March 16, 
1800'; m., first, Stephen Huse, Sept. 12, 1819, who d. Feb. 



GRINNELL. HAWES. 459 

15, 1834; and, second, Thomas Kellerin, of Cusliing ; had 
Margaret McCall, b. Feb. 3, 1821. John Stoyell, b. 
March 27, 1832 ; and probably others. — X. Eliza, b. May 

12, 1803; m. William Eoggs,'Aug. 24, 1826; r. Illinois. 

Guild, Joseph, several times Moderator of town-meet- 
ings, came from Attleborough, Mass., with Joseph Maxcy, 
in 1788. They bought together, and afterwards divided 
the land. He took the lot now owned by Amos Walker, 
and finally, in Sept. 1793, went back to Attleborough. 

Hart, William, particularly skilful in fishing and hunt- 
ing, b. in Dedham, Mass., s. of William and Mary (Fisher) 
Hart; d. Dec. 14, 1831, set. sixty-seven; m., April 22, 
1792, Miriam, b. Aug. 24, 1767, dr. of John and Mary 
(Hill) Brick, of Sherburne, Mass. They had — I. Betsey, 
b. Sherburne, June 1, 1793; m., Aug. 20, 1812, John 
McThorndike ; r. on the Gay Farm; ch. 1. Miriam Hart, 
b. July 13, 1813; m., July 15, 1835, Horace Miller; and 
had (1). Martha S. ; (2). Dudley; (3). Mary 
Olive. 2. William Hart, b. Oct. 25, 1815. 3. Eliza, b. 
May 3, 1818; m. Lory Kelloch, of Warren; has a s o n. 
4. Abigail Crane, b. Feb. 28, 1821. 5. George, b. July 13, 
1823; d. Aug. 21, 1826. 6. Mary, b. Jan. 5, 1826. 7. 
George Washington, b. Aug. 28, 1828. 8. John Emery, 
b. July 21, 1831. 9. Sarah Barrett, h. Dec. 11, 1834. 10. 
Lucy Eells, b. March, 1840. — H. John Fisher, b. Dec. 23, 
1795; r. homestead; m., June 8, 1817, Polly, or Mary, 
Flint, b. Reading, Mass., and very early left an orphan. 
Their ch. are 1. Willard, b. July 1, 1818. 2. Joseph 
Fisher, b. Dec. 21, 1820 ; d. in Union, of ship-fever, June 
15, 1848 ; u. 3. Lucy Ann, b. Dec. 7, 1824; m., Novem- 
ber, 1850, Charles, s. of Amasa Russell, of Warren. 4. 
Avery Sanger, b. Jan. 24, 1827. 5. Abigail Sanger, b. 
Sept. 8, 1829. 6. William, b. Aug. 1, 1833. 7. John 
Amory, b. Feb. 26, 1836. 8. Edicin, b. May 27, 1839. 

Hawes,^ Abijah, b. (new style), Sept. 11, 1752, at 

' From a manix=!cript-£;(?iiealogy of Madison Ilawes, of California, 
it appears that Edward Hawes, of D.'dham, Mass., d. June 28. 1686 ; 
m., April lo. 16i8. Kliony Lumber. He had Lydia, b. Jan. 26. 1649 ; 
m. aGay; Mary, b. Nov.'4, 16-50; Daniel, h. Feb. 10. 16^)2: d. March 

13, 1737; Hannah, b. Feb. 1. lG54-;5 ; m., Jan. .5. 117), John Mason; 
John. b. Dee. 17, 1G.55; d. Feb. 21, 1731-2; Nathaniel, b. Au-. 14, 
1660; d. Oct. 16, 1714; Abigail, b. Oct. 2, 1662; m. Fales; Joseph, 



460 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Wrentham, now Franklin; d. Jan. 10, 1839; m., Decem- 
ber C?), 1782, his second cousin, Margaret Hawes, who was 
b. May 9, 1756; and d. March 24, 1833. They had — I. 
Abial (altered to Nancy), b. Jan. 17, 1784. — II. Pliny, b. 
July 22, 1787; d. Dec. 4, 1794. — III. Sanford, b. July 1, 
1789; d. Dec. 9, 1794. — IV. Whiting, b. Sept. 13, 1792; 
m., 1842, Julia, dr. of David Fales, of Thomaston ; r. home- 
stead. — V. Abijah, b. Feb. 28, 1795; r. China. 

Hawes, Matthias, six months a revolutionary soldier ; 
b. at Wrentham, now Franklin, Mass., Oct. 6, 1754; d. 
Nov. 4, 1828; m., Jan. 1, 1783, in Warren, Maine, Sarah, 
b. Feb. 18, 1765, in Sharon, Mass., dt. of Capt. Samuel 
Payson, of revolutionary memory, who subsequently moved 
from Warren to Hope, and there died. Descendants, — I. 
Sarah, or Sally, as the name was more commonly called by 
people half a century ago, b. April 5, 1784; d. Dec. 10, 
1850; m., Dec. 24, 1809, William (s. of James and Ruth 
Brown), who was b. Feb. 24, 1786; and d. Aug. 16, 1822. 
They had 1. John, b. Dec. 31, 1810 ; physician ; d. Jan. 25, 
1841, at Grenada, Mississippi. 2. James Weed, b. Aug. 10, 
1812 ; m., Oct. 8, 1837, Rowena Melinda Peabody ; r. Sac- 
carappa ; and has ( 1 ). V i e n n a A u g u s t a, b. March 9, 
1839; (2). James Milford, b. Nov. 13, 1840; (3). 

b. Ami,. 9, 1564 ; Deborah, b. Si-pt. 1, IGGfi; m. a Pmid. Daniel, b. 
Feb. 10, 1652; in., Feb. 11, 1677. Abial Gav; and had Mary, b. Sept. 
17, 1679; Abioail, b. Nov. 1.5. 1681; Daniel, b. Maveh aO, 1681. d. 
Jan. lo, 1763;"jo^iah, b. Ajn-il 6, 1686; llezekiah, b. Nov. 22, 1688; 
Ruth, b. July 9, 1691 ; Benjamin, b. March 14. 1696. Daniel, of 
Wrentham, b.' March 30, 1684; ni., Dec 20. 1710, Beriah Mann ; and 
had Daniel, b. Oct. 24, 1711; Samuel, b. Jan. 7, 1713; Pelatiah. b. 
Oct. 8. 1714; Moses, b. X\x%. 28, 1716; Aaron, b. April 13, 1718; 
Ichabod, b. Sept. 18, 1720; Timothy, b. June 21, 1722; twins, b. 
March 20. 1724, viz. lieriah and Josiah ; Mary, b. Feb. 11, 1725-6; 
Joseph, b. March 21. 1727-8. 

JosiAH Hawes, of Franklin, born March 20, 1724; died Feb. 28, 
1804; m., Dec. 18, 1751, Maria Lvon. who d. Aus;. 28, 1779; and 
had — I. Abijah, b. Auj;. 31, 1752.'— II. Mary, b. Oct. >7, 1753; d. 
Aug. 8, 1785. — III. Matthias, b. Oct. 6, 1754. — IV. Jemima, b. 
Jan? 28, 1761; d. Ai)ril 2 i, 183.); m.. Nov. 23, 1782, Eliah Wright; 
d. _V. Beriah. b. April 17, 1763; d. Oct. 20, 1818. — VI. Levi. b. 
May 22. 1765; d. M.iy 9, 1839; m.. Jan. 1, 1793, Permela Clark, who 
d. Sept. 4. 1839. 

Brietiy, Abijah Hawes and Matthias Hawes were sons of Josiah, 
b. March 20, 1724; the .-on of Daniel, h. March 30, 1684 ; the son of 
Daniel, b. Feb. 10, 1652; the son of Edward, of Dedham, Mass., who 
in., April 15, 1348, Eliony Lumber. 



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Stillborn, Dec. 6, 1842; (4). Arthur LindaU, 
b. Dec. 5, 1843; (5). Fran cell a Ann, b. May 4, 
1846; (6). Azelia M e 1 i n d a, b. July 29, 1848. 3. 
Noyes Payson Hawes, b. Aprils, 1815. 4. William Hawes, 
b. Sept. 23, 1817. 5. Sarah Noijcs, h. Jan. 7, 1820; m., 
in Boston, March 9, 1842, William L. Wight, b. May 26, 
1815, at Otisfield, where he d. Jan. 3, 1851 ; ch. (1.) 
Charlotte D., b. Dec. 1, 1842, in Boston, and d. Aug. 
14, 1843, in Roxbury ; (2). Sarah Noyes, b. March 24, 
1844; d. Otisfield, Oct. 15, 1849; (3). Mary Susan, b. 
July 20, and d. Oct. 21, 1845, at South Boston; (4). 
Mary, b. Sept. 23, 1846, at South Boston ; (5). William 
L., b. Dec. 30, 1847; d. Aug. 1, 1848; (6). Martha, b. 
Jan. 4, 1849; d. April 24, 1850. — II. James, b. Nov. 11, 
1785, d. Nov. 23 or 24, 1793, of throat-distemper. — III. 
Mary, b. June 17, 1787; m., Aug. 14, 1808, Simon Bar- 
rett, b. Concord, Mass., Sept. 24, 1765; r. Hope. He d. 
April 20, 1845, at the insane hospital at Augusta; ch. 1. 
Simo7i Hawes, b. Aug. 24, 1809; m., June 1, 1849, Mary 
Esther Jane Fox, who was b. Jan. 3, 1825, in England. 2. 
Mary Hunt, b. June 18, 1811 ; d. Oct. 26, 1837. 3. Noyes 
Payson Haloes, b. June 15, 1813 ; m., Oct. 7, 1836, Jeanette 
Kingsley Frary, who was b. Dec. 11, 1817, at Riga, N.Y. ; 
and she d. April 1, 1850 ; had (1). Amos William, b. 
Nov. 29, 1838; (2). Charles Spencer, b. Aug. 1, 
1841, d. Dec. 26, 1842; (3). Franklin Noyes, b. 
Aug. 15, 1844; (4). Horace Frary, b. Oct. 18, 1846. 
4. Maria Lyon, b. March 20, 1818 ; d. Aug. 20, 1843 ; m., 
Dec. 12, 1838, Joseph Muzzey, who was b. March 14, 1807 ; 
r. Searsmont ; had Mary Maria, b. Aug. 22, 1841. 5 
and 6. Twins, b. March 25, 1820; viz. Charles; d. May, 
1847, Elizabethtown, N. J. ; and Amos; r. Elizabethtown, 
N. J. 7. Fidelia H., b. Sept. 26, 1823 ; m., May 22, 1845, 
Horace Muzzey, Avho was b. May 29, 1814; r. Searsmont; 
and has (1). Fidelia, b. April, 1850. 8. Matthias, b. 
April 6, 1825 ; r. California. — IV. Sukey, twin with Mary, 
b. June 17, 1787 ; d., of throat-distemper, Dec. 20, 1793. — 
V. Oliver, b. March 8, 1789; d. March 11, 1789.— VI. 
and VII. Twins, Hermon and Pliny, both b. Jan. 16, and 
d. Jan. 17, 1790. — VIII. Melatiah,"b. April 21, 1791 ; m., 
June 2, 1825, David Crabtree, who was b. Feb. 26, 1781 ; 
r. Hope; had 1. Emeline, b. April 26, 1826. 2. Caroline, 
b. Sept. 15, 1827 ; d. Jan. 17, 1839. 3. Maria, b. Oct. 3, 



462 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1829. 4. Sophia, b. May 18, 1832. 5. Amelia, b. Oct. 8„ 

1837. — IX. Otis, b. Jan. 21 or 31, 1793 ; m., Sept. 20, 1818,, 
Elsie, b. March 25, 1797, dr. of John Davis, of Appleton ;; 
and had 1. Sarah, b. April 9, 1820 ; d. Sept. 23, 1838. 2.. 
Silas, b. Dec. 26, 1821 ; m., Sept. 10, 1848, Margaret, dr.. 
of Samuel Hills; and has (1). Emma F., b. 1850. 3., 
Roxana Nott, b. Dec. 18, 1823; m., 1843, Isaac C. Ho- 
vey ; and has (1). Harriet Luella; (2). Sarah;. 
(3). George. 4. Lmuwirt, b. July 20, 1825. 5. Philander,, 
b. Sept. 22, 1827. 6. Julia,h. Dec. 17, 1829. 7. Cyrene, b. 
Feb. 9, 1833. 8. Xofi/m/fZa, b. July 19, 1835. 9. Edwin, h. 
Nov. 3, 1839. 10. Charles Barrett., h. Nov. 26, 1841. —X. 
Austin, b. Sept. 22, 1794 ; d., April 5, 1795, of influenza. — 
XI. Noyes Payson, r. Boston and California, b. Feb. 4, 1 796 ; . 
m., Oct. 25, 1827, Abigail, b. Sept. 21, 1797, dr. of Johm 
Wilkes Richardson, of Franklin, Mass. ; had 1. Harriet, h. 
b. Aug. 22, 1828 ; teaching in Tuscaloosa, Ala. 2. Abigail, 
b. Oct. 2, 1830. 3. William, b. Sept. 19, 1832. 4. Ed- 
ward, h. July 31, 1834; d. Aiig. 11, 1835. 5. Silas, h. 
Aug. 3, and d. Aug. 4, 1836. 6. Caroline, b. July 15, 

1838. — XII. Julia, b. Nov. 17, 1797.— XIII. Silas, b. 
June, and d. Aug. 1, 1799. — XIV. Lavinia Anthony, b. 
Sept. 28, 1800; m. Vinal Ware. — XV. Galen, b. April 13, 
1802; r. homestead; d. Aug. 4, 1834; m.,Jan. 6, 1831, Har- 
riet, dr. of Capt. JohnW. Lindley ; and had 1. Mary Barrett, 
b. Jan. 16, 1832; m. Prentiss M. Blake. 2 and 3. Twins, 
b. March 9, 1833, viz. Horace, d. Aug. 14, 1833, and Levi 
Lindley. [Galen's widow m. Elias Blake, of Bangor.] — 
XVI. Levi, b. Dec. 24, 1804; d. Aug. 12, 1805, of can- 
ker-rash. — XVII. Stillborn, July, 1806. — XVIII. Still- 
born, August, 1807. —XIX. Madison, b. March 24, 1809 ; 
printer; r. California; m., May 1, 1834, Nancy Nelson 
Dam; had 1. Sarah Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1836 ; d. Nov. 13, 
18 37. 2. Edward Payson, b. Jan. 29, 1839; d. July 15, 
18 44. 3. William Wirt, b. Feb. 17, 1841 ; d. April 14, 184-:. 
4. Nancy Cornelia, b. July 24, 1842. 

Hawes, Moses, town-clerk, schoolmaster ; s. of Joseph 
and Hannah ; was b. at Franklin, Mass. ; m. Mary, dr. of 
Alexander Kelloch (commonly pronounced Kellar), of War- 
ren ; in the spring of 1806, returned to Franklin, where he 
d. Descendants, — I. Hannah, b. April 27, 1781 (the first 
female b. in Stirlington who grew to be an adult) ; m., March 
6, 1801, Nathan Allen; became a widow, and her father 



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took her to his home in Franklin, Mass., where she d. ; 
had 1. Sabin, b. Aug. 25, 1801; m. ; r. Pawtucket, 
Central Falls, R. I. 2. A7nos, h. Feb. 14, 1804 ; m. thrice; 
r. Franklin. 3. Clarinda, h. July 22, 1806; m. Sumner 
Pond, of Franklin ; and d. — II. Herman, b. Sept. 23, 
1783; settled on the homestead; m. Abigail Simmons, of 
Waldoborough, Feb. 22, 1804, who d. May 2, 1851. They 
had 1. Matilda, h. Feb. 2, 1805; m., first, 1826, Noah 
Bartlett, grandson of David Robbins ; and had (1). Oscar 
Alonzo, b. April 16,1827; (2). Fostina M a rill a, b. 
D3C. 28, 1829; (3). Adolphus Lewellyn, b. Sept. 13, 
1832. After Mr. 13artlett"s death, his w. became second w. 
of Fisher Hart. 2. Martha Maria, h. Jan'. 27, 1808; d. 
Oct. 10, 1808. 3. Stephen Siiimons, b. Aug. 28, 1809; r. 
the Philip Robbins Place; m., 1830, Alzina, dr. of Spencer 
Walcott ; had (1) and (2). Twins, Ar aves t a Matilda, 
and Aravilla Avis, b. Feb. 1, 1831; (3). Noah 
Bartlett, b. March 28, 1839; d. March 10, 1840; (4). 
Marietta Bartlett, b. Sept. 20, 1841 ; (5). Abigail 
Simmons, b. Feb. 14, 1849. 4. William Groion, b. 
July 18, 1811 ; m.. May, 1834, Roxana Robbins; r. home- 
stead; ch. (1). Herbert Alonzo, b. April 28,1839; 
(2). Henry Augustus, b. Nov. 23, 1840; (3). Edwin 
Ruthven, b. Feb. 10, 1843; (4). E me r y R o s c o e, b. 
July 7, 1845; d. June 22, 1850 ; (5). Phebe Robbins, 
b. Oct. 9, 1848. 5. Hannah Allen, b. July 4, 1813; in., 
March 13, 1843, Asa Messer. 6 and 7. Twins, b. Aug. 24, 
1816, viz: Moses, m. Lucinda C. Libbey ; and Mary, m. 
Manning Walcott. 8. Charles A., b. Nov. 3, 1818; m., 
1837, Sarah Angslina, dr. of B. R. Mowrey ; had (I). 
Llewellyn, b. Nov. 15, 1837; (2). Ellen Adclia, 
b. March 16, 18 40; (3). Eliza Matilda, b. July 29, 
1842; (4). Martha xVIaria, b. Sept. 20, 1844; (5). 
Harriet R h o b e, b. Feb. 17, 1847; (6). Colin, b. 
March 3, 1849. 9. Abigail, b. Oct. 28, 1822; m. Jesse 
Wentworth, writing-master ; r. Boston ; b. in Hope, Nov. 
15, 1815, s. of Asa and Hannah (Hewitt) Payspn ; and has 
(1). Matilda Hawes, b. Dec. 14, 1844. — III. Abigail, 
b. Jan. 26, 1786 ; m. Dr. Pelatiah Metcalf, from Wrentham. 
— IV. Mary, m. Peter Fisher, of Franklin; and d. — V. 
Eleanor, m. Alfred Knapp, of Franklin. — VI. Amelia, b. 
1798; m Elisha Harding, M. D. ; had \. Harriet Augusta, 
b. June 7, 1820 ; d. Aug. 2, 1826. 2. Nathaniel Miller, b. 



464 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Feb. 9, 1822 ; m., June 13, 1839, Sarah Whiting, dr. of E. 
Cobb; r. Rockland; and had (1). Amelia Alwilder, 
b. Nov. 3, 1841 ; d. May 13, 1842; (2). a s o n, b. 1849. 

Hills, John, br. of Samuel; t. 1797; with Sylvanus 
Prince bought land joining Stewart's on the 'north, sold it 
to N. Robbins, Esq., and returned to the West. 

Hills, ^ Samuel, b. Feb. 14, 1760, at Pawtucket, R.I. ; 
spent a large part of his minority at Wrentham, Mass. ; 
was the first blacksmitli in Union; very deaf; d. of con- 
sumption, Aug. 5, 1829. March 2, 1786, he m., in Upton, 
Mass., Abigail Child, who d. Feb. 7, 1837. They had — I. 
Jabez Fisher, b. Nov. 27, 1786; d. Sept. 13, 1802. — II. 
Peggy, or Margaret, b. Aug. 19, 1790 ; d. Oct. 15, 1794. — 
III. Elizabeth, b. March 31, and d. March 31, 1794. — IV. 
Joel, b. April 20, 1795; m., Sept. 1, 1825, Abigail, dr. of 
Levi and Pamelia Hawes, of Franklin. He was a store- 
keeper in partnership with Walter Morse in Belmont ; 
afterward lived many years at Bangor, and went to Boston a 
year or two before he d. at South Boston, Sept. 25, 1849. 
His ch. are 1. William Sanford, b. July 5, 1826. 2. Joel 
Hawes, b. Nov. 28, 1828. 3. Edward Haioes, b. Aug. 20, 
and d. Nov. 1, 1832. 4. Sarah Smith, b. July 28, 1835. 
5. Abigail Pamelia, b. Oct. 8, 1837. 6. Mary Maria, b. 
April 2'6, 1840. 7. Caroline, b. Feb. 6, 1842. — V. San- 
ford, b. May 3, 1797 ; m.. May 3, 1821, Avis, dr. of Spencer 
Walcott ; r. homestead; and d. Aug. 10, 1832; had 1. 
Abigail Ann, b. April 5, 1822, m. Madan King Payson ; r. 
Natick, Mass., and had (1). Lauriston, d. 1851; (2). 
Lisette. 2. Joel Fisher, b. Oct. 1, 1823. 3. Spencer 
Walcott, b. March 24, 1825. 4. Hannah Walcott, b. Feb. 
3, 1827. 5. Samuel George, b. Nov. 5, 1829. 6. Sanford 
Manning, b. Jan. 15, 1832. 

Holmes, Elijah, b. in Stoughton, now Sharon, Mass., 
Sept. 29, 1764; m., Aug. 25, 1785, Dorcas (dr. of Elisha 
Partridge, by his first wife), b. March 31, 1767, in Frank- 

' This family must be distinguished from that of Reuben Hills, 
who came in 1803 or 1801 from liawke, now Danville, IS'. II., and 
who was b. at Che.stcr, N. II., and d. here Sept. 28, 1828, aged 
seventy-six. His w., Sai'ah C'urrier, d. Nov. 1, 1835. They had 
Samuel ; Sarah, m., Jan. 20, 1803, John Dickey, r. Searsmont ; Na- 
than ; Reuben; Josiah ; Isaac; Nancy, m., Jan. Ifi, 1817, Jonathan 
Eastman; Cyrus; Betsey, d. young; xVlden, drowned ; Charlotte, d. 
young; Louisa, m., Feb. 14, 1822, George Silloway, and d. 1850. 



HOLMES. — IRISH. ' 465 

lin, Mass., where she d, in 1813(1). A short time before 
the war of 1812, he went to the British Provinces; m. a 
second time ; and settled at Moose River, near Lubec, 
Maine. From about 1829, when he returned to Rockland, 
he lived with his son Charles, and d. there Feb. 10, 1839. 
Hisch. — I. Dorcas, b. May 26, 1786. — II. Bernard, b. 
Jan. 1, 1788; d. Dec. 25, 1825.-111. Elijah, b. Dec. 11, 
1789. — IV. Willoughby, b. May 17, 1791 [town-record], 
1792 [family-record] ; d. July 19, 1791 [town-record], 1792 
[family-record]. — V. Charles, b. Aug. 20, 1793; r. Rock- 
land. — VI. Susanna, b. Dec. 28, 1794, or Dec. 29, 1796; 
d. Feb. 8, 1795, or February, 1797.— VII. and VIII. 
Twins, b. March 20, 1798 ; Mary, d. May 26, 1835 ; Hannah, 
d. Oct. 24, 1800. — IX. Anna, b. March 31, 1800; d. Oct. 
22, 1800. — X. Amos, b. Feb. 14, 1802; d. — XI. Oliver, 
b. May 12, 1803. — XII. George, b. Aug. 24, 1805.— 
XIII. Robert, b. May 4, 1808. 

Irish, Ichabod, b. Jan. 6, 1740, O. S., at Little Comp- 
ton, R. I; d. Aug. 5, 1815. His first wife, Polly, d. before 
he came here. His second wife, Hannah Grinnell, b. Aug. 
31, 1745, O. S., d. July 30, 1794. Early in 1795, he m. his 
third w.,the widow Jane (Story) Thompson, of Barretts Town, 
who d. June 16, 1810, oet. sixty-three. In his seventy-first 
year he was m., Oct. 23, 1811, at Vassalborough Friends' 
Meeting, to his fourth wife, Deborah Conklin, then in 
her fifty-first year. His ch. were — I. Betsey, m. Ebenezer 
Whitcomb, of Barretts Town, and d. ; had ch. 1. Ebenezer. 
2. Ira, d. young. 3. John, d. a young man. 4. Ira. 5. 
Thirsa, m. Abel Blood. 6. Betsey, m. a Dillingham. 7. 
Mahala, m. William Fletcher. 8. Henry. 9. Nancy, m. 
Kingman Gurney. 10. Sally, m. John Whitcomb. 11. 
Benjamin, twin with Sally. 12. Ruth, m. Charles Elliott. 13. 
Eleazar. — II. Ruth, m. Jonathan Fletcher, of Lincolnville, 
and d. Her dr. Sally, m. Robert Moody. — III. Mary, or 
Polly, d. March, 1792. — IV. Permelia, b. July 22, 1773; 
d. May 30, 1797. — V. Comfort, b. Jan. 18, 1775; d. May 
1,1796. — VI. Thankful, b. April 8, 1778; d. Jan. 20, 
1798 ; m. Walter Philbrook ; and had 1. James. — VII. and 
VIII. Twins, b. Aug. 13, 1780, viz. Mahala, d. Dec. 20 or 
25, 1799; and Thirsa, d. Aug. 6, 1797. — IX. Cornelius 
Bailey, b. March 10, 1782, at Wcstport Point, sixteen miles 
in a southerly direction from New Bedford, Mass., near Se- 
connet Point, lives on the Capt. Joel Adams Place. He was 
40 



466 FAMILY REGISTER. 

ordained deacon at the New England Methodist Conference 
at Providence, R.I., by Bishop Enoch George, June 15, 
1823 ; and elder by Bishop Elijah Hedding at the conference 
at Gardner, July 12, 1829. He m., Dec. 5, 1804, Polly, dr. 
of Capt. Joel Adams ; had 1. A son, b. and d. March 24, 
1806. 2, Mahala, b. July 22, 1807; m., Dec. 31, 1838, 
William S. Grinnell. 3. Milton, b. May 7, 1812; m. 
Emily Eves, of San Augustine, Texas, where they live ; ch. 
(1). Benjamin Milam, b. September, 1845; (2). A 
daughter, b. September, 1848. 4. Leicis, h. May 25, 
1814; w. Sophronia ; ch. (1). Mary Jane, b. March 2, 
1843; (2). Cordelia, b. Sept. 27, 1844 ; (3). Wilder, 
b. Sept. 3, 1846; (4). Judson Greeley, b. June 6, 
1849. 5. Joseph, b. July 19, 1816; m., Oct. 14, 1839, 
Cordelia Clary, of Jefferson, who d. Nov. 18, 1850; had 
(1.) Milton, b. Oct. 5, 1840; (2). Austin, b. Jan. 4, 
1843; d. July 18, 1849; (3). Mary Ella, b. Oct. 5, 
1846; (4). George A., b. Aug. 22, 1849. J. I. m., 
second, June 17, 1851, Nancy, dr. of Jonathan and Nancy 
(Hills) Eastman. 6. Mel-ia, b. Aug. 31, 1818; r. Salis- 
bury, Mass. ; m. Joseph Homer Walton ; andhad ch. (1). Lu- 
8 11 a; (2). EdAvard Morse; (3). Henry Adams, 
who d. 7. Mary, or Polhj, b. Sept. 13, 1822. 8. Esther, 
b. Oct. 31, 1824; d. Sept. 23 or 24, 1826. — X. Hannah, 
b. May 10, 1784; m., first, Abiel Le Doit; and, second, 
David Haskell; r. Foxcroft. — XI. Levi, b. May 19, 1786; 
m., Oct. 4, 1810, Anna, widow of Banham Pease, of Apple- 
ton, and d. May 1, 1820. — XII. Ichabod, b. May 31, 1790; 
m., first, in July, 1812, Lucy, dr. of Jeremiah Mitchell; 
and, second, a Curtis, of Newcastle. He had Charles West, 
b. Dec. 28, 1812. 

Jennison, Ebenezer, son of Dr. J., schoolmaster, sur- 
veyor, &c., was here till after the beginning of the nine- 
teenth century ; moved to Dixmont, and there d. 

Jones, Edward, Esq. ; probably from Bridgewater, 
Mass. ; t. 1791 ; d. of paralysis, June 3, 1815 ; and his w. 
Phcbe, "of decline," June 5, 1815, both aged fifty-five; c. 
Their funerals were at the same time, and both were buried 
in one grave. 

Kieff, John, from Thomaston or vicinity ; carpenter ; 
r. Belmont; m. Mary, or Betsey, Peabody ; had — I. Alex- 
ander, b. Feb. 21, 1798. — II. Jane, b. Aug. 29, 1799.— 



KIEFF. — LEWIS. 467 

III. Polly, b. Barretts Town, May 4, 1801. — IV. Grecnlcaf, 
b. May 13, 1803. 

Lermond, John, from Warren; probably belonged to 
one of the Scotch families which came from Ireland to Lon- 
donderry, N.H. While a boy, it is said he was in the fort 
at Thomaston when the French and Indians besieged and 
attempted to burn it. He m., July 8, 1771, Elizabeth 
Lamb, b. at Gushing. Though t. 1794, he probably did not 
move here till 1797. He d. Feb. 20, 1805. His son John, 
b. Oct. 1, 1772; m., Dec. 1, 1796, Nancy (though baptized 
Agnes) Bird ; came about 1799 ; d. June 5, 1840 ; had — I. 
George, b. Sept. 2, 1797, at Warren; m., 1824, his cousin, 
Lois Lermond, of Warren ; r. Hope. — II. Betsey, b. Jan. 
8, 1799, at Warren; m., Nov. 25, 1821, Abijah Miller, of 
Whitefield. — III. Sally, b. March 3, 1801; m., Dec. 13, 
1825, Theodore Scott; r. Belfast. — IV. Elsie, b. Oct. 31, 
1803; d. July 20, 1834; m. Marcus Gillmor. — V. Nancy, 
b. July 2, 1805; m. William Hilt; and d. — VI. Lucinda, 
b. April 27, 1808; m., 1829, Jones Taylor, of Hope; and 
d. March 15, 1844. — VII. John, b. Feb. 1, 1810; m. Han- 
nah Plastings ; and has 1. Adelbert, b. Jan. 9, 1838. 2. 
John Francis, b. Jan. 30, 1840. 3. Eliza Emily, b. April 
22, 1842. 4. Frederic, b. July 29, 1845. — VIII. Elbridge, 
b. Aug. 24, 1812; m., 1833, Huldah, dr. of Ephraim Bow- 
ley, of Hope; and had 1. Ephraim, b. March 16, 1834. 
2. Julia, b. Feb. 4, 1839. 3. Albert Smith, b. March 24, 
1840. 4. Elhridge G., b. Aug. 23, 1841. 5. Huldah 
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 31, 1845. 6. Frank Justin, b. April 13, 
1846. 

Lewis, William, t. 1793; probably came to reside in 
1793. After working a while in town, he m , at his house 
in Thomaston, Prudence Merry, who came here to live in 
the family of Capt. George West. N. Bobbins, Esq., with 
the lady whom he afterward m,, accompanied them to the 
wedding. Each of them, as the roads were bad and vehicles 
scares, went on horseback, with his betrothed behind him on 
a pillion. He lived on the hill west of the Middle Bridge, 
and there dug lime-rock, built a lime-kiln, and made the 
first lime burnt in the town. Afterward he moved to the 
place on the west side of the Upper Bridge. He sold thia 
farm to Nathan Blake in 1799, moved to Sandy River, and 
subsequently to the sea-shore or to the islands at Thomas- 



468 FAMILY REGISTEll. 

ton or vicinity. In the war of 1812, he enlisted, went to 
Sackett's Harbor, N.Y., and vicinity (?), where he was shot 
by an Indian, when he, with three others, went with his 
canteen to a spring to get water. 

LiNDLEY, JoAB, br. of John W. ; bought a lot of land ; 
and d. of consumption, Nov. 22, 1793, in his twenty-fourth 
year. 

LiNDLEY, John W., Capt. (s. of Levi, of Rehoboth, by 
his w., Polly Smith), b. at Walpole, Mass., Sept. 3, 1782 ; 
came in the spring of 1794 ; r. in the south-west part of the 
town ; m., Sept. 30, 1803, Lucy Williams, b. Feb. 27, 1785, 
at Concord, N.H., dr. of Thomas Jones, an Englishman. 
They had — I. Sally, or Sarah, b. Nov. 29, 1804; m. Silas 
Alden. — II. Levi, b. Nov. 12, 1806; d. Sept. 29 [or 25, 
according to gravestone], 1831 ; u. — III. Harriet, b. Sept. 

29, 1808; m., first, Galen Hawes ; and, second, Elias Blake, 
of Bangor, who d. 1849, by whom she has one dr., and per- 
haps others. — IV. Chloe, b. Jan. 21, 1811 ; d. March 22, 
1811. — V. John, b. April 28, 1812; m., 1835, Margaret 
Libbey ; and had 1. Katharine Josephine, b. Aug. 21, 1836. 
2. Rienzi Mehnl, b. Aug. 7, 1838. 3. Ada A., b. June 1, 
1841. 4. William L,, b. Sept. 13, 1843. 5. John W., b. 
Sept. 5, 1847. 6. Eliza, b. April 21, 1850. — VI. Warren, 
b. Nov. 21, 1823. — VII. Amanda, b. Aug. 10, 1825. 

Luce, Seth, b. Martha's Vineyard; d., March 5, 1833, 
about eighty years old ; m. his cousin, Sarah Luce, who died 
Sept. 8 or 9, 1825, sixty-eight. The first five children b. at 
Martha's Vineyard. — I. Freeman, r. Newburgh ; m. Eliza 
Clark; had 1. Seth, b. Nov. 17, 1798; m., 1819-20, Olive 
Sweetser, of Newburgh, who d. at Dixmont. He then m. 
again; and d. 2. Freeman, b. March 9, 1801. 3. Eliza, 
b. Feb. 7, 1803. 4. Dehorah Allen, b. April 9, 1805. Also 
George and William, and probably others. — 11. Jeremiah, 
m., 1806, Susannah Hathorne ; r. Appleton ; had 1. Mary, 
b. March 19, 1807; m. a Lermond ; r. Appleton. 2. 
James Claghorn, b. Nov. 19, 1808. 3. William, b. Nov. 

30, 1810. 4. Eliza, b. Oct. 20, 1812. 5. Rhoda. 6. 
Edward; and others. — III. Thaddeus, b. July 13, 1782; 
m., Nov. 18 or Dec. 18, 1806, Lavina, dr. of Prince Pease, 
of Appleton ; had 1. Ann, b. Jan. 27, 1808; m. Joseph 
Gleason. 2. Prince, b. Feb. 16, 1809; m. Almira Butler, 
and d. Dec. 4, 1846; u. 3. George, b. Oct. 16, 1810; m. 



LUCE. — MAxcy. 469 

Patience Copeland, of Warren ; had (1). Frances; (2). 
Charles. 4. Nancy, b. April 18, 1814; m. Reuben 
Hagar; and had (1). Chester; (2). Westford; (3). 
Norris; (4). Laura, d. 5. Sa%, b. Nov. 14, 181G ; 
m. Isaac Burns; had (1). Leonora; (2). Vilinda. 
5. Mariah, h. July 29, 1819. 6. Huldah, b. March 8, 
1821 ; m. William Burns ; c. 7. Miles, b. March 25, 1823. 
8. Rosilla, b. Oct. 11, 1825. 9. Sullumn Bray, b. Jan. 11, 
1829. — IV. Obadiah, m., 1804, Marcy Chaffin ; had 1. 
Hepsy, b. May 24, 1805. 2. Freeman, h. Dec. 29, 1806. 
3. Whitman, b. June 13, 1809; and probably others since 
they moved to Ohio. — V. Sally, b. Sept. 10, 1786; m. 
Gorham Butler. — VI. Remembrance, b. Oct. 22, 1789. — 
VII. Thankful, b. Feb. 22, 1793; m. Ebenezer Robbins. 
— VIII. Betsey, b. May 31, 1795; m., 1839, Caleb How- 
ard. — IX. Maria, b. Aug. 4, 1800 ; d. of fever, Sept. 8, 
1819. 

McCuRDY, Daniel; t. 1797; b. Bristol; d. Calais; r. 
Fossetts' Mills, built the first saw-mill there ; had nineteen 
eh. ; m. thrics, the first time a widow Grafton, and the last 
time, at Calais, Elizabeth Dresser (?). 

Maxcy, Benjamin, Lieut., b. Attleborough, Mass., May 
11, 1740; d. July 26, 1791 ; s. of Josiah ; m., first, Sarah 
Fuller ; had three ch. ; and, second, Amy, dr. of Nathaniel 
Ide, of Attleborough ; she was drowned at Union, May, 
1793. Descendants, — I. Joseph, Major, b. March 12, 
1764; d. Dec. 14, 1810, from taking cold in a wound cut 
in his knee with an axe ; m. Hannah Page, of Attleborough, 
who d. suddenly of colic, April 8, 1811, in her forty-third 
year. He settled at the Mill Farm, at South Union, where 
Mr. Vaughan now lives; ch. 1. Nancy, b. July 4 or 14, 
1783 ; m., Dec. 25, 1808, Dr. William Dougherty; and d. 
June, 1832; had (1). Nancy, b. July 4, 1808; (2). 
William, b. April 28, 1811 ; (3). Alanson, b. May 4, 
1813. 2. Sally, b. Feb. 24, 1791; m., March 21, 1817, 
Cyrus Kendrick; r. Gardner. 3. Lydia, b. June 4, 1794 ; 
d. Jan. 31, 1849 ; m., March 18, 1813, David Robbins. 4. 
Waterman, b. Jan. 22, 1790; m., 1816, Olive, dr. of 
Nath'l Robbins, and d. Searsmont, May 11, 1827 ; had (I). 
Nathaniel Robbins, b. Jan. 9, 1817; r. Califor- 
nia; u. ; (2). Elizabeth Robbins, b. April 5, 1818; 
m. a Shorey ; r. Augusta; (3). Joseph, b. Feb. 16, 
40* 



470 FAMILY REGHSTER. 

1820; d. Oct. 6, 1821; (4). Mary, b. April 15, 1822; 
m. Ansel Lennan ; r. Belfast; (5). William W., b. Jan. 
4,1824; d. Dec. 29, 1824; (6). Lydia, b. Nov. 5, 1825 ; 
m. a Whittier ; r. Augusta. 5. Leonard, b. Oct. 29, 1797 ; 
m. a Fuller, and d. 1832, in Bangor. 6. Hannah, b. 
March 6, 1800; m. Jonas Hamlin, of China; r. Winslow. 
7. (?) Lucinda, d. Aiig. 4, 1804. 8. Ahnira, b. April 26, 
1806; m., March, 1830, John Baxter Priest, of Vassal- 
borough; r. China. 9. Caroline, b. July 4, 1808; m., 
May 12, 1831, Robert McGuier, of Waldoborough ; r. 
South Union ; had ch. (1). Mary Angela, b. April 10, 
1832; (2). Orison, b. Oct. 23, 1834; (3). Caroline 
Augusta, b. Jan. 23, 1836 ; (4). Edwin Constantine, 
b. May 7, 1843. — II, Josiah, b. July 25, 1766; m., first, 
Chloe, Avho was b. April 15, 1769, and drowned May, 
1793, dr. of Mayhew Daggett, of Attleborough. He m., 
second, 1794, Sally Pickering, who originated from Ports- 
mouth, N.H., or vicinity ; had 1. Smith, b. Feb. 3, 1795; 
m., first, June 14, 1819, Clarissa Boggs ; and, second, a 
dr. of Moses Crane, of Warren, who d. 1849; r. Gardiner. 
2. Chloe, b. June 6, 1797 ; m., Oct. 10, 1822, Jason Davis ; 
had(l). Elizabeth B., b. Aug. 31, 1823 ; (2). Maxcy 
H., b. Sept. 8, 1825; (3). S t atir a, b. Jan. 4, 1827; (4). 
Jane, b. Nov. 1,1830; (5). William T., b. Feb. 22, 
1834; (6). Roxana, b. July 16, 1835. 3. Ward, b. 
May 16, 1799; m. July 14, 1825, Mary S., widoAV of Peter 
Robbins ; had children, and d. in Searsmont. 4. Hervey, b. 
March 8, 1801 ; m. an Andrews, of Camden. 5. Polly, b. 
June 8, 1803; m. an Andrews; r. Camden. 6. Ania, b. 
Aug. 15, 1805; m. ; r. Camden. 7. Daniel, b. 1807; m. 
a Blood; r. Warren. 8. Micajah G. ; r. Camden; b. 
1809 (?); m., first, Betsey Blood; and had by her (1). 
Julina, b. Nov. 1, 1838; (2). Josiah A., b. June 6, 
1841, He m., second, a dr. of Abel Walker; and, third, 
Sarah M., dr. of Thomas Taylor, of Hope, and widow of 
Waterman Leach, of Warren; and had Sarah M., b, 
Camden, Oct. 4, 1848. — III. Benjamin, b. July 16, 1772, 
in Connecticut, as was his brother Josiah during a tempora- 
ry residence ; m. Esther Fuller of Attleborough ; had Bar- 
nard ; d. ; Joseph ; Eaton Whiting ; Esther ; d. — IV, 
Sally, or Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1778; rescued from drowning. 
May, 1793 ; returned to Attleborough in the fall of 1793 ; 
m,, Sept, 3, 1797, Ebenezer Daggett, of Attleborough, who 



MAXCY. — MERO. 471 

was b. April 16, 1763; was selectman, town-clerk, repre- 
sentative, and d. at Boston, March 4, 1832, while member 
of the Senate ; ch. 1 . Lydia Maxcy, m. Capron Peck, of 
Attleborough. 2. JoJm, author of the History of Attle- 
borough ; graduate of Brown University in 1826; lawyer; 
representative, 1837-41; senator in 1849; m., June 18, 
1840, Nancy M., dr. of Rev, J. B. Boomer, of Sutton, Mass. 
3. Ebenezer, d. Nov. 17, 1831. 4. Hervey Maxcy, m., 
first, Susan S. Daggett ; and, second, Nancy Bates. 5. 
Afiiy Ide, m. John McClellan, of Sutton, Mass. 6. Mercy 
Shepard, m. Erastus D. Everett, Boston, and d. leaving 
three ch. 7 and 8. Twins, viz. Handel N., m., first, 
Eunice W. Shepard, of Wrentham ; and, second, Jane 
Amelia Adams, of Livonia, N. Y. ; and Homer M., m. An- 
gelina Daggett, of Surry, N.H. — V. Lydia, b. March 26, 
1780; drowned. May, 1793. — VI. Hervey, b. April 30, 
1782 or 1783; m., 1805, Sally, dr. of John and Hannah 
(French) Eastman, b. Kingston, N.H. (?), Feb. 15, 1785; 
lived on the northerly part of the Mill Farm ; now r. 
Thomaston ; ch. 1. John Eastman, b. Aug. 7, 1806; m. 
Ann, widow of John Henry Adams, and dr. of Benjamin 
Boody, of Westbrook ; r. Gushing. 2. Hannah, b. Jan. 4, 
1808; m. Reuben Hills; r. Lincolnville. 3. Joseph, b. 
Oct. 29, 1809 ; d. Jan. 1811. 4. Joseph, b. Jan. 29, 1811 ; 
r. Thomaston. 5. Nancy E., b. Jan. 18, or June, 1812 ; m. 
Charles Hook; r. Danville, N.H. 6. Hervey, b. July 28, 
1814; m. Mariah Staples; r. Swanville. 7. Josiah, b. 
Jan. 22, 1816 ; d. Feb. 9, 1849, in Thomaston. 8. Henry, 
b. March 10, 1821; r. Thomaston. 9 and 10. Twins, b. 
July 1, 1823, viz. Cyrus and Sarah. — VIL Amy, b. Oct. 
26, 1784 ; m. Joel Reed, Princeton, Mass. ; r. Hermon. 

Mero, Amariah, b. May 14, 1757, at Stoughton, Mass., 
son of Hezekiah (whose father and mother came from Ire- 
land, and lived in Dorchester) and Mary Mero (the latter 
d. Aug. 26, 1827, aged ninety-four); introduced to Stir- 
lington by Philip Robbins, whose dr. Susan he m. ; moved 
to Starks in advanced age, afterward to Mercer, and lately 
to Cape Elizabeth, to live with a son. They had — I. Avis, 
b. June 19, 1787; d. Dec. 8, 1792. — II. Vyna, b. June 16, 
1789; d. Nov. 28, 1792. — III. Milla, b. June 1,1791 ; d. 
Nov. 29, 1 792 [three deaths in ten days ; the last two buried 
in one cofiinj. — IV. Spencer, b. Oct. 21, 1793 ; m., Sept. 
6, 1818, Esther Winslow, dr. of David Robbins's second 



472 FAMILY REGISTER. 

w. by a former husband; ch. 1. Hcrmon, b. Feb. 17, 1821 ; 
m., 1846, Electa Aroline Litclifield ; has (1). Arthur 
Leroy, b. Jan. 3, 1847. 2. Eli Sprague, b. Dec. 10, 
1822; m., Jan. 22, 1847, Elizabeth Libbey Kelloch ; r. 
Warren; has (1). Eldon Herbert, b. May, 1849. 3. 
Laura, b. April 24, 1825; d. Nov. 2 [or 4, gravestone], 
1849. 4. Elisha Harding, b. April 1, 1827. 5. Spencer, 
h. Nov. 4, 1829. 6. Sarah Frances, b. Sept. 16, 1832. 7. 
^?isort, b. June 2, 1835. 8. C/tes/cr, b. March 25, 1841. — 
V. Avis, b. Aug. 5, 1795 ; d. May 6, 1797. —VI. Hermon, 
b. Feb. 11, 1798; r. Waldoburough ; m., March, 1827, 
Lovey West, dr. of Nathaniel Robbins ; had 1 . Martha 
Meltrina, b. Jan. 14, 1828; d. Oct. 2, 1849; m. Anthony 
Kastner, of Waldoborough ; left (1). Martha, nine days 
old. 2. Harriet Augusta, b. Nov. 30, 1829; d. Feb. 23, 
1830. 3. Helen Aurelia, b. March 17, 1831. 4. Augustus. 
5. Sarah Simmons, b. June, 1835. 6. Roderick Lionel, b. 
1841. 7. Albert Curtis. 8. Charles Hermon. — VII. 
Charles, b. Jan. 27, 1800; m., March 1, 1828, Louisa, b. 
Jan. 4, 1809, dr. of Capt. Nathaniel Bachelor; r. Cape 
Elizabeth; ch. 1. Euphrasia Louisa, b. Jan. 25, 1831. 2. 
Ruphelia Bachelor, b. March 16, 1834. — VIII. Susan, b. 
March 9, 1802; m. Samuel Craft; r. Jay; had 1. Helen 
Wallace, d. three and a half years old. 2. Helen, b. March, 
1841. 3. Samuel Henry, b. June, 1843. 4. Charles, b. 
Dec. 1844. — IX. Luther, b. Sept. 17, 1804; d. Jan. 1, 
1832; u. — X. Austin, b. Oct. 14, 1806; m. Sally, dr. of 
Jamas Simmons, of Nobleborough ; had seven drs., viz. 1. 
Barzana. 2. Maranda. 3. Alwilda. 4. Rachel. 5. Su- 
san. 6. Mary. 7. Electa Allen. — XI. Julia, b. June 21, 
1808; m., 1830, John Williamson, of Starks ; had 1. 
Luther Austin, b. Feb. 25, 1831. 2. Susan Melvina, b. 
February, 1833. 3. Albert Wallace, b. March 27, 1843. 
4. Fostina Melinda, b. March, 1845. — XII. Melinda, b. 
Oct. 15, 1810; m., first, William Richardson, of Newton, 
Mass.; and had 1. William PFa/Zace, d. eleven months old. 
2. Georgia Ann. She m., second, Timothy Hunting ; r. 
Taunton. — XIII. Chloe Lindley, b. Nov. 2, 1813; m., in 
the winter of 1828-9, Henry Jameson, of Waldoborough; 
d. July 13, 1835 ; having had 1. Julia Melvina. 2. Aroesta 
Delia. Both d. 

Messer, Asa, t. 1796; m. Hannah Davis ; and d. Jan. 
16, 1835. His father, Jonathan, m. Abigail Parker, of 



MESSEK. 473 

Groton, Mass., wlio d. in Union, Sept. 13, 1828, aged 
ninety-nine. Jonathan's ancestors were from Methiien, 
Mass. Asa had ch. — I. Sally Commit, b. March 12, 1803 ; 
m. Benjamin Gowen ; r. Montvillc. — II. Almond, b. Feb. 
18, 1805 ; m., 1828, Melinda Reed Titus ; r. Montville. — 
III. Asa, b. March 2, 1807 ; d. — IV. George Washington ; 
r. Montville; b. March 2, 1807; m., Oct. 18, 1827, Mary 
Lucas; and had 1. Willard Lucas, b. July 20, 1828. 2. 
Martha, b. Jan. 11, 1830; m. William Penny; r. Mont- 
ville. 3. Edwin, d. 4. Mary Anna, b. March 17, 1833. 
5. Sarah, b. Dec. 5, 1835. 6. Aldana. 7. George Riley, 
b. July, 1841. 8. Charles, d. 9. Melinda. 10. Loantha, 
b. June, 1845; d. Aug. 16, 1847. 11. Flora Ellen. 12. 
A dr. b. April, 1850. — V. Hannah, b. Feb. 28, 1809. — 
VI. Eunice, b. May 14, 1811 ; m., 1831, William Caswell; 
ch. 1. Elmira L., b. Feb. 14, 1832. 2. William E., b. 
Jan. 17, 1834. 3. Ethelhert, b. June 27, 1836. 4. Charles 
Augustus, b. Jvme 26, 1838. 5. Amos Roscoe, b. March 26, 
1841. 6. Sarah Melinda, b. March 8, 1843. 7. Hannah 
Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1845. 8. Nathaniel Harden, b. Aug. 21, 
1847. — VII. Ebenezer Stone, b. Feb. 23, 1813; m., Feb. 
25, 1834, Nancy S. Adams; ch. 1. Augustas, b. Jan. 9, 
1835. 2. Louisa Mai'ia, b. Jan. 12, 1836; and others. — 
VIII. Asa, b. Oct. 8, 1815; m., first. May 8, 1836, Caro- 
line C. Littlehale, who d. May 10, 1840; and, second, 
March 13, 1843, Hannah Allen, dr. of Moses Hawes ; and 
has 1. Caroline Medora, b. Oct. 25, 1844. — IX. Parker, 
b. June 24, 1800, adopted child of Asa Messer ; m., 1828, 
Eliza, dr. of Pente Walcott ; ch. 1. Robert Mathews, h. 
March 17, 1829. 2. Charles Hibbard, b. March 13, 1833. 
3. Ambrose, b. March 31, 1835. 4. Eliza E. 

Messek, Thomas, br. of Asa; t. 1796, and again in 1799 ; 
b. Lunenburg, Mass. ; m., 1802, Phcbe^Vinal, b. Scituate, 
Mass.; had — I. Vinal, b. Dec. 17, 1803; d. 1837. By a 
fall, his spine was injured, so that for twelve years he was 
without sensation in his lower limbs. — II. Minot, b. April 
20, 1805; m., 1826, Lydia Bowman, of Washington; had 
1. John Boioman, b. Oct. 8, 1826. 2. Caroline Hills, b. 
Feb. 23, 1809. 3. Samuel Loring, b. June 6, 1831. 4. 
Thomas Guilford, b. Aug. 25, 1833. 5. Vinal, b. Aug. 27, 
1835. 6 and 7. Twins, b. July 18, 1837; viz. Lydia Ann 
and Hannah Maria. 8. Eliza, b. Jan. 6, 1840. 9. Mar- 
garet Miller, b. July, 1842. 10. Emelina, b. January, 



474 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1845. 11. Aravilla Bryant, b. Oct. 29, 1848. — Ill, 
Emeline, b. Oct. 4, 1807; m., Dec. 23, 1830, Aaron Bry- 
ant; cb. 1. Elizahcth. 2. William Henry. 3. Mary 
Elizabeth. 4. Dclphina. 5. Sarah. 6. Fhche Jane. 7. 
Martha. 8. Augustus; d. 9. Jidia. 10. James. \\. A 
daughter. 

Mitchell, Andkos, or Andrews, cousin to Jeremiah ; 
t. 1798; d. April 6, 1819; m. 1802, Eacbel Pearson, of 
Gushing, who d. June 23, 1830, aged sixty; cb. — I. Eliza- 
beth, b. June 16, 1804. — II. Richard P., b. June 27, 1806 ; 
w. Sally; bad 1. Andrews, b. March 26, 1832. 2. Levi, b. 
Sept. 8, 1837. — III. Enos, b. April 23, 1809; m., 1838, 
Mary J. Butler. 

Mitchell, Thomas, from North Yarmouth; t. 1796; 
w., probably, Dinah, who d. March or May 10, 1821, aged 
seventy-nine ; cb. — I. Jeremiah, m. Mercy Fairbanks, 
sister of Mrs. West; had 1. Lury, b. Aug. 4, 1793; m., 
1812, Ichabod Irish. 2. Thomas Andrews, b. Aug. 19, 
1795; m., March 25, 1819, Deborah Jameson, of Waldo- 
borough. 3. Mary, b. Oct. 23, 1797; m. Rev. Solomon 
Bray. 4. Ebenezer Allen, b. Aug. 15, 1800; m. Keziah 
Furbush ; and had Thomas A., b. Sept. 21, 1834. 5. 
Hannah, b. Sept. 10, 1803, and d. Oct. 13, 1829 ; m. Jud- 
son Caswell, Nov. 7, 1824; had (1). Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 
1831; (2). John Chandler, b. Feb. 1, 1834; (3). 
Lendall, b. Jan. 23, 1836. 6. Henry True, h. Aug. 8, 
1806; m., 1829, Dolly Raizor. 7. Olive, b. March 26, 
1809 ; m. Jacob Pevec. 8. Mercy Byer, b. Nov. 18, 1811 ; 
after her sister Hannah's decease, m., Jan. 13, 1831, Judson 
Caswell; and had (1). Lozeah, b. Oct. 18, 1838; (2). 
Mary O., Feb. 18, 1842; (3). Christiana A., b. Dec. 
14, 1843; (4). Caroline, b. May 20, 1847. 9. Jcrc- 
7niah Ward, b. Nov. 6, 1814; m. Emily Lchr. 10. Asa 
Lyman, b. April 15, 1818. 11. Jeruel Butler, h. Dec. 1, 
1821. — II. Jabcz Norton; t. 1798; m., March 29, 1800, 
Hcpzibah Ripley; had 1. Abraham, b. March 6, 1801. 2. 
Dinah, b. March 8, 1803. 3. Enos, b. Sept. 21, 1805. 
4. Jabez,h.Aug. 15, 1807. 5. Silas,h. March 7, 1810. — IV. 
Thomas; t. 1796; d. Oct. 14, 1843; m., Sept. 5, 1799, 
Polly, dr. of Samuel Daggett ; and had 1 . Elizabeth, b. 
June 30, 1800 ; m., Dec. 10, 1818, Samuel Stone. 2. Jedi- 
dah Cutter, b. Jan. 18, 1802 ; d. of consumption, April 8, 



MITCHELL. — MORSE. 475 

1828. 3. Rebecca Athearn, b. April 25, 1807; d. Jan. 26, 
1836; m., 1835, Elias Brock, of Spriiiglield, Mass. 4. Broth- 
erton Daggett, b. June 7, 1810; d. July 10, 1811. 5. 
Thomas Harrison, b. Aug. 30, 1812; d. July 9, 1839. — 
V. A dr.; m. Edward Oakes. — VI. Mary, m., Dec. 25, 
1800, Calvin Morse. — VII. Dinah, m., Oct. 10, 1801, John 
Murray ; and had Thomas, b. July 29, 1802. 

Moore, Augustus, from Massachusetts, t. 1796. 

Morse, Calvin, b. Nov. 22, 1773, according to Barry's 
Framingham ; was fourth child and third son of Jonathan, 
of Framingham, who m. Mchetabel Nurse, and d. young. 
Jonathan's father Jonathan, who was son of Joseph, m.. 
May 16, 1734, Mary Cloyce. The family early belonged to 
Watertown. Calvin, t. 1799; m., 1800, Mary, dr. of 
Thomas Mitchell; and d. Aug. 6, 1846, in Washington. 
They had — I. Josiah, b. Oct. 2, 1801. — II. Dinah, b. 
June 1, 1803. — III. Jonathan, b. Sept. 21 or 24, 1805; 
m., Jan. 26, 1834, Catherine Sherman ; and had 1. John Q., 
b. Oct. 25, 1834. 2. Achsah, b. Oct. 24, 1835. 3. Joseph, 
b. Aug. 9, 1837. 4. Charles, b. March 20, 1839. 5. Cal- 
vin, b. March 25, 1842. 6. Mary, b. Nov. 21, 1845. 7. 
Lydia A., b. April 29, 1848.— IV. Eliza, b. Nov. 13, 
1807. — V. Joseph, b. March 25, 1810. — VI. Calvin, b. 
April 11, 1812. — VII. Mary Ann, b. Aug. 27, 1814; m. 
James Hodge, 1834; and had Elizabeth, b. April 8, 1835. 
VIII. Orson Adams, b. Aug. 8, 1817 ; r. Washington ; m., 

1846, Jane W. Mitchell, and had Zoar A. C, b. Feb. 9, 

1847. — IX. Thomas Andrews, twin with Orson Adams. — 
X. William H., b. June 22, 1821. — XI. Jabez M., b. Oct. 
21, 1824; r, Washington. 

Morse, Jonathan, b. March 24, 1776; d. Nov. 19, 
1850; t. 1799; probably came to Union with his brother 
Calvin; m.. May, 1808, Rebcckah, who was b. Oct. 18, 
1782, and d. Aug. 11, 1831, dr. of Col. John Gleason. 
They had — I. Anna, b. Sept. 6, 1809 ; d. Oct. 14, 1843. — 
II. Lydia Gleason, b. Dec. 13, 1811; d. June 10, 1835. 
— III. Aaron Gleason, b. Dec. 13, 1814; d. Aug. 21, 
1834. — IV. Micajah Gleason, b. Jan. 8, 1819; m., Dec. 
16, 1841, Elizabeth U. Demuth ; ch. 1. Susan A., b. May 
2, 1843; d. March 28, 1847. 2. Helen L., b. Feb. 14, 
1845. 3. Ann E., b. March 29, 1850. 



476 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Mouse, Joseph, br. of Calvin and Jonathan; t. 1799; 
b. March 27, 1771 ; m., first, Oct. 11, 1795, Lydia, dr. of 
Col. John Gleason, who d. ; and, second, widow Prior, of 
Waldoborough ; c. 

MoKSE,^ Levi, b. at Sherburne, Mass., Jan. 5, 1762; d. 

* Samuel Morse, probably from Sherborn, England, or tbe vicinity, 
husbandman, at the age of iiftj', and his wife, Elizabeth, at the age of 
forty-eight, and his son, Joseph, at the age of twenty, in consequence 
of the persecutions by Bishop Laud, in April, 1635, embarked for 
New England in the Increase, llobert Lea, master, and came to 
Watertown, Mass. In 163G, land was assigned to him in Dedham. 
He was collector, treasurer, and selectman. A few years afterward, 
he settled at Mcdficld, and, it is supposed, built the house which was 
first set on fire by the Indians, at the destruction of the town and the 
killing of eighteen inhabitants, Feb. 21, 1675. He died at Medfield, 
April 5, 1654, and his w. June 20, 1G54. 

His second son, Daniel, b. 1613, and whose w., Lydia, d. Jan. 29, 
1690, aged seventy, moved from Dedham to Medfield in 1651. About 
1656, he bought eight hundred acres of land, Avhich, May 22, 1650, 
had been granted by the General Court to Simon Bradstreet, after- 
wards Governor, and since called "The Farm," situated in the east 
part of what is now Sherburne. He moved to Sherburne probably 
in 1657, where he appears to have been the leading man of the place, 
and d. June 5, 1688. 

Daniel Morse's second child, Daniel; r. Sherburne; b. 31: 11: 
1640; d. Sept. 29, 1702; m. EKzabcth Barbour, of Medfield, who d. 
1714. This Daniel Morse's son, Daniel, b. July 10, 1672 ; d. April 4, 
1719; m., 1696, Susanna Holbrook, Avho d. 1717. He inherited the 
place of his uncle. Deacon Obadiah, whose only son d. in infancy. 

Obadiah Mouse, fourth child of this Daniel, b. Aug. 15, 1704; d. 
1753; m. Mercy Walker, of Sherburne. This Obadiah's third child, 
Obadiah, b. March 20, 1732-3 ; d. in Sherburne, Jan. 7, 1800, in conse- 
quence of a fall from a scaftbld ; m., first, July 10, 1755, Grace Fair- 
banks, who was b. June 16, 1734, and who d. May 30, 1772; and, 
second, in 1776, Abigail, di-. of Caleb and Abigail Death, of Framing- 
ham. His children were 1. Mercy, b. May 7, 1756 ; d. July 31, 1845 ; 
m., 1777, Asaph Merrifield ; r. Ilolden. 2. Hannah, b. Feb. 7, 1758 ; 
m. Josiah Ward, of Southborough ; r. and d. at Bradford, N. H. 3. 
Acla?n, b. Dec. 9, 1759; d. about 1779, from an injurj"^ of the knee 
received in the army. 4. Levi, b. Jan. 5, 1762, settled in Union, Me. 
5. Grace, b. March 16, 1764; m., first, Reuben Esty; and, second, 
Samuel Whitney; now r. Charlestown, Mass. 6. Obadiah, b. Dec. 11, 
1765 ; settled in Union. 7. Mary, b. Jan. 18, 1768 ; m. Phares Sawin, 
of South Natick. 8. Samuel, b. Jan. 3, 1770; d. January, 1826; mer- 
chant and hotel-keeper in Boston; m., first, March 25, 1794, Sally 
Dix, at Newton; and, second, Mav 11, 1800, Elizabeth Barnard, at 
Cambridge. 9. Persis, b. April 20, 1772; d. Feb. 5, 1847 ; m. Dr. J. 
Sibley, of Union, Maine. 10. Daniel, b. Nov. 26, 1776; went West 
about 1792, in the service of Pomeroy; never heard from. 11. Judith, 
b. July 3, 1778; d. 1779. 12. Ezra, b. Sept. 1, 1779 ; d. June 24, 



MORSE. 477 

Feb. 3, 1844 ; was s. of Obadiah ; was in the revolutionary 
army, and in the expedition for the suppression of the Shays 
Rebellion, in 1786, — a rebellion for which he said he could 
not blame the Shays party so much as many did ; "the coun- 
try being poor, no money, taxes high, people could not pay 
them." He was at Annapolis, Nova Scotia, in 1785; and 
perhaps from one to two years there in all. In 1789, he 
taught school in Meduncook, now Friendship, and boarded 
in the family of the father of Polly Gay Bradford, who was 
b. at Annapolis, now Onslow, Nova Scotia, Nov. 8, 1772 ; 
and whom he m., March 8, 1792. " May 22, set out from 
Medi,incook to move my wife to Union ; arrived there May 
23." She d. Oct. 25, 1845.1 Descendants, — I. Persis, b. 

1842; m., first, Betsey Stratton; and, second, widow Morse, of 
Boylston, or West Boylston. 13. Moses, b. June 8, 1784; m., 1814, 
Hannah Prentice, of Sherburne, b. Sept. 15, 1789 ; r. Union ; ch. (1). 
Feroline Pierce, b. Sept. 8, 181.5; r. Boston ; (2). Edward 
Phillips, b. May 1, 1817; m. his half-cousin, Martha Alice, dr. of 
Obadiah Morse ; (3). Dexter Perry, b. Jan. 2, 1824 ; (4). Han- 
nah Prentice, b. Jan. 1, 1828. 14. Asa, b. June 14, 1787; m. 
Susanna McFarland ; had a leg amputated in consequence of a tree 
falling on it, while on a visit at Union, Maine ; r. South Bridgewater. 
15. Peck, b. Sept. 15, 1790; r. Sherburne; u. Of these, Levi, Oba- 
diah, Persis, and Moses settled in Union. The information in the first 
part of this note is abridged from a work of great labor and research, 
entitled Memorial of the Morses, by Rev. Abner Morse. 

* The name Bradford is derived from the Saxon, Bradenford, or 
Broad-ford. According to Dugdale, " Bradford, situated near the 
Avon, .... owes its name to the broad ford of the river." Mrs. 
Morse's father, Carpenter Bradford, b. at Kingston, Mass., Feb. 7, 
1739, was " put out" to a shoemaker, ran away, enlisted in the Old 
French War, was captured when about sixteen years old, detained as a 
prisoner in Canada one year, during which he was waiter to a Catholic 
priest; returned, and m. in Stoughton, Mass., June 18, 1761, Mary, 
b. Sept. 17, 173G, dr. of David and Hannah Gay. When the Neutral 
French, or Aeadians, were barbarously exiled from Nova Scotia, and 
their lands, with the improvements, were offered gratuitously to 
settlers, he went to Annapolis, N. S., where he was at the com- 
mencement of the American revolution. Then the British autho- 
rities summoned the inhabitants to take the oath of allegiance. He 
held up his hand ; and, being a staunch whig, when the following 
words, or words to the same effect, were uttered, " You solemnly 
swear to be true to King George," he substituted the words George 
Washington for King George, and thus really swore allegiance to the 
rebels. "Tut, tut," said the officer, "that will not do." Conscious 
that it was time for him to flee, he, in company with another whig, 
left the place the same night, and proceeded by land toward Halifax. 
Just before arriving there, they came to a small river, across which a 
boatman, either timid or loyal, refused to take them. They threatened 
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478 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Nov. 11,1792; d. Oct. 4, 1839, of paralysis ; u. — II. Wal- 
ter, Captain, b. July 16, 1794; m. Miss Betsey Poor, of 

to shoot him ; but the difficulty was compromised by their being 
allowed to row themselves over, and leave the boat on the other side. 
Mr. B. proceeded by land to Castine, where he enlisted, and remained 
some time. After other services in the revolutionary war, he sent for 
his family, which was landed at Camden. He ended his days in Me- 
duncook. For his services, more than nine hundred acres of Ohio 
land, it is said, were granted to him, from which he probably did 
not realize any thing. 

The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. iv., 
contains two articles evincing great research, from which are gathered 
the following items respecting his ancestors. His father, Elisha, who 
m., first, Hannah Cole, and, second, Sept. 7, 1718, Bathsheba Le 
Brocke, had many children. Carpenter was the eleventh child by this 
second wife. His parents moved to Meduncook (now Friendship), 
where, May 27, 1756, they were both killed by Indians, who carried 
some of the children to Canada, whence they did not return to Me- 
duncook till after the captureof Quebec by Wolfe. "Deb. Sampson," 
who, disguised as a man, under the assumed name of Robert Shurt- 
leff, served three years in the revolutionary army, and afterward mar- 
ried Benjamin Gannett, of Sharon, and drew a pension, was cousin of 
Mrs. Morse. 

Carpenter's father, Elisha, was the oldest child of Joseph Bradford, 
b. 1630, who m.. May 25, 1664, Jacl, dr. of Rev. Peter Hobart, the 
first minister of Hingham ; and d. July 10, 1715. She d. 1730, set. 
eighty-eight. He resided in Kingston (then Plymouth), Mass., on 
Jones's River, half a mile from its mouth at Flat House Dock ; so 
called, perhaps, because he lived in a house with a flat roof. 

Elisha's father, Joseph, was son of the Governor of Plymouth 
Colony, Wm. Bradford, who was b. at Austerfield, in Yorkshire, Eng- 
land, in March, 1588-9, and was left fatherless when about two years 
old. He went to Holland, probably in 1608, whence he came to Ply- 
mouth in the May Flower, while yet a young man, and d. May 9, 1G57. 
He was chosen Governor in 1621, and re-elected every year till 1657, 
except the five years 1633, 1634, 1636, 1638, 1644. The first of the 
accompanying/a 
similes represents 
his handwriting in 
1631-2; the other, 
in 1645. Governor 
Bradford's first w. 
was Dorothy May. 
She was drowned, 
Dec. 7, 1620, in Cape Cod Harbor. She was the first female who d. at 
the Plymouth Colony, and the first whose death is recorded in New 
En<^land. Aug. 14, 1623, he m. the widow Alice Southworth, whose 
mafden name is supposed to have been Carpenter. She d. March 26, 
1670, aged about eighty. Governor Bradford had by his second w. 
three children, William, Mercy, and Joseph. 

Gov. Bradford's father, WilUam, m. Alice Hanson, and was buried 
July 15, 1591, a short time before his father William, who lived at 



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MOKSE. 479 

Belmont; and d., April 20, 1825, of consumption; ch. 1. 
John Poor, a sea-captain ; m. Abby Y. Cotterell, of Belfast. 
2. Mary; m. a Cotterell, of Belfast. — III. Hannah, b. 
April 24, 1796; m., 1819, Capt. Lewis, b. at East Kings- 
ton, N.H., June 21, 1794 or 1795, s. of Capt. Nathaniel 
and Ruth (Morrill) Bachelor; had 1. Augusta Diana, b. 
June 29, 1820, who m., Sept. 3, 1838, Noah Shattuck, b. 
April 3, 1813, s. of Capt. Noah and Sally or Sarah (Shat- 
tuck) Rice ; and had (1). Caroline Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 
1840; (2). Henry Clay, b. Nov. 22, 1843. 2. Carolina 
Louisa, b. April 23, 1822; d. Feb. 14, 1829. 3. Helen 
Lauretta, b. May 16, 1826; who m. Frederic, s. of Edmund 
and Deborah (Keene) Daggett. 4. Nathaniel Quincy, b. 
Aug. 11, 1828; r. Boston. 5. Edwin Aurelius, b. March 
11,1834. 6. William George, b. Oct. 11, 1838; d. Oct. 
19, 1840. — IV. Sally, b. May 13, 1798; m., March 17, 
1817, Jacob Hahn,^ of Waldoborough, subsequently of Mon- 
mouth, and now of East Boston, Mass., s. of Frederick and 
Hannah (Burns) Hahn ; had 1. Levi Morse, b., Waldo- 
borough, Feb. 3, 1819; d. March 6, 1845; m. Betsey 
Tinkham, of Winthrop, who m., second, a Avidower, Oakes 
Howard, of Winthrop ; ch. (1). Sarah Elizabeth, b. 
June 2, 1843. 2. Silas Briggs, b. Dec. 7, 1820 ; graduated 
at Bowdoin College ; lawyer ; r. East Boston ; u. 3. Dexter 
Ward, b. Dec. 30, 1823 ; d. April 26, 1851 ; u. 4. Rodolphus 
Franklin, b. April 1, 1826 ; r. California. 5. Nelson 
Washington, b. July 4, 1828. 6. Sidney Bradford, b. Sept. 
8, 1831 ; r. California. 7. Edwin Lafayette, b. Sept. 9, 
1833, in Monmouth; d. Oct. 5, 1837. 8. Ainmi Ruhamah, 
b. Oct. 19, 1841. — V. Barnard, b. June 11, 1802; farmer 
in Belmont; m., 1824, Mary Ann Fales, of Hope; had I. 
Lewis B., b. June 18, 1825, at Belmont ; m. ; r. Vinalhaven. 
2. Leander, h. Aug. 20, 1826. 3. William Bradford, b. 
Dec. 8, 1828 ; m. widow Abigail Hart, dr. of Edmund Luce ; 

Austerfleld in or about 1575, and was buried Jan. 10, 1595. Further 
than this the family has not been traced. But, from what has been 
said, it appears that Mrs. Morse's ancestors were first, Carpenter, who 
m- Mary Gay ; second, Elisha and his w. Bathsheba Le Brocke ; third, 
Joseph and his w., Jael Hobart ; fourth, Governor William and widow 
Alice Soutli worth ; fifth, William and his w., Alice Hanson, of 
Austerfield ; sixth, William, of Austorfield. 

* Jacob Ilahn's father, Frederick Hahn, came from Germany when 
about eleven years old. At the same time came Frederick's brother 
George, who settled in North Carolina. 



480 FAMILY REGISTER, 

r. Camden. 4. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 14, 1832. 5. Samuel, 
b. Nov. 11, 1833. 6. George W., b. Jan. 14, 1839, at 
Lincolnville. 7. Ahby J., b. Nov. 9, 1840, at Belmont; d. 
Aug. 3, 1843. 8. Uicius C, b. May 14, 1845. — VI. Mary, 
b. June 11, 1802 ; Feb. 4, 1824, became second w. of Capt. 
Daniel Lunt, of Eastport ; subsequently moved to Lincoln- 
ville, v^^here she d. of consumption, Dec. 19, 1833. She 
had 1. Edwin; r. Galena, 111.; now in California. 2. 
Daniel; shot in the Mexican War. 3. Martha, m., 1849, 
James Henry Upham, of Readfield ; r. California. — VII. 
Levi,b. Oct. 18, 1804 ; r. homestead ; m., Feb. 13, 1834, Eliza 
Daniels; and had 1. Caroline Elizabeth, b. Dec. 14, 1835. 
2. Edwin Lafayette, b. Aug. 5, 1837. 3. Levi Roscoe, b. 
Aug. 12, 1842. 4. John Adelbert, b. Jan. 21, 1845. 5. 
Nathan Daniels, b. March 4, 1847; d. Sept. 4, 1848. — 
VIII. Nancy, b. Jan. 6, 1807; m., Dec. 29, 1841, Aaron 
Starrett, of Warren ; and d. of consumption, July 11, 1844 ; 
leaving 1. Ellen. — IX. Samuel, b. March 18, 1809; d. of 
consumption, March 7, 1831 ; u. — X. Chloe Bradford, b. 
April 6, 1811 ; became the third \v. of Capt. Daniel Lunt ; 
and d. of consumption in Lincolnville, Jan. 5, 1841 ; leaving 
1. Mary Grace. 2. Chloe. — XL George Washington, b. 
Aug. 24, 1813 ; settled on part of the homestead ; m., 1840, 
Mary Harding, b. July 19, 1815, dr. of Capt. Noah and 
Sally (Shattuck) Rice; ch. 1. Edward Franklin, b. Feb. 
28, 1841 ; d. Feb. 19, 1848. 2. Leslie Melvyn, b. July 16, 
1842. 3. Orville Dana, b. April 6, 1844; d. March 23, 
1845. 4. Sarah Alfaretta, b. Oct. 28, 1846. 5. Harriet 
Estella, b. June 7, 1848. — XII. William Bradford, twin 
brother of George Washington, b. Aug. 24, 1813 ; lime- 
burner ; r. Rockland; m., Oct. 12, 1837, widow Emma 
Gould (Parsons) Ross, of Stillwater ; ch. 1. Penelope 
Colburn, b. Aug. 29, 1838. 2. William Henry, b. Jan. 1, 
1841. 3. Charles Bradford, b. Dec. 24, 1847. — XIIL 
Harriet Newell, b. May 14, 1816; m., Oct. 11, 1843, Ben- 
jamin, br. of Aaron Starrett, of Warren ; c. 

Morse, Obadiah, son of Obadiah, b. at Sherburne, 
Mass., Dec. 11, 1776; came to Union as early as 1798, 
having previously lived one or two years in Maiden, Massa- 
chusetts, and in Chester, N. H. He settled west by south of 
Round Pond, about half-way to the summit of the hill, on 
the north side of the road ; m., first, Sally Palmer, of New- 
ton, Mass., who d. of consumption, Sept. 15, 1821, aged 



MORSE. — NEWHALL. 481 

forty-two; and, second, July 3, 1823, Phebe, dr. of David 
and Martha Carriel ; and d. Aug. 8, 1837. His widow m. 
James Adams Ulmer, of Thomaston. He had — I. Alice, 
b. Jan. 12, 1804; d. March 18, 1804. — II. Eliza, b. Feb. 
22, 1805; m., July 3, 1831, Isley Martin, who was b. in 
Union, Feb. 23, 1806, son of Adam (who was b. in Wal- 
doborough), and Mary (Lamson) Martin, who was b. in 
Thomaston; ch. 1. William, b. Feb. 17, 1833; d. Sept. 
24,1841. 2. George YoMrt^,b. Nov. 10, 1836. 3. Sarah, 
b. May 29, 1839. — III. Palmer, b. May 2, 1807; d. Sept. 
24, 1808. — IV. Asa, b. Jan. 27, 1809; m., in Union, 
Eliza Jane, b. at Gushing, Sept. 30, 1810, dr. of Benjamin 
and Nancy (McLellan) Litchfield ; settled on the Bela Rob- 
bins Farm, but now lives in Rockland; has 1. Edwin 
Palmer, b. July 20, 1836. 2. Fostena, b. March 7, 1838. 
3. Argyl Dudley, b. March 23, 1841. 4. William Spofford, 
b. Nov. 29, 1843; all b. at Union. 5. A son, b. June, 
1851, in Rockland. — V. Margaret Palmer, b. March 10, 
1811; m., Oct. 1839, James Libbey, of Warren ; c. — VI. 
Obadiah, b. May 18, 1813 ; m., 1836, Chloe, dr. of Charles 
and Rebecca (Cobb) Copeland, of Warren, and settled in 
Thomaston, where he d. July 14, 1847, in consequence of 
the caving in of clay at a brickyard, July 1 1 . Children, 1 . 
Lucius Kendall, b. May 19, 1837. 2. Newell Austin. 3. 
Charles Copeland. 4. Benjamin Wentworth. 5. Obadiah, 
b. April, 1847.— VII. Jedidiah, b. Sept. 19, 1815; m., 
1840, Rebecca Barnes, dr. of Moses and Mary (Jones) 
Simmons; and has Alenzer Forrest, b. Nov. 13, 1846. — 
VIII. Sarah Ann, b. June 27, 1818; m., Dec. 25, 1836, 
David Seavey, the 2d, from Cushing ; c. — IX. Martha Alice, 
b. May 31, 1824 ; m., June 8, 1846, her half-cousin, Edward 
Phillips, s. of Moses and Hannah (Prentice) Morse, of 
Union; and has 1. Qaincy Adams, b. May 15, 1848. — X. 
Matilda, b. Oct. 19, 1826; d. May 9, 1844. — XI. Mary 
Frances, b. June 9, 1829; m., 1851, a son of James A. 
Ulmer. — XII. Melina Amelia, b. Oct. 10, 1835. 

Morton, Zenas, t. 1797; bought Guild's farm ; returned 
to Friendship. 

NewhA-LL, Jonathan, from Lynn, Mass.; t. 1791 ; m. 

Hannah Peabody, sister of Mrs. Ware, from Warren; 

moved to Washington, and d. there; ch. — I. Amos, b. Oct. 

11, 1791; m. Elizabeth Conklin, b. at Camden; both 

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482 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Friends. — II. Lois, b. Feb. 2, 1793; m., May, 1814, Rev. 
Roland Collier, of Washington, but b. Northport. — III. 
Lucy, b. July 2, 1795; d. ; u. — IV. Stephen, b. Feb. 6, 
1797; m., 1822, Louisa Daggett. — V. Jonathan, b. Aug. 
12, 1799; m. a Boyd, of Washington, who d. ; and he m. 
again. — VI. William, b. June 6, 1802; m. Abigail, dr. of 
Deacon McDowell, of Washington. — VII. James, b. March 
2, 1804 ; m. a Wether bee, of Northport ; r. Washington. — 
VIII. Joseph^ b. Dec. 9, 1807; m., first, a Newbit ; and, 
second, Priscilla Jameson. Jonathan Newell made the first 
horse-wagon ever built in Union. William Newhall, a 
younger brother, was taxed in 1791. 

Nye, Thomas, t. 1798 ; a carpenter, who had worked on 
the State House, in Boston, Mass., when it was building ; b. 
at Barnstable, Mass., Jan. 20, 1773; m., in Warren, 1796, 
Anna Dunbar, b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Jan. 27, 1776. 
He settled on the west side of George's River, at the corner 
of the road about half-way between Hills' Mills and Sunny- 
bee Pond, and d. of consumption, Oct. 22, 1827. De- 
scendants, — I. Stillman, b. Jan. 18, 1797; d. of con- 
sumption, April 4, 1822; m., 1820, Mary Sargus,^ b. Feb, 

* The name of Thomas Harris (br. of William Harris, an associate 
with Roger Williams, who was one of the founders of Providence, 
R. I.), first appears on the records of Providence, in August, 1637. 
His son, Thomas, treasurer of Providence, survej'or, d. Feb. 22, 
1710-11 ; m. Elethan Tew ; had ten ch., the third of whom, Nicholas, 
b. April 1, 1671, r. Cranston, had six children. Nicholas, the second 
of these ch., b. 1691, at Johnston, R.I., then called Providence 
Woods, moved to AVrentham, Mass., and m. Hannah, dr. of an Eng- 
lish gentleman named Blake, and d. April, 1775 ; had a large family, 
all sons, but the one dr., who m. an Ellis, of Nantucket. The sons 
suffered greatly in the war before the treaty of 1763. Two went to 
the siege of Havana, and, it is said, never returned. Sylvanus was 
killed at Falmouth, Me., by the Indians. Obadiah, deacon, sup- 
posed to be the youngest of Nicholas's children, b. Wrcntham, July 
7, 1736, in 178.5 moved to Hallowell, Me., where he d. July, 1800; 
m., June 27, 1759, Lois Ellis, who was b. June 1, 1736, at Wrentham. 
He was at the battle near Ticonderoga, July 6, 1758, when Lord 
Howe was killed; and at Fort William Henry, soon after the massa- 
cre there. Charles, deacon, soldier in the revolutionary war, oldest 
child of Obadiah and Lois Harris, was b. June 3, 1760, at Wrentham, 
and d. at Winthrop, Me., July 1, 1832. May 12, 1784, he m. Mele- 
tiah, b. Wrentham, Dec. 30, 1763 ; d. in Mercer, Sept. 3, 1834; dr. of 
Timothy and Mary Hawes. Obadiah Harris, fifth s. of Charles and 
Meletiah, b. at Winthrop, Nov. 18, 1795; m., June 22, 1826, the 
widow of Stillman Nye; and had 1. Herman, b. May 9, 1828. 2. 



NYE. — OAKES. 483 

4, 1796, at Waldoborough, dr. of emigrants from Germany; 
and had 1. Anson Blake, carpenter, b. Oct. 9, 1820; r. 
Boston. 2. StiUman, b. April 30, 1822 ; m., 1848, Emily, 
who d. June 17, 1850, dr. of Caleb Haddocks ; and, second, 
1850, Caroline, dr. of Nahum Thurston. — II. Cyrus Crock- 
er, b. Dec. 23, 1799; d. of consumption, May 27, 1828; 
m., April 8, 1824, Patty, or Martha, dr. of David Carriel. 
She m., second, Charles Fogler ; ch. 1. Edward Thomas, a 
seaman, b. Aug. 25 ; m., 1850, Belinda, dr. of Jesse and 
Miranda (Fogler) Dunbar, of Warren. — III. Darius, b. 
April 18, 1802, for many years clock-peddler, now store- 
keeper at Milo ; m., first, Oct. 4, 1827, Eleanor Ayres, of 
Newton, Mass. ; and, second, Eliza, dr. of John Burton, 
of Warren; had 1. Helen Ann, who d. 2. Darius; also 
others, including at least two by last wife. — IV. Caroline, 
b. Sept. 22, 1804; d. of consumption, March 6, 1834; m. 
1828, Israel Barker (who afterward m. Mary Severance) ; 
and had 1. James, cabinet-maker, b. Oct. 10, 1828. 2. 
Eliza Ann, b. Aug. 1, 1831; r. Warren. — V. Charles 
Austin, b. May 26, 1807; d. of consumption, April 27, 
1832; m., March, 1831, Caroline, dr. of David Gillmor, of 
Newburgh ; had 1. David, b. January, 1832. — VI. Eliza, b. 
June 22, 1809 ; d. of consumption, June 7, 1830 ; u. — VII. 
Harriet, b. Oct. 11, 1811 ; m., April 17, 1831, Joseph Bar- 
ker; r. Searsmont; ch. 1, Harriet Lavinia, b. Sept. 29, 
1831 ; m. a Swan; r. Saccarappa. 2. Caroline. 3. Eliza- 
beth; also several others. — VIII. Thomas, b. Jan. 16, 
1814; m, 1840, Jane, dr. of Daniel Stetson, of Warren; 
ch. 1. Emeline, b. Aug. 1841. 2. Laura Ann, b. Aug. 17, 
1844; d. July 11, 1846. — IX. Maria, b. Aug. 12, 1816; 
m., Dec. 7, 1840, at Marlborough, Mass., Thomas, a 
widower, b. Feb. 28, 1808, at Kingston, Devonshire, Eng., 
son of Thomas and Grace Harris, of Boston ; r. Charlestown, 
Mass. ; ch. 1. Catharine Loring, b. Sept. 7, 1841, at Marl- 
borough, Mass. 2. Caroline Maria, b. Feb. 20, 1849, in 
Boston. 3. Charles Thomas, b. Jan. 20, 1851. 

Oakes, Edward, shoemaker; t. 1797; from North 
Yarmouth ; came Avith the Mitchells ; m. a Mitchell, and 
moved away. 

William Shepherd, b. Sept. 19, 1829. 3. Mary Francos, b. May 2, 
1831. 4. Charles Henry, b. October 26, 1832. 5. Edwin, b. January 
9, 1835. 6. Isaac Sargus, b. June 15, 1836. 



484 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Olxey,^ Edwakd, from Providence, R.I. ; a mulatto; 
brought into town by David Gillmor, jun. ; m. Susanna, a 
Penobscot squaw, who lived in the family of David Robbins ; 
moved to Newburgh, having had — I. Edward, b. July 26, 
1799. — II. Sally, b. May 22, 1802. — III. Ebenezer, b. 
Jan. 22, 1804. 

Partridge, Elisha, s. of Edward and Sarah ; b. at 
Medfield, according to Medfield records, July 8 ; but, accord- 
ing to family records, Aug. 8, 1734. He was moderator, 
June 12, 1786, of the only plantation-meeting on record 
before the one for town-organization. In 1786 he r. on 
Colonel Mason Wheaton's Place, now owned by Nahum 
Thurston. He left the house of Philip Robbins on horse- 
back, Jan. 1, 1787, for his residence; but, as the horse 
returned without him, search was immediately made, and he 
was found, before noon, dead on the Western Meadows, so 
called, near Round Pond. This was the route commonly 
taken by him, as there were no roads. By some it was 
supposed he fell from his horse in an apoplectic fit ; by 
others, that there were indications of his having dismovmted 
and walked by his horse's side a few rods before he died. 
He m., first, March 16, 1756, Dorcas Pond, who Avas b. 
June 22, 1740, and d. Feb. 2, 1778 ; and, second, Jan. 28, 
1779, Sarah Fales (of Franklin, Mass.?), who was b. 
March 18, 1755, and d. Nov. 15, 1834. Issue, the first 
seven b. in Franklin ; the others in Union. — I. Simeon, b. 
May 19, 1758.— II. Zibiah, b. June 18, 1760; m. David 
Fales, Esq., of Thomaston. — III. Judith, b. March 17, 
1762. — IV. Miriam, b. Aug. 25, 1764. — V. Dorcas, b. 
March 30, 1767; m. Elijah Holmes. — VI. Elisha, b. Jan. 
1, 1770. — VII. Alibeus, b. Nov. 14, 1779; m., Nov. 13, 
1808, Prudence Brown; and d. Dec. 12, 1840.— VIII. 
James, b. Sept. 10, 1782; r. Rockland; m., first, Oct. 11, 
1804, Betsey Brown, of Thomaston, who was b. May 19, 
1784, and d. Dec. 9, 1837; and, second, Aug. 8, 1838, 
Sarah Vose. — IX. Sarah, b. July 4, 1786. 

Peabody, Samuel, t. 1791 ; from Warren; had a fami- 
ly, lived west of Sunnybec Pond, where afterwards lived 
Ichabod Maddocks ; then near to the school-house in the 

* The almost entire absence of colored people smce the town was 
settled is remarkable. — See Pkince, Melvin. 



PEABODY. QUIGGLE. 485 

Daggett neighborhood ; moved to Penobscot County ; pro- 
bably m. Betsey Martin, of Bristol, in 1794. 

Peabody, William, t. 1793 ; m. Lynda, dr. of David 
and Abigail (Holmes) Woodcock, about 1794; moved to 
Penobscot County, and d. there; had — I. Jason, b. Dec. 
17, 1795. — II. Esther C, b. Aug. 29, 1797. — III. Al- 
mond, b. Dec. 1, 1800. — IV. Hannah, b./an. 22, 1804. " 

Pkatt, Oliver, t. 1799, lived on the place now owned 
by John Burns, and was one of the early emigrants to Ohio. 

Prixce, Melyik and Sylvanus, mulattoes, or rather 
half Indian, quarter French and quarter English, sons of 
Sylvester Prince, from the South Shore, Mass. ; worked con- 
siderably for Philip Bobbins. Melvin Prince was taken, 
when a small boy, by Amariah Mero, and brought up. He 
was here perhaps twelve years, and his father three or four. 
These, with Olney and his wife, are the only colored people 
who ever resided in town. 

QuiGGLE, Samuel, t. 1797; b. Dedham, Mass., Nov. 19,. 
1771 ; came from Franklin about the same time with N. 
Daniels; m., first, at David Robbins's, Nov. 30, 1797, 
Dimmis Hammond, b. Oct. 9, 1775, at Needham, who 
had taught school in the Round Pond district. She d. 
March 11, 1838; and he m., second, at Mansfield, Mass., 
May 6, 1840, Eunice (widow of Amasa Pratt), b. Mansfield, 
July 29, 1778, dr. of Elijah and Elizabeth Williams. He 
had — I. Dimmis, b. Feb. 14, 1800; d. at Waldo, February, 
1842; m., Oct. 26, 1817, Daniel Linniken ; ch. 1. Thomas, 
b. in Union, Nov. 5, 1818 ; m. 2. John, b. Dec. 15, 1820 ; 
m. 3. Hannah, b. Jan. 14, 1823; m., March 28, 1848, 
Nathaniel Bartlett ; r. Lynn, Mass. ; and has (1). Eugene 
H e nr y. 4. Mary, b. May 27, 1825 ; m. a Doty ; r. War- 
ren. 5. Jane, b. Waldo, July 7, 1827. 6. Harriet, b. 
May 17, 1830. 7. Mario, b. 1832. 8. H^jTZmwi, b. January, 
1835. 9. DanieZ, b. 1837. 10. E»/«<s, b. 1840. — II. Sally, 
b. June 7, 1801 ; m., first, 1818, Thomas Staples Perkins, 
of Hope, who settled in Belmont, and d. Sept. 9, 1824; 
and, second, John Shepherd Bean, and lives in Searsmont. 
She had ch. (three of them by her first husband) ; 1. Tamson, 
b. in Union, April 21, 1819 ; m.. May 8, 1840, Kiah Bailey 
Somes ; r. North Chelsea, Mass. ; and had (1). Adelaide 
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 8, 1842; (2). George Frederic, 



486 FAMILY REGISTER. 

b. Aug. 31, 1845; d. Oct. 7, 1845; (3). Abby Ara- 
bella, b. Aug. 31, 1847; (4). Thomas Perkins, b. 
Sept. 18, 1849. 2. Ahijah, d. young. 3. Betsey, ox Eliza- 
beth, b. in Union, Sept. 8, 1822 ; m., April 29, 1847, John 
Smith Nichols, of Maiden, Mass. ; and has (1). Nathan, 
b. Jan. 18, 1848; (2). John Smith, b. Jan. 5, 1850. 
4. Joseph Shepherd, b. Nov. 3, 1827, at Belmont; d. at 
sea, April 1, 1850. 5. Johii Leiins, b. Jan. 3, 1830, in 
Union. 6. Olive Holmes, b. Nov. 15, 1831 ; m., April 29, 
1851, Joseph M. Somes, of North Chelsea, Mass. 7. Har- 
riet Louisa, b. Sept. 26, 1833. 8. Sarah Bimmis, b. April, 
1835. 9. Helen Josephine, b. Feb. 15, 1837. 10. Elisha 
Lorenzo, h. Feb. 1, 1842. 11. Samuel Smith, h. 1844. — 

III. Hannah H., b. Sept. 25, 1803 ; d. May 23, 1824.— 

IV. Phanne, Fanny, or Frances, b. June 24, 1805; m., 
June 29, 1826, William Bennet, of Searsmont ; oh. 1. Martin 
Paul; and others. — V. Hammond, b. Aug. 5, 1807 ; killed 
himself in jail in Belfast. — VI. Harriet, b. Nov. 21, 1809 ; 
m., Sept. 26, 1837, Daniel Wood, b. at Prospect, Me., s. 
of Daniel Tibbetts ; and he d. March 23, 1844, at Edgefield 
Court-hovise District, S.C. She r. Boston ; ch. b. at Edge- 
field, 1. A son, b. Feb. 17, 1839; d. June 4, 1839. 2. 
Otis Nelson, b. June 23, 1841. 3. Abbij Louisa, b. July 
14, 1844, at Ashland, Mass. — VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 15, 
1811; m., 1838, Clementine Blood, of Warren; ch. 1. 
Llewellyn Augustus, b. March 11, 1839; drowned June 10, 
1841. 2. Guilford Williams, h. :iii.n. \0,IMI. 3. Sarah 
Ann, b. Jan. 8, 1843. 4. Margaret Adelia, b. July 23, 
1845. 4. A son. — VIII. Nathaniel Emmons, born Feb. 
20,1816; d. July 24, 1838. — IX. Mary Louisa, b. Sept. 23, 
1818 ; m. William Bacon ; r. Ashland, Mass. ; ch. 1. Charles 
Willia7n. 2. Louisa, d.. yowxvg. 3. Mary Dimtnis, h. Octo- 
ber, 1845. 4. Andrew Jackson. 5. A child, b. February, 
1851. 

RoBBiNS, Bela, b. May 2, 1761 ; d. April 19, 1831. 
He was son of Ebenezer ; ^ came with his father from the 

* All the persons named Robbins, who live in Union and vicinity, 
are said to be descended from William and Priscilla Robbins. 
If so, the former, probably, is the person of the same name who d. 
at Walpole, Aug. 18, 1725 ; and the latter the one who d. March 5, 
1744-0. Their son Ebenezer, b. May 10, 1691 ; d. July 3 [family-record] 
or 6 [Walpole record], 1762; all his ch. probably b. in Walpole, 
Mass. ; the first four by his first wife, Mary ; the others by his second 



BOBBINS. 487 

Fox Islands, and soon after " went out in the war," Avhere, 
it is said, he served three years. Hem. Margaret Meservey, 
1785. "He would take a log and make one of the best 
and handsomest of canoes, and canoes were of great conse- 
quence at the time. He had not a chair or bedstead in 
the hoi;se for many years after marriage. The furniture 
consisted of benches for seats, and shingle blocks with 
boards on them for benches." The ch. were — I. Lewis, b. 
Dec. 22, 1786 ; m., 1811, Nancy Fales, of Thomaston. — H. 
Sabra, b. May 4, 1788 ; m.. May 16, 1805, Leonard Bump ; 
and had 1. Leonard, b. Aug. 13, 1806; d. July 30, 1829. 
2. Lewis, b. Oct. 16, 1807. 3. Josephus, b. June 3, 1810. 
4. Maria, b. Feb. 17, 1813. 5. Almond, b. Sept. 18, 
1816; d. Oct. 8, 1831. 6. Matilda, b. Sept. 18, 1819. 7. 
Lovey, b. March 17, 1821. 8. Sabra, b. Feb. 14, 1823. 

9. Darius W., b. April 10, 1829. — IIL Becca, b. March 
15, 1790. — IV. Harvey, b. Sept. 17, 1794; m. Susan 
Brazier, Feb. 2, 1812; r. Appleton. — V; Chloe, b. May 
25, 1795 ; m. Benjamin Simmons, June 23, 1811 ; r. Hope. 
VI. Ebenezer, b. April 29, 1797 ; m. Polly Weaver in 1816; 
r. Winsor; had 1. Polli/, b. Feb. 27, 1817. 2. Lucinda, 
h. Jan. 28, 1819. 3. Pkilinda, b. Feb. 25, 1821. 4. 
Juliann, b. March 6, 1823. 5. Spencer, b. Aug. 15, 1825. 
6. Lavina, b. Dec. 29, 1827. — VII. Cyrus, b. May 12, 
1799; m., 1819, Olivia Ransom; ch. 1. Wilhert, b. May 
20,1820. 2. Ci/rMS,b. Aug. 29, 1822; m. Margaret Burns, 
and had (1). Wilmot C. ; d. Dec. 29, 1849; (2). 
Eldred, b. Jan. 3, 1850. 3. Alvin N., b. March 20, 
1824; ra. 4. Eber A., b. Sept. 29, 1826. 5. Dianfha 
Atelia, b. Oct. 3, 1829. 6. Olivia Verdilla, b. June 1, 
1830. 7. Lorr^Zm^lruiZia, b. Sept. 14, 1831. 8. Almatia 

wife, Experience Holmes, who -was b. June 7, 1706; viz. 1. ^lanj, b. 
Nov. 12, 1720; d. July 18, 1746. 2. Sarah, b. Oct. 23, 1722. 3. 
Ebenezer, b. Sept. 11, 1724; settled in Union; d. March 1, 1798. He 
lived in Attleboroiigh a while, came to Fox Islands before the Revo- 
lution broke out, and came off, as many others did at the time, to get 
away from the British. [See page 47.] 4. Oliver, b. Oct. 1, 1727 ; 
settled in Thomaston; d. March 27, 1792. 5. rhilip, b. Aug. 20, 
1730; settled in Union. 6. Margaret, b. May 29, 1732. 7. Benoni, 
b. June 21 [family-record], or 22 [Walpole record], 1733. 8. Ex})e- 
rience, b. June 2, 1735. 9. Josiah, b. July 23, 1737 ; settled in Union. 

10. Margaret, b. Jan. 16, 1739-40. 11. Tabitha, b. April 9, 1742; 
d. Sept. 25, 1775. 12. Isaac, b. July 3, 1744; d. Nov. 12, 1762. 13. 
Nathanief, b. Feb. 6, 1746-7 ; d. July 8, 1747. 14. Nathaniel, b. Nov. 
21, 1748; d. Oct. 1, 1770. 



488 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Welthania, h. Nov. 29, 1832. — VIII. Clarissa, b. Sept. 23, 
1801; m., 1822, Osmyn Davis, of Warren; r. Waldo- 
borough. — IX. Sophronia, b. April 24, 1804 ; ra., Dec. 31, 
1822, Philip Newbit. — X. Harriet, b. July 2G, 1806; m., 
Dec. 28, 1820, John Robinson ; ch. 1. Elmira, b. in Waldo- 
borough, May 18, 1822; d. 2. Warren, b. July 12, 1823. 
3. Roxana R., b. April 21, 1825, in Jefferson; d. 4. 
Lenora, b. July 15, 1827. 5. Clarinda, b. Oct. 5, 1829. 
6. Darius, b. Sept. 20, 1831. 7. Stilhnan, b. Aug. 20, 
1833. 8. Horatio, b. Jan. 8, 1836, in Union. 9. Alvira, 
b. Dec. 23, 1837. 10. Avilla, b. Dec. 28, 1840; d. April 
20, 1841. 11. Delano, b. April 5, 1841. 

RoBBiNS, David, b. at Walpole, Mass., March 21, 1752 ; 
d. Aug. 12, 1831 ; owned the first horse in town, the first 
chaise, the first sleigh, the first hack ; and his was the 
first w. or woman who moved into town to reside. He 
m., first, Elizabeth, Feb. 11, 1772, who d. June 18, 1801 
(dr. of John Chapman, a Scotchman, and his w., Betsey Jel- 
lard, at the time of marriage the widow Quiggle) ; and, 
second, widow Marcy (Hunt) Winslow, b. in Waldoborough, 
and who d. in Waldoborough, December, 1848, aged eighty- 
one. Issue, — I. Jason, b. March 13, 1772, at Walpole, 
Mass. ; d. July 10, 1794 ; m. Jane, dr. of C. Butler, and had 
1. Betsey, b. March 7, 1794, who m. Benjamin Buzzell in 
1813. Mrs. R. m., second, in 1800, Sterling Davis. — II. 
Chloe, b. Walpole, Mass., Sept. 11, 1773; m., first, Samuel 
Bartlctt, a widower, of Barretts Town, now Hope (who was 
b. at Newton, Mass., July 18, 1763, and whose w., Abigail 
Knight, d. April 15, 1784); and, second, Sept. 1, 1806, 
Abner Dunton, b. Lincolnville, April 26, 1781. She had, 
by her first husband, 1. Jason, b. Aug. 15, 1795 ; d. in New 
York city, u., March, 1833. 2. Sophronia, b. Dec. 12, 
1796; m. Abram Nason. 3. Isaac, b. March 7, 1798; w. 
Clarissa. 4. Noah, b. Feb. 26, 1800; d. Nov. 19, 1834; 
m. Matilda, dr. of Herman Hawes. 5. Samuel, b. March 
3, 1802; m. Mary Jane, dr. of Jacob Sibley. 6. Joel, b. 
April 24^ 1803 ; m. Mary Dunton, of Westfield. 7. Joseph, 
b. June 3, 1805 ; d. March 22, 1825. By her second h. she 
had 8. Abner, b. Aug. 1, 1807 ; m. Susanna W. Harwood. 
9. Seldom, writing-master, b. Feb. 14, 1809. 10. Chloe, 
b. Nov. 30, 1810; d. Aug. 11, 1817. 11. Alvin, writing- 
master, b. April 13, 1812 ; m. Elizabeth Harris, of Liberty, 
who d. 1850. 12. Washington, b. Sept. 14, 1813. 13. 



ROBBINS. 489 

Nancxj Gushee, b. April 9, 1815; d. March 30, 1848; m. 
Joseph Wiley. 14. John B., h. May 18, 1817; m., first, 
Dcllora Bartlett ; and, second, Caroline, dr. of David Kob- 
bins. — III. Joseph, b. Thomaston, July 7, 1775; d. 
February, 1850; r. near Mount Pleasant; m., first, April 
5, 1798, Abigail, dr. of C. Butler; and, second, in March, 
1820, Hannah Sterling, of Applcton, from St. George; had 
1. Lucy, b. July 30, 1801 ; d. 2. Christopher Butler, b. 
June 11, 1803; m., 1829, Mary Noyes, of Warren. 3. 
Samuel H., b. May 1, 1805 ; m., 1829, in Searsmont, a Ben- 
net ; r. Hope. 4. Eliza, b. July 9, 1807 ; m. John Briggs. 
5. Nancy Gushee, b. May 8, 1809; m. a Jones; r. Goose 
River in Camden; and d. 1851. 6. Mercy W., b. June 22, 
1811; m. 7. Chloe M., b. Jan. 17, 1816; d. Nov. 25, 
1834; m. Oliver Matthews, of Warren. — IV, Silence, b. 
Feb. 22, 1777; d. Feb. 22, 1777; the first white child b. 
in town. — V. Lucy, b. Feb. 19, 1778; d. March 1, 1778; 
the second white child b. in the town. — VI. Joel, b. June 

3, 1780 ; the first male child born in town, and the first per- 
son born here who was required to do military duty ; set- 
tled at the east part of the town; m., Oct. IG, 1799, 
Rebecca, dr. of Christopher Butler. — VII. Nancy, b. April 
22, 1782; m., Nov. 14, 1799, Almond Gushee, of Hope. — 
VIII. Ebenezer, b. Oct. 4, 1783; m. Thankful, dr. of Seth 
Luce; r. Appleton. — IX. Pardon, b. June 18, 1785; was 
left in a store on the Common, the night of April 2, 1838, 
where he was found dead the next morning; u. — X. 
David, b. Feb. 20, 1788 ; settled on the homestead; became 
blind ; in a state of depression, after several unsuccessful 
attempts, succeeded, July, 1850, in killing himself, "by 
taking a twist in his neckhandkerchief with a stick." He 
m., March 18, 1813, Lydia, dr. of Joseph Maxcy ; had 1. 
Gilbert, b. Jan. 3, 1814; d. Aug. 29, 1834. 2. Oren,h. 
Yah. 1, 1815; enlisted; d. in Mexico, Nov. 20, 1847. 3. 
Elvira, b. Oct. 6, 1816; m., July 4, 1843, Asa Crockett, 
of Thomaston. 4. Olive, b. Feb. 14, 1819; m., Jan. 11, 
1844, Philo Thurston, jr.; and has a son. 5. Hannah 
Elizabeth, b. Dec. 29, 1821. 6. Waterman Maxcy, b. Feb. 

4, 1823. 7. Mary Weeks, b. Nov. 12, 1824; m., Nov. 
1848, Samuel Winslow; r. Newton, Mass. 8. Nancy Maxcy ^ 
b. Nov. 18, 1826; d. Jan. 1851. 9. Caroline Maxcy, b. 
Sept. 16, 1828 ; m. John B. Dunton. 10. Maxcy, b. July 13, 
1830. 11. Ermina Gushee, b. Aug. 22, 1832. 12. Lydia 

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490 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Amanda, b. Jan. 24, 1836. 13. Mandalene Victoria, b. 
Oct. 29, 1837; d. May 21, 1850. — XI. John Chapman, b. 
April 17, 1791 ; m. Berintha, dr. of Thomas Daggett ; ch. 
1. Spencer, b. Aug. 6, 1809 ; d. June 27, 1834. 2. Cordelia, 
b. March 17, 1811 ; m., Sept. 8, 1833, Vinal, s. of Nathan 
Hills; r. Northport ; had (1). Spencer R., b. Dec. 25, 
1833; (2). Adilate, b. Oct. 30, 1835, d. April 16, 1836; 
and probably others. 3. Hannah, b. Nov. 27, 1812; r. 
Saccarappa; m.. May 30, 1830, Otis Hunnewell, from New- 
ton, Mass.; and had Edwin Emery, b. Sept. 13, 1830, 
d. June 27, 1831 ; Charles Edwin, d. June 27, 1840, 
aged nine months ; also Henry and Eli as. 4. Irene, h. 
Feb. 9, 1815; m., Jan. 11, 1835, Paul Lincoln, of Appleton; 
and d. 5. Laurinda, b. May 10, 1817 ; m. Orson Cromett, 
who was killed by the bursting of a grindstone, at South 
Union. 6. Elias, b. April 2, 1819 ; travels, as musician, 
with a caravan of animals. 7. Aldina, b. April 22, 1821 ; 
d. June 12, 1841. 8. John Chapman, sea-captain, b. March 
5, 1823 ; r. Northport. 9. Martha M., b. May 31, 1825; 
r. Saccarappa. 10. Almond Gushee, b. Oct. 30, 1828 ; d. 
March 17, 1830. — XII. Maxcy, b. June 23, 1793; clothier, 
musician, accompanied a circus or caravan of animals ; and 
d., 1832, of cholera, in Upper Canada; m., 1818, in Stra- 
tham, N.H., Mary W., b. Stratham, N.H., Nov. 21, 1797, d. 
Manchester, N.H., Dec. 4, 1849, dr. of Walter and Nancy 
(Jewett) Weeks ; and had 1 . Ann Elizabeth, b. Sept. 24, 
1818, Exeter, N.H. ; d. Aug. 1819. 2. Hannah, b. Sept. 23, 
1820,Epping, N.H. ; d. Oct. 18, 1844, Manchester, N.H. ; c. ; 
m., June 9, 1840, Daniel Clark, lawyer, Manchester, N.H. — 
XIII. Eliza, b. Aug. 14, 1802 ; d. March 18, 1805. — XIV. 
Sally Simmons, b. Sept. 25, 1807; d. Oct. 7, 1807. — XV. 
Sarah Simmons, b. Dec. 2, 1808; m., first, James Woodcock; 
had a son, d. young ; Leonora Levenseller, b. Feb. 17, 1830, 
m. Isaac Kahler, 1848; Esther Mero, b. Jan. 16, 1832; 
also a son ; having lost Harriet. Mrs. W. m., second, 
Nathaniel Hunt, of Waldoborough ; and has Octavia, Sel- 
dom Dunton, Statira, Oren Rollins, SfC. 

RoBBiNS, Jessa, s. of Philip, b. Walpole, Mass., April 
16, 1759; m., first, in the fall of 1783, Jemima, sister of 
Capt. Joel Adams, who was b. at Franklin, Mass., and d. 
Oct. 20, 1790; by whom he had — I. Submit, d. Aug. 
7, 1790. He m., second, in the spring of 1792, Ruth 
Pearce ; b. Rehoboth, Mass., Oct. 16, 1760 ; who d. April 9, 



ROBBINS. 491 

1838; and had — II. John Pearce, b. Sept. 2, 1793; ni., 
April 2, 1815, Polly, b. Nov. 26, 1790, dr. of John and 
Elizabeth Mero ; and had 1. Caroline, b. Jan. 15, 1816. 

2. John, b. Feb. 20, 1818 ; m. Hannah Douglass ; r. Gardi- 
ner. 3. Mary Ann, b. Sept. 23, 1819; m. Oren Oxford 
Stewart. 4. Jesse, b. June 21, 1823; m., Feb. 22, 1849, 
Harriet Newell Young, of Jefferson. 5. Catharine, b. 
March3, 1826 (?). — III. Milton, b. Jan. 8, 1796 ; d. Oct. 23, 
1802. — IV. Jason, b. July 2, 1799; r. homestead; m., 
March 28, 1824, Lucy Thorndike, of Searsmont ; and had 
1. Adaline, b. March 23, 1825; m.. May, 1849, Emery 
Franklin Joy. 2. Clementine Thorndike, b. Nov. 25, 1832. 

3. Alphonso, b. July 29, 1835. 4. Jason, b. June 25, 1838. 
5. Lycurgus, b. May 17, 1844. — V. Mima, b. Aug. 14, 
1801; m. George Butler, of Thomaston. — VI. Jesse, b. 
May 28, 1806 ; m., first. May 9, 1830, Hannah, dr. of David 
Carriel ; and had 1. Ann Augusta, b. March 28, 1831. 2. 
Charles C, b. Dec. 4, 1832, 3. Dexter, b. Sept. 9, 1834. 

4. Mary Ellen, b. Aug. 14, 1836. 5 and 6. Twins, Emery 
and Emerson, b. 1837. 7. Levi, b. 1840. He m., second, 
in 1845, widow Louisa (Smith) Dutton ; c. 

RoBBiNS, JosiAH, b. Walpole, Mass., July 23, 1737; d. 
Union, Jan. 5, 1811 ; m., in Franklin, Sarah, b. April 24, 
1746 ; d. of dropsy, Feb. 27, 1825; dr. of Matthew Smith, 
of Bellingham; had — I. Olive, b. Feb. 23, 1766; m., 
first, Robert Gillmor, of Franklin, Nov. 15, 1785; and, 
second, Deacon James Metcalf, of Franklin, and had ch. by 
the first husband only. — II. Molly, or Mary, b. Nov. 1, 
1767; m. David Gillmor. — III. Sarah, b. Feb. 19, 1770; 
m. Rufus Gillmor. — IV. Nathaniel, b. Stoughtonham, 
Oct. 2, 1773; m., 1793, Lovey, b. Holmes's Hole, Mass., 
April 1, 1775, dr. of Capt. George West. She d. of lung- 
fever, Nov. 9 [10, gravestone], 1812. Hem., June 15, 1814, 
Elizabeth, whose maiden name was Lummus, b. Feb. 4, 1776, 
in Hamilton, Mass., widow of David Coggswell, of Ipswich, 
Mass. N. R. lived in Union till the fall of 1840, when he 
moved to Brunswick, where&e d. of dropsy, July 4, 1850. 
His remains, in a massive, black walnut, silver-mounted cof- 
fin, were taken by railroad to Portland, thence by steamboat 
to Rockland, and brought to Union, agreeably to his desire ; 
and, before the religious services on Sunday, July 7, were 
buried by the side of his family, in the town where he had 
lived and labored during the greater part of his life. Appro- 



492 FAMILY REGISTER. 

priate services were then held in the Universalist Meeting- 
house, by the Rev. Dr. Adams, of Brunswick, who officiated 
in accordance with his request. His ch. were 1 . Peter West, 
captain, b. Nov. 14, 1794; r. Searsmont ; m., July 16, 1815, 
Mary S. Jones, dr. of the wife of Susman Abrams by her first 
husband. He d. Nov. 9 [or 10, gravestone], 1821, and was 
buried under arms ; having had ( 1 ). L o v e y West, b. June 
16, 1816, now Mrs. Thorndike, r. Searsmont; (2). Henry, 
b. Oct. 29, 1818, r. Union, u. ; (3). PeterWest, b. Dec. 26, 
1820 ; m. ; r. Searsmont. Peter's widow m., second. Ward 
Maxcy, who d. She now r. Augusta. 2. Olive, b. March 26, 
1797 ; m., 1816, Waterman Maxcy, and June 20, 1830, Silas 
Kcllar ; r. South Thomaston; by whom she had [seep. 469] 
(7). Oscar, b. May 7, 1831 ; (8). Silas, b. Dec. 14, 1833 
(9). Olive, b. May 11, 1837 ; (10). Mortimer, b. March 
18, 1840; d. Sept. 4, 1849. 3. Willord, h. Dec. 14, 1799 
m , at Lincolnville, April 5, 1821, Deborah W. Moody, b 
Lincolnville, Oct. 1, 1799, dr. of Wm. Moody (b. York 
March 30, 1766, d. Feb. 27, 1840) and Patience Thorndike 
b. Camden, Dec. 15, 1768, d. April 22, 1846; and settled 
in Searsmont, vhere six of the children were born. They 
now live on his homestead in Union. Had (1). Pa- 
tience M., b. March 21, 1822, m. Franklin, s. of Noah 
Ric3; (2). Nancy E., b. Feb. 18, 1824; m., 1850, John 
Little, from New York State; (3). Nathaniel A., b. July 4, 
1826; d. Oct. 15, 1828; (4). Deborah M., b. July 19, 1828 
(5). William Moody, b. Sept. 13, 1830; (6). Willard 
b. July 19, 1832; (7). Nathaniel A., b. Aug. 24, 1834 
(8). Adelbert P., b. Nov. 14, 1837; (9). Augusta A. 
b. Nov. 9, 1840; (10). Edwin L., b. Oct. 12,1843. 4 
Mary Chase, b Aug. 30 [31, town-rec], 1802; m. Moses 
Walcott; and d. of consumption, Dec. 7, 1849. 5. Natha 
niet, b. Jan. 20, 1805 ; m., April 7, 1831, Harriet Gleason 
and had (1). Frances Augusta, b. Feb. 19, 1832; (2) 
Ann Elizabeth, b. Aug. 10, 1833; (3). Lovey West 
b. Oct. 20, 1 834 ; (4). Edward Kent, b. April 9, 1 839 
6. Lovey West, b. Oct. 4, 1807; m. Hermon Mero. 7 
Charles, b. April 28, 1810 ; d. May 1,1810. 8. Sarah Smith 
b. June 2, 1811 ; m., Dec. 5, 1833, James, b. July 29, 1808 
d. July 23, 1847, s. of John McDowell, of Washington, from 
Scotland; had(l). Mary Walcott, b. Dec 2, 1834; (2) 
Roscoe, b. March 21, 1837 ; (3). Sarah Maria, b. Nov. 2 
1833; d. Jan. 13, 1845; (4). James, b. Nov. 19, 1841 



BOBBINS. 493 

(5). Flotealia, b. Jan. 26, 1843; (6). Sarah Theresa, 
b. Feb. 18, 1845; (7). William Augustus, b. Feb. 25, 
1848. 9. Augustus Coggswell, b. June 3, 1816 ; m., April 9, 
1838, Maria Theresa, b. Brunswick, Nov. 15, 1814, dr. of 
Capt. William and Priscilla (Merritt) Curtis ; and had, b. at 
Brunswick, (1). Harriett Maria, b. April 13, 1841; 
(2). Charles Augustus, b. July 2, 1 843. — V. Lewis, 
b. Franklin, Sept. 11, 1782; m., Feb. 7, 1805, Phebe, b. 
Feb. 8, 1787, dr. of Nathan and Sarah (Wellington) Bar- 
nard ; had 1. Josiah, b. Nov. 7, 1805 ; r. Stephensport, Ky. ; 
a farmer ; m. Mahala, b. Nelson County, Ky., dr. of Thomas 
and Mary (Martin) York ; and had (1). Roxana, d. young ; 
(2). Lewis; (3). Charles Warren; (4). Willard; 
(5). Ann, b. March 13, 1840; (6). Nathan Barnard; 
(7). Thomas; (8). William Jesse. 2. Lmc?/, b. Nov. 10, 
1807 ; m. Milton Daniels ; and d. Oct. 29, 1833. 3. Maria, 
b. June 7, 1809 ; m., first, Jesse Drake, who d. July 19, 1842, 
and, second, Dec. 30, 1848, Horace Blood ; and had (1). J o- 
s i ah, b. Dec. 4, 1830; (2). Jesse, b. Feb. 22, 1843 ; (3). 
Meriam Hooper, b. Sept. 28, 1849. 4. Roxana, 
b. June 27, 1812, m. William G. Hawes. 5. Nathan Bar- 
nard, b. July 22, 1815 ; m., March 17, 1842, Cynthia Abi- 
gail Daniels; and had (1). Levi Morse, b. July 30, 1843; 
(2). Edgar Milton, b. July 30, 1845; (3). Nathan D. 
b. April 30, 1849. 6. Lewis, b. May 12, 1817 ; m., Dec. 4, 
1845, Matilda, b. in Hope, Nov. 28, 1826, dr. of Benjamin 
and Lydia (Fletcher) McAllister; and had (1). Roscoe 
Benjamin, b. Jan. 30,1846; (2). Charle s Augustin, 
b. Nov. 15, 1848. 7. Phehe Ann, b. June 25, 1821; d. 
Aug. 22, 1826. 8. Charles, b. March 20, 1823 ; d. June 10, 
1848, seventy miles above New Orleans, and was buried in 
the Methodist Burying-ground on the plantation of John 
Preston, on the east side of the Mississippi River, and five 
miles below Donaldsonville. 

RoBBiNS, Philip, b. in Walpole, Mass., Aug. 20, 1730, 
old style; d. March 9, 1816; m., Nov. 1, 1750, O.S., 
Jemima, commonly called "Aunt Mima," b. March 3, 1731, 
O.S., and d. Nov. 9, 1815; dr. of Joseph Smith, of Wal- 
pole. A correspondent, who was young at the time of the 
death of Philip Robbins and his wife, writes, " They came 
often to our house, were most simple-hearted and honest 
people. Old Philip used to wear a round-top hat, just large 
enough for his head, with a broad brim ; also breeches with 
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494 FAMILY REGISTER. 

knee-buckles and shoe-buckles. They sleep side by side in 
the graveyard, having attained great age." Many a middle- 
aged person retains a distinct recollection of his appearance, 
as he rode his black horse (on each side of which were pan- 
niers, lashed over the horse's back with straps) from house 
to house, collecting calves and lambs, which he killed, and 
was in the habit of carrying to market, at Thomaston, till 
within a few years of his death. He left six children, fifty- 
one grandchildren, eighty-five great-grandchildren, and five 
great-great-grandchildren ; having lost three children and 
fifteen grandchildren. His ch. all b. in Walpole, Mass. 

— I. David, b. March 21, 1752. — H. P^lizabeth, b. July 8, 
1754 ; m. Richard Cummings. — HI. Jemimah, or Mima, 
as she Avas commonly called, b. Jan. 10, 1757; m. Capt. 
Joel Adams. — IV. Jess, b. April 18 or 16, 1759. — V. 
Ebenezer, b. April 30, 1761 ; buried on Cranberry Island. 

— VI. Jacob, b. Nov. 14, 1762; m. Susan Meservey ; r. 
Appleton, and, in 1848 or 1849, found dead in his bed. — 
VII. Joseph, b. Aug. 7, 1765; d. Jan. 7, 1769. — VIII. 
Susanna, b. Sept. 22 [Walpole rec], Oct. 22 [herself], 
1768 ; m. Amariah Mero. — IX. Philip, b. Aug. 27, 1771. 

Rogers, Jesse, from Stoughtonham ; t. 1795 ; w. Salome 
Bosworth ; built a house near Bowker Brook ; moved to 
Penobscot; ch. — I. Nancy, b. Nov. 27, 1787. — II. Shep- 
herd, b. April 24, 1789. — HI. Abigail, b. June 23, 1791.— 
IV. Salome, b. May 6, 1793 ; d. March 20, 1794. — V. Sal- 
ly, b. July 1 1, 1796 — VI. Jesse, b. June 2, 1798. — VII. 
Wm.,b. April 27, 1800. — VIII. Hannah, b. Aug. 18, 1802. 
Shepakd, or Shepherd, Daniel, from Acton, Mass. ; 
d. July 3, 1829. "The Shepherd and Law families were 
among the first," according to Shattuck's Concord, who, 
about the year 1656, commenced a settlement in Acton. 
His wife was Mary Adams, of Acton. They came to Union 
in June, 1795, and settled about one and a half or two 
miles north-west of Round Pond. Jane Shepherd died Nov. 
27, 1807, aged ninety-one. — I. Daniel, b. Nov. 2, 1775; 
m., April 23, 1802, Alice, sister of Asa Messer, and had 1. 
Nancy, b. Oct. 16, 1803; d. Aug. 23, 1841. 2. John 
Adams, b. Nov. 26, 1805. 3. Eliza, b. May 28, 1807. 4. 
William, b. April 7, 1809. 5. Daniel, b. March 28, 1811 ; 
d. Aug. 10, 181!^ 6. Elsie, b. July 23, 1812. 7. Daniel, 
b. Sept. 15, 1815. 8. Amanda, b. April 30, 1819. — II. 
Artemas, b. July 1, 1777; m. Martha Dole, of Watervilie. 



SHEPHERD. — SIBLEY. 495 

— III. Thaddeus, b. May 13, 1779 ; m. Susan, dr. of Caleb 
Howard, of Waldoborough, and had 1. Mace, b. Oct. 16, 
1809; m. Jane Chapman, of Nobleborough ; c. 2. James 
Sanford, b. June 5, 1811 ; m. Nancy Stone, dr. of Jonas C. 
Davis, of Appleton; had (1). James Irving, b. Jan. 
9, 1836 or 1835; (2). Susan Caroline, b. April 19, 
1837 or 1836; (3). George Appleton; (4). Mary 
Catharine. 3. Thaddeus S., b. April 15, 1813; m. 
Sally Sayward ; c. 4. Sarah Catherine, h. Sept. 17, 1817; 
m. March 7, 1839, George Fossett, and has (1). James; 
(2). George Emerson. 5. Josiah Howard, h. Se\')t. 16, 
1819; u. 6. Noah Emerson, h. March 13, 1822. — IV. Sarah, 
m. Michael Jones; r. Jefferson. — V. Lucy, m. Samuel 
Hagar, 1804, and had 1. Sarah, b. April 11, 1805. 2. 
Samuel, h. Sept. 13, 1807; d. July 2, 1842. 3. Reuben, 
b. March 27, 1810. 4. Lucy, b. Dec. 1, 1812. 5. John, 
b. July 26, 1816. 6. Thomas, h. Aug. 26, 1820. 7. Eze- 
kiel, b. Nov. 26, 1825; d Aug. 2, 1826. 8. Esther Ann, 
h. June 16, 1827. — VI. Nathan; u. — VII. Mercy, m., 
Nov 3, 1814, Daniel Jones, of Washington. — VIII. Nancy, 
m. John Ames, of Jefferson. 

Sibley,^ Jonathan, b. at Hopkinton, N.H., Jan. 4, 

* The word Sibley may be compnunded of the words sib and lea. 
The former means relationship or alliance ; or, in earlier times, peace ; 
and the hitter, a. feld. Hoiice the words combined may mean kiiiS' 
men's land. Perhaps several kinsmen lived together in the same 
place, or on the same lea. If the earlier meaning of the word sib be 
adopted. tl!;.e meaning may be peace-lea, or land of peace ; perhaps be- 
cause of the harmony of the peojjle, or because the place was e.\empt 
from war. This explaiiatiun of the origin of the word, however, is 
merely conjectural. 

The dtvcriptiou of the Sybly arms, ia Burke's General Armory, is 
" Per pale azure and gules a griffin passant between three crescents 
argent." In heraldry, the griffin, which is an imaginary animal, half 
eagle and half lion, denotes strength and swiftness. The close agree- 
ment of the armorial bearings of the families of Silebij and of Sybly 
seems to show that one of the names is a variation of the other, — 
the latter probably being a corruption of the former. But it is cer- 
tain thit .Si'Wt;;/ is of considerable antiquity, as it is found in the Rotuli 
Hun Iredorum of the reign of Edward I. (1:272 — 1-307), in the counties 
of Huntington, Kent, O.'iford. and Suffolk, where it is spelt Sybeli, 
Sibeli, Sibely. Sibili, Si'jilie, Sibf.i ; and where the name Silehi/ does not 
seem to occur. The Public R„'cords published by the Record Commis- 
sion spell it Sibille, in the reign of Richard F (1:377 — 1:5:)3); and 
Sibt^k in that of Henry V. (141:5—1422); and in that of Elizabeth 
(15.53 — 130:i), it is Sybley, Sibley, and Sibly ; and once (with an alias) 
Sybcry. A very similar name of about the same antiquity is Jilius 



496 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1773; came to Union, Sept. 17, 1799; m., Nov. 1, 1803, 
Persis, b. at Sherburne, Mass., April 20, 1772 ; d. of para- 

Sibillee, or Fitz- Sibyl, which may have been the original of the name 
in some cases ; in other cases, it may have been derived from the 
parish of Hinghaiyi Sibyl, or Sible, or Sibleys, in Essex. 

From Felt's Annals of Salem, i. 172, it seems that the first of the 
Sibleys in this country came to Salem in the fleet of 1629. It is said 
that they were from the north part of England or south part of Scot- 
land, or that they came from Northamptonshire. In Willis's Cathe- 
drals, ii. 172, it is stated that " John Sibeley collated 1459," succeeded 
Roger Mersham as prebendary of Lincoln. In Rymer's Fojdera, xix. 
348, is recorded " Pro Johanne Sibley. Rex, vicesimo sexto die Maii 
[1631 or 1632] concessit Johanni Sibley et aliis Officium Clerici et 
Clericorum omnium et singulorum brevium et processuum in Curia 
Camere Stellate, durante vita. P[rivato] S[igillo] ; " meaning Clerk 
of the Court of the Starre Chamber for life. In Dugdale's Warwick- 
shire, Knightlow Hundred, Marton, i. 327, under the patronage of 
•' Rob. Fysher miles & Bar.," is found " Thom. Sybley Cler. in Art. 
Magr. xvii. Oct. 1623 [v. p. m. Ric. Scale ult. Incumb.]" In the 
same volume, Birdingbury, p. 325, is " [Tho. Sibley Cler. ii Julii 
1633]." In Besse's Sufferings of the Quakers, i. 638-644, Thomas 
Sibley, a blacksmith, is "sent to gaol" and fined — though he was 
afterward released and the fine remitted — "for being at an unlawful 
Meeting or Conventicle, in the parish of Crewkherne," in Somerset- 
shire, on the fourth of June, 1684. In the same volume, page 345, 
William Sibley is named as a prisoner in 1685, in Leicester, — the 
town where Higginson was settled before he came to Massachusetts 
in 1629. Possibly some of these Sibleys were related to the early 
settlers in New England. A comparison of tho situation of the places 
mentioned, and of places from which came some individuals in the 
fleet of 1629, may be of value in making further investigations in 
the mother- country. 

" John Sybley with Sarah his wife " was admitted to the church in 
Charlestown, Mass., on the 21st day of the 12th month, 1634-5, old 
style. He took tho freeman's oath, May 6, 1635. It is not certain that 
there is any other information respecting him or his family, except — 

" A true Inventory of the Lands : Goods: Cattell, and Chattells of John Sybley 
Inhabitant of Charlestowne lately deseased the 30th of 9th mo : 1G49 
Imprimis A House and Barne and 6 Aliers of Arrable Land Broken up 
<ind meadow ground and cows commons, valued at . . . . 50 00 00 

more 4 cows 2 caves, A mare w"* foale, 3 swine at 36 00 00 

more Puter and Brasse and Iron Kettell and frying pan with iron pot 

hangers pot hooks gridiron and other iron 05 10 00 

more Armes As A corslet headpeece sword and pike . . . . 02 00 00 
His Cloaths As A cloath coat, and cloath suight made and a carse suight 
unmade a Buther suight [butcher suit] and hats and other cloathing 

•w"> bands and shirts at 08 00 00 

more Bedding and Lynnen at 16 00 00 

more Barke, Indian, Pease and Rye at 08 00 00 

A cart and furniture And tooles tubs and other Lumber . . . . 05 00 00 
A Table, chest, chaire, And Bookes at . . . . . . . 02 10 00 

Summa 133 00 00 

This was valewed the 27th of the i" moneth 16 . . 

John Greene 
Raph Mousell." 



SIBLEY. 497 

lysis, Feb. 5, 1847 ; dr. of Obadiah Morse ; had — I. Jolin 
Langdon, b. Dec. 29, 1804; fitted for college at Phillips's 

The inventory is preserver!, on a small piece of loose paper, in the 
Probate OfRee at East Cambridge. In the record of its acceptance, 
" at a Co)inty Court lield at Cambridge the 2th of the 2th mo. 1650," 
the name is spelt " Siblie." 

John Sibly, who took the freeman's oath, Sept. 3, 1634, is the 
sixteenth on the list of members of the First Church in Salem. In 
1636 he was selectman of Salem. The same year, 20th 10th 
month, he had half an acre of land granted to him at Winter 
Island Harbor, "for the fishing trade and to build u[)on." He also 
had a grant of fifty acres at Manchester, 20: 12 : 1636, O.S. Han- 
son, ill the History of Uanvers, page 31, says he had land near 
Salem village, now Danvers, in 163>S, and settled. Probably these 
Salem references are to but one John Sibley, — the same man who 
settled at Manchester in 1636, was selectman there, an extensive 
land-owner, and died there in 1661. In the inventory, mention 
is made of nine children, four boys and five girls. His widow, 
Rachel, brought the inventory into court, and " y° Court doe order 
that y" estate be left in y° widoe's hands to bring up y^ children 
till y" Court take further order." Thcv had Sarah, baptized at Salem 
Church. 18: 7: 1642. Mary, bapt s": 7: 1644; m.. 26 : 11: 1664, 
Jonathan Walcott; had Ju/in, b. Dec. 7, 1766; Hanna, b. 6: 10: 
1667; Jonathan, h. \ : 7: 1670; and many others. Kachael, bapt. 3 : 
3 : 1646 ; m. a Bishop. John, Capt. bapt. 14:3: 1648 ; admitted to 
the church in Beverly, April 5, 1696 ; ra. Rachel (admitted to Bever- 
ly Church, 5 : o : 1685), dr. of Ama. Pickworth. Capt. John was 
selectman of Manchester many years, representative to the General 
Court, leading man in town-affairs, and d. as early as the spring of 
1710. Hannah, bapt. 22 : 4 : 1651 ; m., 25 : 12 : 1676, Steevcn Small ; 
had Mary. b. March 21, 1677; Eltabcth, h. March 4. 1678-9; John, 
b. 7: 7: 1680; Hannah, b. 18. 12: 1681. William, bapt. 8:7: 
1653 ; yeoman and butcher ; d. of consumption at Salem Village, 
April 28, 1691 ; m. 1 : 9 : 1676, Ruth, dr. of William Canterbury, and 
widow of William Small; and had 1. Eiith, b. August, 1677; m., 
Aug. 6. 1706, Thomas Needham. 2. John. 3. Joseph, ])rohdh\y the 
Joseph of Lynri in 1717; d. 1718 (r). 4. Nathaniel, husbandman, b. 
about 1686; d. about 1733. 5. Rachel, b. about 1688; m.. Nov. 16, 
1710, Joseph Flint. Samuel, b. 12: 2: 1657; m. Mary, of witch- 
memory, whose confession is in the (Collections of the Massachusetts 
Historical Society, vol. iii. of the third series. Abigail, bapt. 3:5: 
1659. There was Joseph, probably between William and Samuel. In 
1693, he and others, according to Felt's Annals of Salem, ii. 214, on 
their homeward passage from a fishing-voyage to Cape Sable, were 
impressed on board a British frigate. After seven weeks' service in 
the ve-sel, the captain forced him to go on board anotiier ship. He 
m., Feb. 4, 1683, Susanna Follet; and had 1. Joseph, b. Nov. 9, 
1684. whoso w. was Mary: 2. John, b. Sept. 18, 1687; m.. May 21, 
1718. Z»ruia Gould. 3. Jonathan, b. May 1, 1690. 4. Hannah, iiapt. 
May, 1395. 5. Samuel, bapt 1697 ; m. Martha Dike, said to be of 
Ipswich. 6. William, bapt. April 7, 1700; d. about the age of fifty, 



498 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Exeter Academy; graduated at Harvard University in 
1825 ; Assistant Librarian at Harvard University in 1825-6 ; 

having a cancer on his tongue ; m. Sarah Dike. 7. Benjamin, bapt. 
Sept. 19, 1703 ; had a w., Priscilla. Of these sons, the first two and 
last three settled in Sutton, Mass., and vicinity, in the first part of the 
eighteenth century. Benjamin, after living in Sutton a few years, 
went to Union, Conn., and d. at Ashford. From them have descended 
the Sibleys in New York, and in the South and West. The late Dr. 
John Sibley, of Natchitoches, La., s. of Timothy, was b. at Sutton. 
There are, however, some of the name in Florida, who are not of this 
stock. There was another, of whom nothing is known, except that, 
among Washington's Papers, now in the Cajjitol at the city of Wash- 
ington, is "A return of Captain Joshua Lewis Corapa. August 17th, 
1756, on the South Branch. . . . Rank and File — 8 on Command, at 
Sibley's Mill." 

Richard Sibley, " traie-maker," from whom the families in Union 
are descended, d. 1676. His widow was living in 1700. In the inven- 
tory of his effects, 30 : 4 : 1676, mention is made of drawing-knives and 
shaves. What relation he sustained to John, of Salem, is not known ; 
perhaps both were sons of John, of Charlestown. He and his w., 
Hannah, were in Salem in 1656, as appears from charges against them 
in an old account-book of Curwen. They had — I. Samuel, b. 
10:1: 1658. — IL Hannah, b. 20 : 7 : 1661. — III. Sarah, b. 20 : 10 : 
1663. — IV. Damaris, b. 26 : 6 : 1666. — V. John, b. first week in 
April, 1669 ; supposed to be the John who m., July 4, 1695, Elizabeth 
Peale; and had 1. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 3, 1696; d. twenty months old. 
2. Elizabeth, b. April 13, 1699. 3 and 4. Mary and Hannah, twins, 
b. March 14, 1701 ; both d. within a week. 5. Mary, b. April 25, 
1702. 6. John, b. Dec. 1, 1704. — VL Mary, b. Jan. 25, 1671.— 
VII. Elizabeth, is mentioned in the inventory. 

Samuel, b. 10 : 1 : 1658, named in Rd. Sibley's will, being the oldest 
son, had a double share of the property. He m., in Salem, Sept. 13, 
1695, Sarah Wells, from whom the settlers in Union are descended. 
There is a tradition that he was killed at Haverhill, Mass., while 
throwing water upon the meeting-house which had been set on fire 
by the Indians, Aug. 29, 1708. He belonged to Salem, and was proba- 
bly under Major Turner, upon the arrival of whose men, according to 
Mirick's History of Haverhill, the whole body of the enemy com- 
menced a rapid retreat. Many persons from Salem were then killed. 
He had no children after that time. The inventory of his estate is 
dated Dec. 8, 1710. July 7, 1712, letters of administration were 
" granted unto John Sawyer and Sarah Sawyer, alias Sibley, former 
widow." The children named are Jonathan, Samuel, Hannah, and 
Sarah. The widow, before this time, had m. John Sawyer, of New- 
bury, blacksmith, to whom she was published, Nov. 25, 1710, perhaps 
the John Sawyer who d. in Newbury, March 27, 1756. She spent her 
last days with her son Jonathan Sibley, at Stratham, N.H. The child- 
ren as recorded are — I. Hannah, b. May 17, 1696 ; d. Nov. 8, 1729 ; m., 
Oct. 4, 1712, Batt Moulton, of Newbury, and afterward of Salisbury 
and Amesbury ; and had Jonathan, b. Nov. 19, 1720, and Jonathan, b. 
May 17, 1722, and perhaps others. Moulton's next wife was Jemima. 



SIBLEY. 499 

studied Divinity at the Cambridge Divinity School ; ordained 
a Congregationalist at Stow, Mass., May 14, 1829; left 

— II. Richard, b. January, 1698; d. young. — III. Sarah, b. March 
27, 1699; m., Dec. 19, 1719, Edward Emery, carpenter ; both at that 
time of Newbury. — IV. Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1701, ancestor of the 
Union Sibleys (of whom more will be said after the notices of the 
descendants of the Samuel b. May 5, 1705). — V. Samuel, b. July, 
1704, d. young. — VI. Samuel, b. May 5, 1705, of Salem in 1723, and 
of Newbury in 1726 ; published, March 2, 1727-8, then of Newbury, 
to Meribah Bartlett, then of Exeter, N. H. ; r. Salem; d. 1749; 
butcher and cordwainer. His will, dated May 9, and proved July 14, 
1749, makes his brother-in-law, John Ropes, his executor. The 
Sibleys, in the several branches, have generally been remarkable for 
their integrit}''. It is not known that any one of the name, in this 
country, however much he may have deserved it, was ever hung, or 
punished by the civil authority for any oifence. The butcher carried 
about his meat in panniers on horseback. There is a saying to this 
day in Salem respecting him, " Like Sibley's beef, never so fat, never 
so lean, see for yourself," which he was accustomed to utter in com- 
mendation of his provisions, and which is considered as indicative of 
his honesty. There is also another saying, which shows that at 
times he was not without wit : " Like Sibley's beef, all fat but the 
bones, and they are full of marrow." It is not improbable that 
some force was given to his expressions by the manner of his uttering 
them. 

The Samuel b. May 5, 1705, had — I. Samuel. — II. John. — III. 
Nathaniel. The last three, though living in the spring of 1749, pro- 
bably d. young. — IV. William, moved from Salem to Exeter, N, H., 
some years before the Revolution; m., first, July 8, 1762, Sarah, dr. 
of Elijah Shaw, of Kensington, N. H. ; moved to Gilraanton, N. H., 
where he d. 1790, and his wife of consumption in 1786. He m., 
second, widow Lydia Hopkinson, dr. of Richard Smith, of Exeter ; 
eh. 1. Samuel, b. Nov. 7, 1762 ; d. Nov. 1, 1788. 2. Abigail, b. July 22, 
1766; m., John Swain ; had a dr. 3. William, b. July 16, 1768; d. 
June 22, 1828 ; m. Nancy Thing, of Brentwood, N. H. ; and had one 
child, Sally, who m. John Elkins. 4. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1770; d. 
young. 5. Euiuce,h. Feb. 12, 1773; d. young. 6. JoAm, b. Feb. 8, 
1775 ; d. May 28, 1795 ; u. 7. Caleb, b. Feb. 14, 1777, moved to New 
York about 1804; left many ch. ; d. Sept. 13, 1828, not far from 
Hudson River. 8. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 14, 1778; d. July 23, 1794. 9. 
Hannah, b. July 16, 1780; d. Sept. 7, 1832; u. 10. Polly, b. May 
16, 1782 ; d. Dec. 21, 1841 ; m. John Crosby. 11. Joseph, grocer, b. Dec. 
13, 1783; r. Salem, Mass.; m., first, Oct. 14, 1810, widow Dorcas 
Valpey, b. March 26, 1782, dr. of Jonathan and Mohitabel xVbbot, of 
Andover. She d. April 18, 1841 ; and he m., second, Nov. 14, 1841, 
widow Sarah Patterson Ward, dr. of John and Hannah (Webb) Pat- 
terson, of Salem, and had (1). Joseph Abbot, a tailor; b. June 
21, 1812; d. March 4, 1836; (2). George Valpey, b. July 17, 
1813; r. Salem; m. Phebe PhiiUps, b. March 22, 1813, dr. of 
Stephen Abbot, of Andover (and had Martha G., b. April 21, 1837 ; 
George, b. Nov. 6, 1839; Phebe Ellen, b. April 2, 1846); (3). 



500 FAMILY REGISTEll. 

Stow, March 31, 1833, precisely four years from his accept- 
anc3 of the invitation to settle there. During part of the 

John Shaw, b. June 15. 1815; r. Salem, Mass.; m., June 24, 
1838, Tamnia Hanson (and had Sarah Ann, b. May 31, 1840; Jo- 
seph Abbot, b. Oft. 11, 1841; Emma Bosson, b. Jan. 1, 1845; 
John Henry, b. A;>ril 2fi. 1848; d. Sept. 10, 1818); (4). Moses 
Howe, b.' Sept. 15, 1816; m., Feb. 1842, Lucy Ann Knights 
(and had Caroline, b. Nov. 21, 1842; Moses Henry, b. Aug. 22, 
ISl'i ; Mary Harrington, b. April 6, 1849); (5.) William Henry, 
b. Oct. 29, 1818 ; m. Mary Clark, of Jlowley (and had Charles 
Au'^ustus, b. May 24. 1846); (6). Sarah Ann, b. May 24, 
1820; d. Sept. 12, 1826; (7). Charles Augustus, b. ' Dec. 

19, 1823; d. Sept. 21, 1824. — 12. Llttlefield, probably of the second 
marriage, b. September, 1787 ; name changed to George Little- 
field, in 1816; r. Meredith Bridge, N.H. ; through the Kev. Isaac D, 
Stewart, furnished much of the information respecting his father's 
fivmily. He m. Harriet, b. May 27. 1790 ; dr. of Daniel Kimball, of Exe- 
ter; and has (1). Harrison, b. Feb. 27, 1814; m. Hannah Leavitt 
(and has Flora, b. Nov. 27, 18:^9); (2). Harriet Kimball, b. Aug. 
17. 181'); m., Jan. 14, 1837, Dr. Charles C. Tibbets (and has George 
Harrison, b. Aug. 19. 1844); (3). E 1 i z a J a n e, b. Oct. 0, 1824. 
13. Nancy, d., three months old. (Of these thirteen children, of — 
IV. William, all but three d. of consumi)tion, or of feebleness in in- 
fancy.) — V. Liltleticld, bapt. May 6, 1739; master of a jirivateer, 
lost in the revolutionary war; m., Aug. 19, 1765 (possibly for a 
second w. ), Sarah Lambert, a worthy woman, who d. in Salem about 
1828 ; had sons and drs., among them Iluimah, Sally, Sumael, and 
Nathaniel. — Yl. Sarah. — VII. Hannah, b. Ai)ril 12, 1740; d. March 

20, 1801; m., Oct. 3, 1764, Joshua, b. Jan. 27, 1742, s. of Nathaniel 
and Seeth (Hardy) Phipjien ; r. Salem, Mass. He d. April, 1811. 
They had 1. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 28, 1765 ; d. March 9, 1809 ; m., S('[.t. 4. 
1783, Anna Picket, of Beverly, who d. Dec. 22, 1834. 2 and 3. Twins, 
b. July 30, 1767 ; viz. Joshua, d. Oct. 8, 1767, and Samuel, d. Jan. 1, 
1768. 4. Hannah, h. Dec. 26, 17 68 ; d. June 15. 1837 ; m., March 25, 
1798. George Hodges, who d. 1827. 5. Mary, b. Oct. 12. 1770 ; d. 1811 ; 
m., 1790, Benjamin Bahbidge. 6. Sarah, b. Dec. 8, 1772 ; d July 25, 
1801; m., July 26, 1791. George Dean. 7. Joshua, h. July 2, 1774; 
d. April 28, 1805 ; m , March 18, 1799, "Nancy, dr. of Ebenezer Trask, 
of Heverly. 8 and 9. Twins, b. Dec. 22, 1775; viz. Eunice, d. Oct. 30, 
1776, and Margaret, lived a few days. 10. Hardy, b. July 6, 1778; 
ni., March 18, 1804, Ursula Kiuijjp, dr. of Jonathan and Ursula Sy- 
nionds ; and had (1). Joseph Hardy, b. June 10, 1807, m., March 
26. 1810, Susan Harris Lord. (2). Ursula Symonds, b. Sept. 21, 
1809, m., March 10, 1810, Isaac Needham Chapman (and has Francis 
NecJham, b. Oct. 21, 1844; Hardy Phipi)en, b. Aug. 20. 1846; and 
twins, a boy and girl, b. Feb. 3, 1850). (3). Joshua, b. Dec. 17, 
181-', m., April 22, 1841, Betsey Barr Holman (and has Mary Eliza- 
beth, b. .\iay 20, 1842). (4). '(Jeorgc Dean, b. April l;5, 181-5, 
ni.. Aprd 13, 1840, Margaret, b. July 23, 1815, dr. of John and Mary 
(Webb) Barton (and had George Barton, b. Feb. 12, 1841; Samuel 
Webb, b. Oct. 13, 18t6, (1. June 22, 1847; Arthur Henry, b. Sept. 7, 
1848). 11. Eunice, b. March 22, 1780; d. Doc. 18, 1799. 12. Joseph, 



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year 1837, he was editor, and became proprietor, of the 
American Magazine of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge, 

b. March 14, 1783; lost at sea, Aug. 31, 1818; m., March 1, 1807, 
Lois Fairfield. —VIII. Susanna, bapt. March 13, 1743. — IX. and X. 
Twins, bapt. Oct. 7, 1744; viz. Eunice, m. a Dean of Exeter, NH. ; 
and Priscilla, d. as early as 1749. — XI. Mary, bapt. Sept. 6, 1747; 
m. Elisha Odlin, of Exeter, or Gilmanton, N.H. One of the drs. of 
Samuel and Meribah m. a Taylor, of Gilmanton ; and another, Capt. 
Somerby Oilman, of Gilmanton. 

To resume the notice of Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 1701, fourth child 
of Samuel and Sarah (Wells) Sibley. It is not improbable that his 
mother, after she m. John Sawyer, took him and other ch. with her 
to Newbury. He was a resident in Amesbury in 1723 ; in Newbury 
in 1726; and when, Nov. 27, 1730, he m. Hannah, b. Feb. 1, 1712-13, 
dr. of Samuel and Hannah (Frazer) Goodridge, of Newbury. [Joshua 
Cofiin, Esq. says, Hannah Frazer, b. Aug 31, 1692, who m., Juno 30, 
1710, Samuel Goodridge, was third child of Colin Frazer, who m. 
Anna Stuart, Nov. 10, 1685. Samuel Goodridge, b. Aug. 15, 1681, 
was s. of Eenjamin, who m., second, Nov. 16, 1678, Sarah Croad; 
and Eenjamin was s. of William Goodridge.] Jonathan afterward 
settled in Stratham, N. II. ; was farmer, and maker of chairs and 
wooden heels. The hill where he lived is j^et called Sibley Hill, and 
the inhabitants to this day gather pond-lilies from roots which he 
planted in a running brook in the vicinity. Many amusing and some 
ridiculous stories are told about him. It is even asserted that he 
whipped his beer-barrel because it worked on Sunday; and his cat, 
because she caught a mouse when he was at prayers. Becoming em- 
barrassed, and indebted to a physician and Baptist preacher, named 
Shepherd, he exchanged with him his farm for one in Poplin, where 
he d., Dec. 18, 1779, about one year afterward, in the seventy-eighth 
year of his age. He is said to have been quite petulant, and his w. 
to have been a very worthy, pious woman. There is a tradition, that, 
a short time before his xi. died, the question was put to her whether 
she thought her husband was a Christian. She replied, " If he mar- 
ries after I am gone, and his av. pays all my debts, he will probably 
die a Christian." Not long before his decease, he m. an execrable 
woman, b. Nov. 15, 1719, named Patience Thurrell, probablj' from 
Newburj^ Her extravagant professions of Christian conversion and 
reformation prevailed more with him, as he had become somewhat 
childish, than the advice and opposition of all his friends and neigh- 
bors. She d. Nov. 16, 1820, nearly one hundred and one years old, 
at Poplin, v.'here she had been a pauper twenty-seven years. If tra- 
dition is true, before her husband d. she paid all the first wife's debts, 
with compound interest. 

Jonathan Sibley's descendants, all by his first wife. — I. Abi- 
gail, b. Oct. 6, 1731 ; m. a Avidower, Rogers, and d., c, at Mere- 
dith, N. II., where she lived the last ten years of her life with Mrs. 
Robinson, the dr. of her brother Samuel. — II. Hannah, b. April 
2, 1734; taken sick, March 5; d. March 7, 1736; probably of the 
throat-distemper. — III. Jonathan, b. March 8, 1736; lived six years 
seven months and tliree days, and d. Oct. 11. — IV. Hannah, b. Feb. 
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502 FAMILY REGISTER. 

commenced by the Bewick Company in Boston. He has 
been assistant-librarian and editor of the Triennial Cata- 

4, 1738 ; lived four years seven months and twenty-three days, and d. 
Sept. 27. — Daniel, b. March IG, 1740; lived two years six months 
and twenty (?) days, and d. Oct. 15. The last three died within a 
few days of each other, and probably of the " throat-distemper." — 
VI. Anna, or Nancy, b. May 3, 1742; d. Sept. 14, 1792; buried by 
the side of her first husband ; m., first, William Stevens, who d. of 
consumption, February, 1775, in Hopkinton, N. H., and was buried 
on his farm, on Sugar Hill. He had one child, Abigail, b. March 26, 
1773, who m. James Seaton, of Bradford, N. H. They went into the 
northern part of New York, whence they returned about 1808 to 
Hopkinton, and afterward lived at Gofi'stown ; c. Mrs. Stevens m., 
second, June 18, 1778, Samuel Hoyt, a widower ; and had 2. Lydia, 
b. April 9, 1779; m. Jonathan Bean, a schoolmaster, of Salisbury; 
moved away; had several ch., among whom were twins, one of 
them Sophia. 3. Nancy, or Anna, b. Sept. 26, 1781 ; m. Dr. Paul 
Tenney, of Hopkinton, Avho graduated at Dartmouth College in 1803; 
lived in Wilmot, had several ch., and died near Mcchanicsburg, Ohio, 
in 1844. 4. William, b. July 24, 1783; m. Polly French, of "NVeare; 
lived on Sugar Hill ; had Freeman, Sew ell, Mary, French, 
and d. of consumption, brought on by hard work. 5. .S'a%, or Sarah, 
b. Feb. 13, 1786; sickly; moved to AVilmot ; d. at Grafton; m. 
John Hoyt, of Concord. — YII. Molly, or Mary, b. July 2, 1744; 
d. in Boscawen, Jan. 9, 1828; m. Daniel Murraj', of Newmarket, 
N.H., b. Nov. 1, 1742; r. Hopkinton, N.H. ; d. there, July 15, 1823. 
They were buried side by side in Weare ; had four sons and ten 
daughters. — VIII. Jacob, b. May ||, 1746, ancestor of the families 
in Union (of whom more will be said after the following notices of 
his brother Samuel's family). — IX. Samuel, b. Feb. 23, 1751; m., 
Oct. 30, 1775, Sarah Dow, of Kensington, N.H., b. Dec. 17, 1747; 
had land given to him at Meredith by his father ; was one of its 
earliest settlers; d. there Sept. 16, 1838. He was short, and his w. 
tall. At the wedding, a young woman, not fancying this inequality, 
in a moment of delay while they were on the floor, seized a wooden 
oven-lid about two inches thick, and pushed it against his heels. He 
stepped upon it, and thus the pair stood at equal height while the 
ceremony was performed. The Ilev. Isaac Dalton Stewart writes, 
that, when Mr. Sibley moved to Meredith, there was but one log- 
house at Meredith Bridge. " His nearest neighbors were three miles 
on one side, and four on the other. Carried his corn ten miles on his 
back to mill. Brought his salt from Exeter on horseback, after he 
was able to hire or keep a horse. In 1789, he went to Exeter for salt. 
Neighbors were then nearer ; and he got Benjamin Perkins, who lived 
■within half a mile, to assist his wife, if need be, in keeping off the 
bears, which made dreadful havoc among his corn. It was a beauti- 
ful, still, moonlight evening in the month of October. She heard a 
destructive crashing in the cornfield. Leaving her four children in 
bed, Mrs. Sibley culled to her aid Mr. Perkins. With his loaded gun, 
he went into the field, found the bear, and discharged its contents." 
The bear, badly wounded, moved off as fast as he could. Mrs. Sibley 



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logues of Harvard University since the year 1841 ; u. — II. 
William Cullen, b. March 1, 1807 ; r. on the homestead; u. 

pursued him, caus^ht him by the leg as he was climbing over a log, 
and held on till Perkins came up and despatched him by cutting his 
throat with a jack-knife. Descendants, — 1. Josiah Dow, b. 1779 ; 
d. fifteen months old. 2. Hannah, b. Feb. 7, 1780 ; m. Jeremiah Gove, 
of Hampton Falls. He d. 1843; having John, b. June 13, 1824. 
3. Richard, b. 1782 ; m., 1808, Polly French, of Newmarket ; was a 
rafter from Exeter to Portsmouth ; and drowned in a squall, while 
picking up drift-wood on the Piscataqua River; had (1). Josiah, d. 
four months old ; (2). Nancy; (3). Mark; (4). Sophia. 4. Mary, 
b. March 1, 1784 ; m., 1815, Paul H. Stanton, of Bartlett; had (1). 
Richard, b. 1816; (2). Sarah, b. 1818, d. April, 1844; (3). New- 
hall, b. 1820; (4). Rebecca, b. 1823. 5. Sarah, b. Sept. 16, 1786; 
m., July 3, 1806, Wm. Robinson, of Sanbornton, who d. Nov. 18, 1813 ; 
had (1). Benjamin D., b. April 9, 1807, m., Jan. 19, 1847, Lois Hall, 
of Sandwich. The widow Robinson went to her father's, and main- 
tained both her parents during their last days. 6. Benjamin, b. March 
7, 1790; in 1817, went to Woodstock [Mechanicsburg?], Champaign 
County, Ohio ; and it was twenty-three years before he was heard 
from. He m. a Hilliard ; had four children. 7. Nancy, b. Feb. 1792 ; 
d. seventeen months old. 

To resume the notice of — VIII. Jacob Sibley, b. May 7^ |, 1746, 
father of Jonathan and Jacob, of Union. When eighteen years old, he 
was sent by his father, one of the proprietors of Meredith, to assist in 
building the first bridge across the Winnipiseogee River, near the out- 
let of the lake. In 1768, he went to Hopkinton, N. H., boarded with 
his sister Stevens, when the place was almost a wilderness, and the 
remotest settlement from the seaboard, except the valley of the 
Connecticut and of its tributaries ; and d. at Hopkinton, June 25, 1831. 
Oct. 11, 1771, he m. Anna, dr. of Gideon George, a shoemaker and 
farmer of East Haverhill, Mass., whose wife, a Jewett, came to this 
country when fourteen days old. She was b. Sept. 11, 1749, and d. 
Sept. 20, 1828. After their wedding, they rode on one horse from \. 
Haverhill to his sister Stevens's, on Sugar Hill, in Hopkinton ; whence, \ 
there being no road, they walked two miles in a narrow path, through 
the woods, to their humble dwelling, driving before them a little spot- 
ted pig. Her " fitting out " consisted of three white cups and three 
saucers, three knives, three forks, one coverlet made of hair and tow, 
and one of wool. In 1774, they took a journey, on horseback, to 
Haverhill and Stratham, and back ; the mother seated behind the 
father, who carried his only child in his arms before him. In 1776, 
Jacob Sibley was in the military service at Portsmouth, and worked 
on Fort Constitution. While there, his wife, besides attending to her 
domestic duties and taking care of her two children, hoed three acres 
of corn upon burnt land. This was a few months before the birth of 
her third child. In the latter part of her life, her physicfil strength 
gradually failed, till she lost entirely the power of locomotion. l)e- 
cendants : — 

K Jonathan, b. Jan. 4, 1773 ; r. Union, Me. 

II. Hannah, b. Jan. 22, 1775 ; r. on the homestead till her parents' 



504 FAMILY REGISTER. 

— III. Moses, b. May 5, 1813 ; before three years old, was 
attacked with epileptic fits, which continued as long as he 

and her brother Amos's decease, and now with her sister Eastman, 
at Warner, N. H. 

III. Jacob, b. Dec. 1, 1776 ; went to Union in March, 1800. There 
he m., Feb. 25, 1802, Abigail, born at Scituate, Mass., March 14, 1779, 
dr. of Barnabas and Lydia (Wade) Simmons, and settled on the hill in 
the north-west part of the town. Descendants, 1. Nancij, b. Jan. 2, 
1803 ; m., March 9. 1826, Joseph Bryant, of Union ; and he d. Nov. 23, 
1847 ; having had (1). Samuel Stone, b. June 4 or 5, 1827, m , 
March 7, 1850, Sarah Catherine Miller, in New York; (2). Jacob 
Sibley, b. April 12, 1829; (3). Joseph, b. Oct, 6, 1831; (4). Nan- 
cy Jane, b. June 5, 1833 ; (5). Abigail, b. Jan. 4, 1836, d. Aug. 22, 
1838; (6). Abby Mar ilia, b. April 6, 1839; (7). John Fair- 
field, b. May 7, 1841. 2. Li/dia, b. Dec. 13, 1804; d. June 11, 1837; 
m., Oct. 20, 1829, John Hunt Gowen, who m., second, Dec. 2, 1840, 
Betsey, dr. of John and Sarah Linscott, of Nobleborough ; had (1). 
Rebecca, b. July 6, 1830 ; (2). Mary Olivia, b. Oct. 28, 1832 ; 
(3.) Sylvanus Bachelder, b. May 11, 1834; d. May 11, 1835 ; 
(4). Zuinglius Collins, b. May 14, 1837. 3. Georc/e, b. July 
30, 1806 ; r. Appleton ; m.. May 26, 1833, Lucy Iluse Philbrook, of 
Hope, b. in Islesborough, Sept. 1, 1807 ; (1). B o i c e Crane, b. April 
29,1834; d. Dec. 30, 1834; (2). William Alberto, b. Dec. 1, 
1835; (3). George Franklin, b. Aug. 25, 1837; (4) and (5). 
Twins, Lydia Amelia and Louisa Adelia, b. April 14, 
1839; (6). John Langdon, b. Feb. 19, 1841; (7). Stephen 
Boardman, b. Oct. 6, 1842 ; (8) and (9). Twins, Almira Fran- 
cena, b. Oct. 1, 1846, and a stillborn son. 4. Betsey Ann, h. 
June 25, 1808; m.. May 16, 1832, Nathaniel Clark, b. Nov. 25, 1805, 
at Haverhill, Mass.; had (1). Harriet Ann, b. March 11, 1833; 
(2) and (3). Twins, b. Sept. 17, 1834, viz. Mary Electa, d. Oct. 
6, 1834, and Sarah Persis; (4). Martha Ellen, b. June 24, 
1836; (5). Octavus Leonard, b. Jan. 18, 1840; (6). Julia 
Frances, b. March 9, 1842 ; (7). Nathaniel S i b 1 e j% b. 1847. 
5. Louisa, b. March 12, 1810; r. Appleton; m., Oct. 8, 1837, Gusta- 
vus Myrick, s. of Moses Kenniston, b. in Thomaston, Oct. 6, 1812; 
had (1) and (2). Twins, sons, b. June 3, 1838 ; d. a few hours old; 
(3). Leander Myrick, b. June 25, 1839, in Appleton; (4). 
Lydia Amanda', b. in Union, May 10, 1842; (5). Abby 
Louisa, b. Jan. 23, 1844; (6). Lucy Ann, b. May 29, 1848. 6. Ilan- 
naA, b. Jan. 5, 1812; m. Oct. 6, 1834, Asa, b. in Union, Sept. 17, 
1810, 8. of John and Ilebecca (Hunt) Gowen; (1). Harriet 
Ellen, b. April 28, 1836 ; (2). Abby Electa, b. Oct. 6, 1840 ; 
(3). Hannah Augusta, b. Dec. 15, 1845. 7. Mary Jane, b. 
Oct. 10, 1813; m.. May 1, 1834, Samuel Baitlett (descendant of 
Philip llobbins), b. at Hope, March 3, 1802 ; r. Washington ; ch. (1). 
Louisa Sib lev, b. Nov. 2, 1835; (2). Sophronia N a s o n, 
b. Oct. 20, 1837 ; (3). Stephen George, b. Sept. 23, 1839 ; (4). 
John Eld en, b. Feb. 14, 1844; (5). Emily Rider, b. Aug. 
23, 1847; d. Sept. 19, 1849; (0). Mary Ella, b. June 28, 1849. 
8. Jacob, b. Oct. 27, 1815 ; r. Appleton; m., Oct. 4, 1847, Julia Ann, 



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lived, and entirely deprived him of reason several years be- 
fore he d. of dysentery, Aug. 16, 1826. 

b. Sept. 19, 1819, dr. of Alexander and Sarah (Barker) Pease, of Ap- 
pleton, who (i. Nov. 19, 18i8 ; had (1). Julia Ann, b. Nov. 12, 
1818. He m. second, Nov. 5, 1849, Charlotte, b. Feb. 6, 1826, dr. of 
Boice Crane, of Hope. 9. Ebenczer Blunt, b. Oct. 24, 1817; m., April 
2 or 22, 1844, Melea Robbins, b. Jan. 6, 1826, dr. of Levi Butler, of 
Appleton, descendant of Phinehas B., of Thomaston; and had (1). 
Lucy A 1 1 a n t a, b. Nov. 29, 1845 ; (2). Franklin Edson, b. 
Mav 2, 1847; (3). Elizabeth Fiorina, b. Oct. 5,1849. 10. 
Abigail, b. Jan. 18, 1820 ; r. South Boston, Mass. ; m., Oct. 20, 1849, 
at Danielsonville, Conn., John Barclay Fanning, b. Aug. 13, 1820, in 
Boston, son of Edward and Caroline (Fanning) Barnard; has (1). 
Caroline Matilda, b. May 20, 1851. 

IV. WiUiam, b. Feb. 16, 1779 ; r. Freedom, Me. ; m., March 4, 
1805, Cliarlotte, of N. Yarmouth, now Cumberland, Me., b. July 13, 
1783, dr. of Benjamin Buxton (b. in Falmouth, Feb. 28, 1748 ; d. 
March, 1810 ; originated from Dan vers, Mass.) ; and his wife, Elizabeth 
Grant, b. at York, Me., June, 1749 ; d. Sept. 1841. They have 1. 
Ann,h. Jan. 20, 1806; m., Jan. 20, 1829, Edmund, b. Albion, Me., 
Oct. 3, 1804, son of Jonathan Fuller, b. at Newton, Mass., 1767, and 
his wife Hannah Bradstreet, b. at Rowley, Mass., Oct. 1, 1777 ; r. 
Freedom. They have (1). Christopher Columbus, b. Nov. 
28, 1829; (2). William Siblev, b. Dec. 17, 1832; (3). Judith, 
b. April 28, 1837; (4). Edmund Allen, b. Nov. 21, 1839; (5). 
S eld en Kimball, b. Jan. 14, 1842. 2. Reuben, b. Sept. 15, 
1807, at Beaver Hill Plantation, now Freedom, Me. ; merchant, Bel- 
fast, Me. ; m., first, at Orono, Me., April 30, 1834, Margaret Sampson, 
dr. of John and Mary (Hey wood) Read, b. at Fairfax, now Albion, 
Me., Oct. 12, 1812, d. Jan. 15, 1838. He m., second, at Portland, 
July 2, 1839, Hannah Cushing, dr. of Ammi and Hannah Gushing 
(Greeley) Cutter, b. at North Yarmouth, now Yarmouth, Me., Nov. 2, 
1808; ch. b. in Belfast, (1). William, b. Aug. 24, 1835, d. Jan. 
28,1842; (2). John R e a d, b. Aug. 21, 1837, d. July 28, 1850; (3). 
Margaret Cutter, b. June 8, 1840, d. Feb. 6, 1842 ; (4). Han- 
nahElizabeth, b. March 10, 1842, d. Sept. 20, 1843; (5). Ed- 
ward, b. Sept. 5, 1843; (6). Charlotte, b. Aug. 15, 1845; (7). 
Ammi Cutter, b. Sept. 16, 1847; (8). Eliphalet Greeley, 
b. Nov. 14, 1849. 3. Persis, b. May 10, 1813; m., June 5, 1842, 
Charles, s. of Edward and Elizabeth "(Nevans) Andrews, of Turner, 
afterwards of Dixfield, now of Paris, Me., b. at Paris, Me., Feb. 11, 
1814, attorney at law, speaker of the Maine House of Representa- 
tives, clerk of the Courts of Oxford County, representative elect to 
Congress; and has (1). Charlotte Buxton, b. at Dixfield, 
July 15, .1843; (2). Persis Nevans, b. April 13, 1847, at Paris, 
Me. 4. William George, b. May 25, 1815; m., Dec. 5, 1843, Nancy 
T., b. at Freedom, Me., Mav 9, 1823, dr. of Joseph and Sally (Davis) 
Russell; ch. (1). Alice True, b. Aug. 30, 1844 ; (2) William, 
b. March 5, 1847 ; (3). John L a n g d o n, b. March 31, 1849. 

V. Stephen, trader, farmer, wool-grower, representative to the 
Legislature; b. Dec. 29, 1780; r. Hopkinton, N. H. ; m., Dec. 31, 
1809, Sarah, b. Nov. 26, 1780, dr. of Abraham Brown, b. at Salisbury, 
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506 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Snell, David ; wife's name Molly ; came from Mass. ; t. 
1791 ; moved to Ohio, and d. Four of their children were 

Mass., Oct. 28, 1747, and his wife, Sarah, dr. of Daniel French, of 
South Hampton, N. H. ; eh. 1. Abram Brown, b. Feb. 22, 1811, d. of 
consumption, Dec. 21, 1834, at his father's; u. 2. Nancy George, b. 
April 25, 1813; m., Aug. 29, 1837, Charles Pinkney Gage, M.D., of 
Concord, N.H., son of John and Sally (Bickford) Gage, of Hopkinton, 
N.H., b. Sept. 1780; has (1). Charles Sibley, b. Dec. 30, 1843, 
at Concord; (2). Mary, b. at Hopkinton, N.H., April 18, 1847. 3. 
John, b. July 10, 1816; d. Aug. 23, 1824; palpitation and enlarge- 
ment of the heart. 4. Jacob, b. Jan. 13, 1819; d. July 3, 1822. 
5. Philip Brown, b. March 31, 1822 ; d. Aug. 11, 1825. 

VI. Samuel, b. Dec. 12, 1782; r. Albion, Me.; m., Dec. 31, 1812, 
Charlotte, of Albion, b. Nov. 15, 1788, in Holden, Mass., dr. of Josiah 
Broad, b. in Holden, December, 1745, and his w. Lydia Wilder, b. in 
Lancaster, Mass.; and has 1. Sarah Brown, b. Nov. 24, 1813. 2. 
Eliza, b. Jan. 18, 181G ; r. Manchester, N.H. 3. Charlotte, b. Sept. 22, 
1817; m., Nov. 30, 1845, Francis, b. Albion, s. of Phinehas and Bet- 
sey Shorey ; ch. (1). Catharine Almira, b. Sept. 23, 1846; 
(2). Charles Frank, b. Sept. 13, 1849. 4. Catharine, b. May 27, 
1820; m., Jan. 19, 1845, Thomas Sprague, s. of William and Jane 
Stratton; r. Lawrence, Mass.; and has (1). Alton Marshall, 
b. Albion, Nov. 20, 1845; (2). Emma Jane, b. Lawrence, 
Oct. 31, 1848, d. Oct. 1, 1849. 5. Margaret, b. March 26, 1822 ; m., 
Sept. 27, 1846, John, s. of John and Susan Stinson, b. Nov. 16, 1820, 
at CUnton ; ch. (1). M a r i a B r a d s t r e c t, b. April 2, 1849. 6. Mary, 
b. April 5, 1824 ; scalded, and d. Feb. 22, 1826. 7. Kneeland, b. March 
31, 1826 ; r. Dedham, Mass. 8. Manley, b. Aug. 29, 1828 ; r. Albion. 
9. George, b. Oct. 11, 1831 ; d. of measles, July 22, 1832. ■ 

YII. Amos, b. Jan. 31, 1785; settled on the homestead, and d. 
Aug. 20, 1839. It is a remarkable fact, that his is the only death 
among ten brothers and sisters during a period of more than sixty- 
four years. Dec. 26, 1814, ho m, Dolley, b. Sept. 13, 1788, dr. of 
Obadiah Hadley, whose parents were Samuel Hadley, of Goffstown, 
and his w., Fanny, dr. of Winthrop Getchell, of Peterborough, N.II. 
They had 1. Clerrinda Jcwett, b. Sept. 29, 1815 ; r. on the Old Sibley 
Place, in Hopkinton, N. H. ; m., April 3, 1836, James, b. Nov. 12, at 
Henniker, N. H., s. of James and Hannah (Gould) Hovt. 2. Nancy 
Bean, b. Jan. 16, 1826; m., Feb. 19, 1843. Frankhn", r. Franklin, 
N. IL, trunk and harness maker, s. of March Barber, of Canaan ; ch. 
CI). Charles Frank, b. May 21, 1844, at Thetford, Vt., d. Feb. 
17, 1845, at Franklin, N.H. ; (2). Frank March, b. Franklin, 
July 10, 1840; (3). Ella Clerrinda, b. Sept. 22, 1849. 3. Sarah 
Brown, b. May 3, 1830 ; m., Oct. 1, 1848, George Washington Beard ; 
r. Athol, Mass. 

YIII. Moses, b. March 29, 1787; d. of nervous headache, Feb. 24, 
1788. 

IX. Betsey, or Elizabeth, b. Feb. 11, 1789; m., Oct. 3, 1815, Isaac, 
b. July 20, 1784, s. of Elijah and Peggy (Patterson) Rice, of Henni- 
ker, N.H. ; has 1, Uiram, b. Nov. 9, 1816; r. on the homestead ; u. 
2. Elizabeth George, b. June 7, 1819; m., Feb. 8, 1843, Rev. Isaac 
Dalton Stewart, of Meredith Bridge, N. II., who was b. at Warner, 



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deaf and dumb. — I. David, b. April 26, 1784; m. Peggy 
Cook, of Friendship; and had 1. Mary Ann, b. Feb. 4, 
1810. 2. William, b. Oct. 20, 1815 ; and probably others. 
— II. Molly, b. Jan. 27, 1787. — III. Shadrach, b. March 
2, 1789; m., first, Cecilia, commonly called Celia, Dyer, 
March 30, 1823; and, second, Hannah Walker, 1835; r. 
Washington ; ch. by last marriage, perhaps as follows : 
1. Shadrach, b. May 5, 1836. 2. Hannah Booth, b. July 
17, 1838. 3. Dariiel Walker, b. Nov. 19, 1840; d. Jan. 7, 

Dec. 23, 1817,, s. of Capt. John Stewart; has (1). Marinda 
Frances, b. July 6, 1845. 

X. Anne, or Nancy, b. Apri^^T, 1791 ; m., Oct. 26, 1819, Daniel, 
of Warner, N. H., a -widower, b. Feb. 10, 1774, s. of Nathaniel Bean, 
of Exeter, N. H. ; has 1. Stephen Sibley, b. Oct. 26, 1820 ; m., Aug. 31, 
1845, Nancy EUzabeth, b. July 14, 1824, dr. of Philip and Sarah 
(Colbv) Colby ; r. Warner ; c. 2. Dolphus Skinner, r. Warner ; b. 
Feb. 26, 1824 ; ni., Aug. 27, 1846, Mahala Cordelia, b. May 4, 1829, 
dr. of Waterman and Molly (Sargent) Fhmders. • She d. Dec. 2, 1847 ; 
c. He m.,Nov. 7, 1850, Annie Robinson, b. Aug. 2, 1829, dr. of 
Tliomas and Anna (Cressey) Eaton, of Hopkinton, N. H. 3. Nancy 
Ann, b. Oct. 25, 1829; m., Nov. 1, 1849, Nehcmiah George, b. War- 
ner, Nov. 10, 1828, s. of Nehemiah and Mary (Flanders) Ordway. 

XI. Polly, b. July 30, 1794; m., March 26, 1820, Timothy, r. 
Warner, b. Jan. 29, "l790, Hopkinton, N. H. (s. of Simeon, s. of 
Enoch Eastman, proprietors' clerk, of Hopkinton, N.H.). They have 
1. Laura, b. Hopkinton, March 20, 1821. 2. George Sibley, b. April 
16, 1823, Warner, N.H. ; r. Stoneham, Mass.; m., June 6, 1850, Mary 
Jane Buttnian, of Stoneham. 3. Mary, b. June 3, 1827. 4. Walter 
Scott, b. Sept. 2, 1829. 5. Timothy Bretoster, b. Jan. 17, 1832. 6. 
Elisabeth Ann, b. May 25, 1833. 7. Eleanor, b. Dec. 24, 1839. 

Thus it appears that Jonathan and Jacob, who settled in Union, 
were sons of Jacob, b. May J |j 1746, the son of Jonathan, b. Nov. 25, 
1701, the son of Samuel, b.^in Salem, Mass., 10 : 1 : 1658, the son of 
Kichard. Richard probably was born in England, and may have been 
the Sim of John, of Charlestown, Mass., and have come with him in 
the Winthrop fleet. 

It may be added that there is a remarkable similarity of appearance 
in the different branches of the family, though separated by several 
generations. Some years since, George Littlefield, of Meredith 
Brid>Te, N. II., whose features and movements were as like those of 
the late Amos, of Hopkinton, as if they were brothers, was followed 
a long distance in Washington-street, Boston, by a gentleman who 
mistook him for Jonas, of Sutton, Mass., the late U. S. marshal. 
These three individuals belonged to three branches which had been 
diverging from each other one hundred and fifty years or more. 

In relation to the Siblcys who lived in Salem and the vicinity, 
most of the information and the arrangement have been furnished by 
George Dean Phippen, Esq., an enthusiastic and laborious genealo- 
gist and antiquarian, -whose grandmother was one of the family. 



508 FAMILY REGISTER. 

1842. 4. Frances Ann, b. Feb. 20, 1845. 5. Lydia. 6, 
Adeline. — lY. Sally, b. June 30, 1791. — V. Amos, b. 
Dec. 14, 1793 ; deaf and dumb ; d. on his way to Ohio. — 

VI. Appleton, b. Feb. 19, 179G.— VII. and VIII. Isaiah 
and Isaac, twins, b. April 22, 1798 ; one deaf and dumb. — 
IX. Lucy, b. Feb. 24, 1801. — X. Lydia, b. Jan. 15, 1804, 
deaf and dumb. — XL John Broadhead, b. Nov. 3, 1805. 
— XII. Sena, b. March 25, 1808, deaf and dumb. 

Stewart, Holmes, seaman; settled adjoining to his 
brother Timothy ; t. 1791 ; came with his brother ; was lost 
at sea from a bowsprit in the winter of 1798-9 ; u. 

Stewart, Timothy, surve^r, b. Aug. 27, 1770, at Ed- 
garton ; d. March 29 [gravestone], 30 [town-record], 1844; 
t. 1791, and probably came earlier. He m., first, Jan. 26, 
1792, Jedidah Pease, of Cha2)pequiddick, who was b. June 3, 
1768, and d. of consumption, May 12 [or, according to grave- 
ston, 19], 1815. He m., second, Oct. 1, 1818, Abigail 
Daggett, who was b. at Vinalhaven, Oct, 24, 1785. — I. 
Levina, b. Feb. 16 or 8, 1793; m., Dec. 31, 1815, John 
Coffin Ripley, of Appleton. — II. Anna, b. April 23, 1795; 
m. Timothy Weymouth, of Appleton. — III. Leonard, b. 
Aug. 2, 1797; d. a prisoner of war, on Melville's Island, 
August, 1814(?).— IV. Hannah, b. Aug. 19,1799; m., 
July 10, 1818, Ansel Snow. — V. Lovey, b. Feb. 22, 1802 ; 
m. Richard Harwood, of Hope. — VI. John Homes, b. Oct. 
10 or 8, 1804; m., Oct. 28, 1830, Olive C. Fairbanks.— 

VII. William Dougherty, b. June 5 or 4, 1807; m., April 
4, 1833, Maria Bills; ch. 1. Harriet, b. Aug. 24, 1834. 2. 
Sarnh, b. Aug. 24, 1837. 3. Cyrus Gail,h. April 30, 1840. 
4. William Marrill, b. May 30, 1843. — VIII. Thomas 
Martin, b. Oot. 10, 1810; m. a Butler, of Edgarton ; r. 
Milwaukie, Wise. — IX. Oren Oxford, b. Sept. 9, 1819; 
m., April 11, 1847, Mary Ann, dr. of John P. Bobbins. 

Stone, Allen, pump-maker; wife's name Hannah ; t. 
1797; d. several years ago, and his w. Nov. 8, 1821 ; had 
I. Millicent, b. May 13, 1798. —II. Sally, b. Oct. 28, 1800 ; 
and probably others. 

Stone, Waldron (s. of Ebcn), whose w. was Rachel 
Campbell, of Townscnd, Mass. ; came from Townsend, a sur- 
veyor and blacksmith, and settled in the north-west part of 
the town, on the farm now owned by John Adams ; t. 1794, 
though probably not a resident before 1796; and d. 1799. 



STONE. — THOMPSON. 509 

His ch., all born in Asliby and Townsend, — I. Sally, m. 
Oliver Wetherbee ; r. Batb, N. H. — II. Polly, m. William 
Parks ; r. Union, and now Skowhegan ; had 1. William H., 
b. at Townsend, Sept. 7, 1796; d. May 6, 1803. 2. Wal- 
droti Stone, b. Oct. 14, 1802 ; m. and r. Skowhegan. 3. 
Matilda, b. Nov. 1, 1806; m. John Plummer ; r. Skowhe- 
gan. 4. George, b. Jan. 11, 1809; ni. Ann Lamb; r. 
Skowhegan. 5. Jb/m, while a minor, d. of brain-fever. 6. 
Charles, m. Rachel Glass ; r. Monmouth. There is an ob- 
scurity ; perhaps William, b. after the death of William H., 
m. Betsey Harriman ; r. on the Penobscot. — III. Daniel, m., 
and r. Syracuse, N.Y. — IV. Jonas ; m., and r. Milwaukie. — 
' V. Eben ; went tc Virginia with Capt. David Grafton, became 
unwell, and d. in Boston on his way home. — VI. John ; lost 
atsea; u. — VII. Samuel, b. Dec. 14, 1787; m., 1818, Eliza- 
beth, or Eliza, dr. of Thomas Mitchell ; had 1 . Abigail, b. July 
12, 1819 ; d. July 26, 1819. 2. Rachel Carriel, h. Sept. 17, 
1820; m., Nov. 1, 1840, John, son of Peter Adams, who 
was b. Jan. 22, 1819; and had (1). Thomas Mitchell, 
b. Sept. 25, 1841; (2). Francis Marion, b. Aug. 26, 
1844; (3). Samuel, b. November, 1847. 3. Mary 
Mitchell, b. Feb. 12, 1823; m., 1846, Nathan Knowlton ; 
and had (1). Leonora, b. Sept. 27, 1848. 4. Rufus, 
b. Feb. 10, 1826; r. homestead. 5. Nancij A., b. Oct. 11, 
1828 ; m., 1847, Thomas Johnson Blunt. 6. Elmira 
Adams, h. Aug. 21, 1832. 7. Samuel, b. April 28, 1836. 
8. jRoscoe, b. Nov. 4, 1838. 9. ^wg-Ms^a, b. June 10, 1841. 
10. James Henrtj, b. Aug. 23, 1844; d. Feb. 23, 1850. — 
VIII. Betsey, m., June, 1809, Peter Adams, and d. in Gar- 
diner. — IX. Nancy, m., first, Feb. 12, 1824, Joseph Gree- 
ley; and, second, Sept. 20, 1827, Peter Adams ; r. Skow- 
hegan. 

Thompson, James, t. 1797, but not a poll-tax till 1798 ; 
m., 1804, Lucretia Brown, and d. March 22, 1825 ; ch. — I. 
Hannah AValker, b. Aug. 31, 1805. — 11. James B., b. 
March 7, 1807. — III. Marlborough M., b. Aug. 1, 1808. — 
,IV. Isaac, b. April 22, 1810 ; d. August, 1811. — V. Charles, 
b. Nov. 23, 1811. — VI. Milton, b. Oct. 3, 1813; m. 
Amanda, and had Elmira, b. Oct. 9, 1836. — VII. Isaac, 
b. Feb. 23, 1815. — VIII. Seldom, b. June 29, 1816; d. 
Sept. 3, 1816. — IX. Anna Booth, b. July 29, 1817. — X. 
Fanny Walker, b. Nov. 26, 1819 ; and others. 



510 FAMILY REGISTER. 

Thompson, Stoky, b. in Bristol ; t. ] 795 ; m. Deborah, 
dr, of Erastus and Betsey (Doty) Sherman, who d. 1837, 
set. sixty-five; ch. — I. John, b. in Bristol, Oct. 8, 1792; 
m. widow Martha, or Patty, Newbit, b. June 2, 1787, dr. of 
Ichabod and Mary Maddocks; and had 1. Sarah, b. May 25, 
1815; m. Moses Luce. 2. Story, b. Jan. 24, 1817; m. 
Hannah, dr. of Nathaniel Maddocks, of Appleton. 3. Htil- 
dah, b. Sept. 21, 1819; m. Aurelius P. Lawrence. 4. A 
son, b. Feb. 22, 1822 ; d. March 2, 1822. 5. John, h. July 
20, 1823. 6. Almond, b. Aug. 31, 1825. 7. Harriet, b. 
March 22, 1828; d. Jan. 2, 1832. 8. A?nbrose. — U. 
Story, b. in Bristol, Oct. 11, 1794 ; d. April 7, 1834. — HI. 
Robert, b. Nov. 3, 1799 ; m. Elizabeth, dr. of John B. and 
Betsey (Richards) Coggan ; and had 1. Jedidah Mitchell, 
b. March 26, 1829. 2. Marius,h. July 13, 1830; d. 3. 
Marcellus, b. Nov. 27, 1831. 4. Ellen Augusta, b. Feb. 
15, 1833. 5. Laura Elizaheth, b. April 1, 1834. 6. Har- 
riet, b. June 22, 1840. — IV. James, b. Nov. 6, 1802; m., 
1829, Harriet, dr. of James Maxfield ; and had 1. Solomon, 
b. March 10, 1830. 2. Erastus Carter, b. Feb. 9, 1832; 
d. Oct. 29, 1832. 3. Erastus, b. Sept. 5, 1834. 4. 
Augustin, b. Nov. 25, 1835, 5. Lucy Ellen, b. Feb. 15, 
1839. 6. Martha Jane, b. Feb. 2, 1841. 7. Leiois, b. 
Sept. 30, 1842. — V. Lucy, b. Feb. 28, 1805 ; d. Dec. 1848. 
— VI. William, b. Dec. 7, 1807. — VII. Polly, or Mary, 
b. Oct. 17, 1810; m. William Coggan, 1828; and had 1. 
Ethelda, b. June 29, 1829. 2. E7nily Blake, b. Dec. 15, 
1833. 3. Deborah Maria, b. Aug. 19, 1836. 4. Esther 
Francina, b. Sept. 26, 1838. 5. Alanson Marius, b. Dec. 
4, 1840. 

Titus, Olney, b. at Mansfield, Mass., June 11, 1772; 
m., Feb. 5, 1795, Abigail Gillmor, of Franklin, Mass.; 
came to Union, April, 1794 ; settled on the west side of the 
river, below Hills' Mills, and near Royal Grinnell's, on the 
farm on which some chopping had been previously done by 
the Daggetts. Descendants, — I. Joanna Gillmor, b. March 
17,1796; d. July 16, 1823; m., Sept. 4, 1813, Oliver Pratt, 
from Pittston, who d. May 27, 1825 ; ch. 1. Abigail Titus, 
b. Sept. 11, 1814; m. James Linniken ; r. Boothbay. 2. 
James, b. Oct. 21,1816; m. Martha Linniken ; r. Rockland. 
3. Patience Alden, b. May 18, 1819 ; m. Patrick Nolen ; r. 
New Castle. 4. Rebecca Eveline, b. May 3, 1821 ; m. Alvan 



TITUS. 511 

Litchfield; r. Manchester, N. H. 5. Luther, b. June 12, 
1823; d. March 4, 1824. Oliver Pratt, m., second, Nancy 
Robinson, Feb. 15, 1824; and had 6. William L., b. Jan. 
30, 1825 ; d. July 9, 1825. — II. Charles, b. April 8, 1798; 
m., first, Parmela, dr. of Simeon Butters, and, second, Oct. 
18, 1840, Eleanor, dr. of John Newbit ; r. Appleton ; had 

I. A child, d. Sept. 1818. 2. Levi Cheevcr, b. Oct. 22, 
1820; m. 3. Sophronia Caroline, b. Aug. 8, 1822; m. 
George Shaw; r. Exeter. 4. Joanna Pratt, b. June 19, 
1824 ; m. a Dodge. 5 and 6, Twins, b. Jan. 29, 1826, viz. 
Julia Ann and Mary Ann. 7. Daniel Butters, b. Jan. 
1828; r. Exeter. 8. Sarah Ethera, b. Dec. 6, 1829. 9 
and 10. Twins, b. March 31, 1832, viz. Rhobe Melinda 
and Chloe Matilda. 11. Andrew J., b. April 6, 1834 ; and 
others by his second wife. — III. Rhobe, or Roby, Gillmor, 
b. April 21, 1801 ; m. Bradley R. Mowry, Jan. 24, 1819; 
and had 1. Sarah Angeline, b. Sept. 16, 1820; m. Charles 
A. Hawes, 1837. 2 and 3. Twins, b. Jan. 11, 1822, viz. 
Laura Amelia, m. Chauncy Himes ; and Chloe Matilda, d. 
Oct. 31, 1843, m., June 15, 1842, Isaac Flitner, M.D., who 
was b. Sept. 28, 1809, at Pittston, and had (1). Georgi- 
an a, b. April 1, 1843. [Dr. F. m., June 10, 1846, 
Clementine, dr. of Deacon Isaac Stanwood, of Ipswich, 
Mass. ; and had (2). George Frederick, b. May 1 1 , 
1847.] 4. Hansi Emcline, b. April 28, 1824. 5. Harriet 
Rhohe, b. April 6, 1826. 6. Ann Maria, b. May 3, 1829. 
7. Augustus, b. Sept. 8, 1831. 8 and 9. Twins, viz. Ire7ie 
and Oscarene,h, Feb. 11, 1834. 10. Mo7^tiiner H.,h. July 

II, 1836. 11. Josephine, b. July 9, 1841. —IV. Chloe, b. 
Aug. 27, 1803; m. Jabez Ware. — V. Weston, b. Feb. 8, 
1808; m. Sarah Emerton ; r. Waldoborough ; ch. I.Anson 
Lorenzo, h. Nov. 9, 1833 ; d. April 17, 1837. 2. Charlotte 
Louisa, b. Dec. 21, 1834; d. Feb. 1848. 3. Laura Eve- 
line, b. March 28, 1835.' 4. Olney Weston, b. Oct. 3, 
1836 5 and 6. Twins, viz. Frances Helen and Lucy Ellen. 
7. Lorenzo Miller, b. Aug. 1840. 8. Sarah Isabel. 9^. A 
son, d. two weeks old. 10. Albert. 11. Caroline Augusta, 
b. June, 1846; d. 1849. 12. Zeruah Ferroline. — Yl. 
Melinda Reed, b. Aug. 17, 1810; m. Almond Messer ; r. 
Montville. — VII. Horace, b., according to his own record, 
Sept. 8 ; his father's records, Sept. 9, and town-records, 
Sept. 10, 1812 ; m., Jan. 1, 1837, Ertheny Avery, of Tops- 
ham, Vt., who was b. April 3, 1813; r. homestead; and 



512 FAMILY REGISTER. 

has 1. Horace Newell, b. Oct. 27, 1838. 2. Lura Ellen, 
b. Aug. 25, 1840. 3. Mary Matilda, b. Aug. 15, 1848. 
— VIII. Lorenzo Miller, b. May 30, 1816; m. ; r. Illi- 
nois. 

ToBEY, JoHX, son of Samuel and Rebecca (Hatch) Tobey, 
b. at Falmouth, Mass., Nov. 5, 1768; came to Union in 
1791 ; m., June 13, 1791, Mary, dr. of George and Mary 
(Chase) West, who was b. at Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, 
Dec. 11, 1772, and d. Aug. 27, 1832. He m., July 5, 
1835, the widow Mclicent Wingate, b. at Hancock, N. H., 
Aug. 17, 1796, dr. of Thomas Jones, an Englishman. He 
has been a sea-captain more than sixty years, but for some 
time has lived on his farm, full of activity and hilarity, 
though afflicted with very great deafness. He had — I. 
Rebecca, b. Jan. 17, 1793; m., Nov. 1810, Calvin Chase, 
from Warwick, Mass., a storekeeper in Union; and had 1. 
Mary, h. Sept 27, 1811; m. a Martin; r. Hallowell. 2. 
William Witt, b. Aug. 22, 1813. 3. Almeda, d. at Miri- 
machi, where they moved and where C. C. also died. She 
m., second, Thomas, brother of her first husband; r. War- 
wick, Mass. ; by whom are Emily, Elcira, Almira G., Ed- 
ward, and Martha. — II. Polly, alias Mary, b. Jan. 16, 
1795; d. at Gardiner, Nov. 5, 1831 ; m. John Palmer, and 
had 1. Gilman, m. Mary Brown, of Salisbury, N.H. ; r. 
Lancaster, Mass. 2. John, d. young. 3. Nathaniel Tobey, 
M.D., b. Feb. 27, 1817 ; r. Brunswick ; m., Nov. 27, 1844, 
Mary Merritt, second dr. of Capt. William Curtis, of Bruns- 
wick, b. May 8, 1812. 4. Mary, m. Rd. W^ebster, of New 
Vineyard, Me. ; r. Hampton, 111. 5. Eliza Jane, m. a 
Webster; r. Hampton, 111. 6. ^?/^ms/MS, m. Mary Sanford; 
r. Bath. 7. Dudley. 8. Harriet ; r. Thomaston. — III. 
Nathaniel, b. July 21, 1796; m. Hannah Miller, March 5, 
1820; r. Jefferson. — IV. Love, b. July 26, 1798: m.. 
April 24, 1831, Seth Miller; and d. Nov. 28, 1838; c. — 
V. Eliza, b. May 3, 1800; m., Nov. 13, 1818, John Stevens ; 
and d. June 5, 1837. — VI. Jane West, b. May 25, 1802; 
m. Stephen Carriel, in 1827. — VII. Lydia, b. April 26, 
1804; d. Feb. 12, 1835; u. — VIII. John, b. March 8. 
1806; d. of consumption, April 8, 1828. — IX. Edward, 
b. Feb. 19, 1808; m. Eliza Gilchrist; r. Montville. — X. 
Caroline, b. June 30, 1810; d. July 3, 1810. — XL Harriet, 
b. July 8, 1811 ; m. Dec. 22, 1833, William C. Jackson. — 
XII. Caroline, b. July 10, 1813; m., 1835, Leandcr Mar- 



TOBEY. — WALCOTT. 513 

tin; r. Jefferson. — XIII. Leander, b. Sept. 17, 1815; m. 
Harriet Bagley ; r. Montville ; c. 

Walcoti, Penty, Pente, or Pentecost; t. 1797; 
from Attleborougli ; died March 4, 1844 (son of Pente- 
cost); m., first, 1801, Elizabeth Matthews, from Warren ; 
and, second, 1840, Eliza Standish, who afterwards m. Ben- 
jamin Clark, and d. in Union, August, 1850; ch. — I. 
Elizabeth, b. May 3, 1805; m. Parker Messer. — II. Han- 
nah, b. Jan. 27, 1802 ; m. Elijah House, of Washington, in 
1832 (?). — III. Katherine, b. Sept. 21, 1809; m., 1830, Cor- 
nelius Spear, of Warren ; r. Searsmont. — IV. Robert, b. 
April 9, 1813; d. June 11, 1814. — V. Lydia, b. Sept. 21, 
1809; m., Dec. 5, 1830, Charles Hibbard. — VI. Mary, b. 
March 21, 1815. 

Walcott, Spencer, nephew of Penty, and son of Moses 
and Mary(?) (Blackington) Walcott; t. 1791 ; settled north 
of William Hart; b. at Attleborough, Mass., May, 1767; 
d. Sept. 22, 1826 ; m. Hannah, b. at Attleborough, Aug. 15, 
1774, dr. of David Woodcock. She m., second, Dec. 2, 
1830, widower Deacon Robert Thompson, who d. in Hope, 
1849. Descendants, — I. Sarah, b. June 30, 1792 ; d. Oct. 
7, 1836, in Searsmont; m., March 18, 1813, Sylvanus 
Hemenway ; and left Cyrus Thmnas, Bickford Nelson, Al- 
zina Walcott, Avis Walcott, Gustavus Adolpkus, Rebecca 
Matthews, Anson Bartlett, Gardner Ludioig. — II. Fanny. 
b. Aug. 6, 1795; m., March 16, 1818, John, s. of George 
Bowes, of Washington, a farmer and weaver from England, 
or perhaps from the Isle of Man ; and had Spencer George, 
whose w. was Louisa ; Norris Piper, d. ; Joseph Henry ; 
John ; Hannah ; Elizabeth, d. Feb. 1847 ; Mary Ami ; 
Moses Walcott ; Avis Hills. — III. Rebecca, b. March 23, 
1797 ; m., 1819, Morrill Matthews, of Searsmont; and had 
Albert Dillingham, Noah Morrill, Daniel, Spencer Wal- 
cott, Sanford Hills, Adolphus, Avis Hills, James Bow- 
doin.—lV. Avis, b. Sept. 3, 1799 ; m., first, Sanford Hills, 
and, second, Geo. Cummings. — V. Vyna, b. July 19, 1801 ; 
m., July 9, 1823, Bickford C. Matthews, of Searsmont; and 
had Jane Bishop, Hannah Mary, Lois Manning, Anas- 
tasia Rebecca, Noah Morrill, Sarah Frances. — VI. Moses, 
b. Oct. 21 [or, according to town-record, Oct. 9], 1804; m., 
first, June 3, 1828, Mary Chase, dr. of Nathaniel Bobbins; 
c. ; r. Washington; and, second, m., early in 1850, Mary, 
44 



514 FAMILY REGISTER. 

widow of Andrew Suclifort, and dr. of Isaac Witham. — VII. 
Spencer, b. March 11, 1807 ; r. homestead ; m., May 6, 1830, | 
Esther, b. in Littleton, Mass., April 18, 1807, dr. of Joseph 
and Betsey (Pike) Dcdman ; and has 1. Hannah, b. Jan. 30, 
1831. 2. Loana Maria, b. June 10, 1835. 3. Mary Adams, 
b. May 6, 1837. 4. Sanford Hills, b. April 7, 1839. 5. 
Joseph Dedman, b. April 20, 1841. 6. Martha Clotilda, b. 
Jnly 23, 1849.— VIII. Alzina, b. Nov. 15, 1808 ; m. Ste- \ 
phenS.Hawes. — IX. Manning, b. Aprill8, 1813; m., Sept. 
12, 1837, Mary, dr. of Herman Hawes ; and had 1. Herman 
Hawes, b. Aug. 3, 1838. 2. Edgar Hartley, b. May 6, 1842. j 

Walkek, Daniel, son of Asa and Sarah (Burbank) 
Walker, b. at Ashby, March 18, 1774; came to Union in 
1797 ; m., June 2 or 10, 1799, Fanny, dr. of Jacob and 
Hannah (Jones) Booth, of Gloucester, R. I., b. Nov. 16, 
1778, in Uxbridge, Mass; settled in the north-west part of 
the town; ch. — I. Hannah, b. June 2, 1800 ; d. July 23, 
1805. — II. Anna, b. Nov. -14, 1802; m. John Dyer. — 
III. Fanny, b. Aug. 16, 1806; m. Sept. 4, 1828, Benjamin 
Achorn; had ch. — IV. Hannah, b. Sept. 30, 1808; m., 
Nov. 15, 1835, Shadrach Snell. — V. Asa, b. Oct. 6, 1810 ; 
m., 1832, Ruth Lermond, of Bremen ; has ch. — VI. Daniel, 
b. March 28, 1813 ; m. Lydia Prior, of Bremen; had ch. 

John Walker, br. of Daniel, b. at Ashby, Mass., March 
23, 1776 ; came to Union in 1798 ; m., Jan. 1, 1802, Sarah, ; 
or Sally, Bowen ; ch. — I. Nathan, b. Oct. 22, 1802; m., ; 
Nov. 13, 1841, Emeline Amanda Mills, of Natick, b. Sept. ' 
19, 1807; r. Woodburn, 111. ; and has 1. John Oscar, b. 
March 6, 1845; 2. Charles Emmett, b. Dec. 22, 1847. — II. 
Julia, or Juliana, b. March 3, 1805 ; m. Godfrey Miller, Dec. i 

26, 1830, b. at Waldoborough, March 10, 1799 ; r. Washing- 
ton; and had 1. Nathan Walker, b. Dec. 24, 1831. 2. Evcr- 
son Rider, b. April 29, 1833. 3. Helen Arethusa, b. April 
23, 1836. 4. John Walker, b. Oct. 4, 1838. 5. Sarah Eli- \ 
zaheth, b. May 20, 1841. 6. Moses Donnel, b. March 7, 1844. • 
7. A child, b. Nov. 29, 1846. — HI. Mary, or Polly, b. Dec. 
11, 1807; m., Jan. 30, 1848, Levi Butler. — IV. Esther i 
Bowen, b. June 5, 1810 ; d. Nov. 17, 1837 ; m., Sept. 11, ; 
1834, Josiah YAcj, in Nansemond County, Va., b. at Isle 
of Wight County, Va., Oct. 22, 1798; and had Sarah E. C, 
b. Sept. 13, 1835.— V. Sarah, or Sally, Bowen, b. Sept. 

27, 1813; m., Sept. 11, 1839, her sister Esther's husband; 



WALKER. — WARE. 515 

c — VI. John, b. April 29, 1817; u. — VII. Elizabeth, b. 
May 15, 1823. 

Ware, Jason, b. at Franklin, Mass., March 10, 1756 ; d. 
May 11, 1843; m., first, Sept. 16, 1782, Polly, dr. of Ste- 
phen Peabody, from Saccarappa, then living in Warren, b. 
April 11, 1756, d. March 5, 1815; and, second, April 16, 
1817, Sally Severance, b. April 21, 1770, d. April 3, 1849. 
His ch. were — I. Greenleaf, b. Aug. 22, 1783 ; d. Sept. 29, 
1802. — II. Peggy, b. Dec. 9, 1784; m. Alford Butters, 
July 18, 1804, who moved to Ohio, and d. ; ch. 1. Rachel, 
b. May, 1805; d. 1811. 2. Alford, b. May 11, 1807; r. 
Ohio. —III. Polly, b. July 8, 1787 ; m. Nathan, s. of Reu- 
ben Hills, July 9, 1807 ; and had 1. Vinal, b. July 27, 1808 ; 
m. Cordelia, dr. of John C. and Berintha Robbins ; r. North- 
port. 2. Isaac, b. April 23, 1811 ; m. Eliza Hall, of Gush- 
ing ; and had (1). Lys ander, b. July 4, 1834 ; (2). Syl- 
vanus, b. Nov. 26, 1836. 3. Mary, b. Oct. 3, 1813; d. 
March 10, 1814. 4. Polly, h. March 2, 1815; m., 1836, 
Nathaniel K. Burkett ; and had (1). Isaac H., b. Aug. 24, 
1835; (2). Oscar A., b. May 15, 1837; (3). Mary A., 
b. March 27, 1840; (4). Ellen Matilda, b. April 5, 
1842; and others. 5. Nancy, b. April 30, 1817; m. a 
Clary, of Jefferson. 6. Nathan, b. Sept. 26, 1820; m. 
Mary Severing, of Knox ; and had (1). Es telle, b. Nov. 23, 
1844; (2). Marjett, b. Dec. 31, 1846. 7. Caroline,]). 
July 11, 1823. 8. Silas, b. March 29, 1826. 9. Lavinia, 
b. April 21, 1828. 10. Matilda, b. April 18, 1831. — IV. 
Vinal, b. July 9, 1789 ; m., Nov. 3, 1825, Lavinia Anthony, 
dr. of Matthias Hawes ; ch: 1. Harriet Miranda, b. April 1, 
1833; 2. Erastus, b. Sept. 27, 1834. — V. Mela, b. Dec. 1, 
1791 ; d. Dec. 3, 1791.— VI. Chloe, b. Nov. 5, 1793 ; m., 
Jan. 19, 1817, Isaac, s. of Reuben Hills; ch. 1. Jason, b. Dec. 
12, 1817. 2. Harriet, b. Aug. 22, 1819. 3. Cyrus, b. June 7, 
1823; d. Sept. 18 [or gravestone, 19], 1824. 4. Rufus Phi- 
lander, b. July 21, 1825. 5. Miranda, b. June 22, 1828 ; d. 
Sept. 28, 1828. — VII. Susa, or Susanna, b. June 19, 1795; 
d. Jan. 2,1796. — VIII. Jabez, b. July 3, 1 798 ; m., April 24, 
1823, Chloe Titus; r. Northport; and had 1. Sarah Melinda, 
b. Sept. 26, 1824 ; d. Oct. 19, 1848. 2. Rhohe Ann, b. May 
26, 1826. 3. Chloe Elvira, b. June 26, 1828. 4. Mary Mi- 
randa, b. Aug. 26, 1830. 5. Eliza Mansfield, b. Feb. 9, 
1833. 6. Catharine Hatch, b. Feb. 11, 1835. 7. Jason, 
b. Jan. 27, 1837. 8. Eunice Augusta, b. June 3, 1839; d. 



516 FAMILY REGISTER. 

June 11, 1839. 9. Harriet Avidia, b. June 23, 1840. 10. 
Horace Lorenzo, b. May 31, 1842. 11. Jabez Gilbert, b. 
July 10, 1844. 

West, Geokge, sea-captain, b. March 17, 1744; d. 
Sept. 4, 1800, from voluntary starvation;^ m. Mary Chase, 
of Martha's Vineyard, b. June 11, 1749, d. May 17, 1802. 
During several of the last days of his life, he retained his 
senses, but was too feeble to speak, and conveyed his ideas 
by making signs. — I. Peter, sea-captain ; m. Sarah Dag- 
gett ; r. and d. Martha's Vineyard. — II. Peggy, m. Lot 
Luce, a sea-captain ; r. and d. Martha's Vineyard. — III. 
Mary, b. Dec. 11, 1772 ; d. Aug. 27, 1832 ; m. John Tobey. 
— IV. Lovey, m. Nathaniel Robbins. — V. George Wash- 
ington, m., Oct. 21, 1798, Hannah Fairbanks; moved to 
Ohio, and subsequently still further ; had 1 . Charles, b. May 
9, 1801. 2. Mary, b. Sept. 9, 1803. 3. Lovetj, b. July 
22, 1806. 4. Elvira, b. April 5, 1809. 5. Sarah, b. 
May 7, 1812. 8. George Washington, b. Jan, 9, 1815. — 
VI. Thomas, m. Sally Spalding; r. Martha's Vineyard, and 
lately moved West. — VII. Jane, m. David Grafton, Dec. 
31, 1804 ; and d. June 4, 1814, aged twenty-nine years four 
months; had 1. George, b. March 18, 1806. 2. John, b. 
June 29, 1807 ; m. Webb ; r. Warren. 3. David, b. Oct. 2, 
1808. 4. Thomas West, b. Sept. 3, 1810. 5. Lydia,h. 
Dec. 4, 1811. 6. Peter West, b. Jan. 2, 1813. 7. Jane 
West, b. Feb. 18, 1814. 

Wight, John M., b. Wrentham, now Foxborough, 
Mass. ; m. Lavinia Morse, Jan. 20, 1793 ; was here in 1787. 
He was in the army, where it is said he was whipped. He 
taught school near the head of Tolman Pond, and it seems 
eloped with the wife of his landlord. The Thomaston town- 
records say, "Daniel, b. April 18, 1793. James Ware, b. 
Oct. 29, 1795. Henry M., b. March 15, 1798. And, on 
the sixth day of December, 1799, the above-named John M. 
Wight went away, and left his wife, his family, and this 
part of the country ; and, after his departure, his wife bare 
twins, viz. Charles and Ormond, b. March 9, 1800." 

Woodcock, David, b. at Attleborough, Mass. ; moved 
from Medway to Union; d. Dec. 9, 1790, in his forty-ninth 
year; lived on the mill-farm; m., Sept. 17, 1765, Abigail 

' Widow Moody, aged sixty-two, died in the same way, April 11, 
1809. 



WOODCOCK. — WYMAN. 517 

Holmes, wlio d. Sept. 25, 1823, aged eighty-four; and had 
— I. Benjamin, b. Oct. 16, 1766; d. Feb. 9, 1768. — II. 
David, b. Oct. 23, 1771 ; m. in the winter of 1794-5, Affa 
Peabody ; and had 1. Dexter Hatch, h. Seipt. 11,1795. 2. 
Nancy, b. Oct. 29, 1796. 3. David, b. Aug. 26, 1798. 
4. Rufus, b. Sept. 26, 1800. 5. John, b. Nov. 25, 1801 ; 
m., 1824, Lucy H. Tyler, of Leominster, Mass. ; and had 
Jane Sophia, b. June 27, 1825; r. at the Eastward. 6. 
Polly, b. May 16, 1803; m. Benjamin Gowen. — III. Han- 
nah, b. Aug. 15, 1774 ; m. Spencer Walcott. — IV. Lynday, 
b. Jan. 27, 1777; m., 1794-5, William Peabody; r. East- 
ward. — V. Nancy, b. March 23, 1779; m., Oct. 13, 1796, 
Samuel TifFt, of Thomaston, and moved to Attleborough. — 
VI. Theodore, b. Jan. 12, 1786; r. and d. Searsmont ; m. 
Rebecca Packard. 

Wyman, John", t. 1796 ; fiddler, carpenter; lived at the 
west part of the town ; worked with Charles Barrett on 
locks and canals ; moved East ; fiddled for a company ; com- 
plained of being unwell, lay down, and d. immediately. 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



Abbot, pages 253, 304, 319, 431, 
499. 

Abrams, Susman, a Jew, 74, 110, 
127, 154, 492. 

Achorn, 83, 85, 91, 308, 514. 

Adams, 75, 76, 83, 90, 196, 223, 
305, 307, 327, 490. 492. 

Adams, Ebenezer Ward, 75, 202. 
Family of, 75, 88, 201, 430. In 
office, 122, 123, 127, 129, 254, 
305, 306. Military notices of, 
339, 378. 

Adams, Eunice, teacher, 294. 

Adams, Joel, Capt., 42, 51, 57, 69, 
114, 152, 258, 259, 304, 338, 
490. An early settler, 46. His 
marriage and family, 49, 64, 67, 
75, 430. On committees, 60, 
143-145, 164, 192, 195, 302- 

304. In office, 117-120, 123, 
127. . Methodist, 194-196. His 
petition to the legislature, 262. 
In the army, 328. 

Adams, John and Peter, and 
others, 94, 118, 232, 250, 270, 

305, 307, 308, 339, 377, 471, 
473, 494, 508, 509. 

Adams, Ward, and family, 83, 430. 

Agassiz, Louis, Prof., 56. 

Aglar, Nathaniel K., 78. 

Aikin, 434. 

Alden, Ebenezer, 74, 109, 111, 
112, 114, 134, 154, 201, 226, 
249. His family, 74, 82, 430. 
In office, 120, 128, 306. On 
committees, 195, 199, 233, 290. 
. Coroner, 254. Postmaster, 255. 

Alden, Ed., Dr., 82, 225, 322, 431. 

Alden Lyman, 29, 225, 227, 308, 
399. His family, 85, 431. 

Alewives, 55, 420. 



Alexander, Timothy, 96. 
Alford, 76, 194, 195, 197. 
Allen, 75, 177, 458, 462. 
Ames, John, 495. 
Amory, landowners, 42, 65, 143- 

145, 276, 431. 
Anderson, and Anderson party, 

27-31, 59, 105, 387, 390, 394. 
Andre, John, 327. 
Andrews, 81, 85, 307, 377, 433, 

434, 470, 505. 
Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 477. 
Apples, 107. 
Arnold, 92, 452, 453. 
Aroostook War, 377. 
Articles of Faith, 173. 
Ashcraft, Nathan B., Rev., 219. 
Assessors, 119. 
Athcarn, Rebecca, 444, 445. 
Attleborough, Mass., 65, 69, 71, 

451, 469, 516. 
Audubon, J. J., 99. 
Avery, 33, 511. 
Ayer and Ayers, 220, 323, 364, 

367, 483. 

B. 
Babb, George, 250. 
Babbidge, Benjamin, 500. 
Bachelder, Benjamin, and others, 

92, 223, 323, 472. 
Bachelder, Cyrus G., 117, 225, 

226. 307, 342. 

Bachelder, John, 75, 116, 223, 

227, 306. Family of, 75, 92, 
327, 447, 454. Town-clerk, 
117. Military officer, 342, 351, 
353. Court-martialled, 362. 

Bachelder, Lewis, and family, 
76, 96, 223, 225, 227, 280, 306, 
479. Military officer, 338, 342. 
At the muster, 355, 361. Court- 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



martialled, 364. Proposition 
to re-elect him, 373. 

Bachelder, Nathan, 76, 223, 225, 
226, 280, 290, 306-308, 341. 
Family of, 92. Selectman, 118. 
Justice, 254. Captain, 342, 
374. 

Bachelder, Nathaniel Q., 96, 327, 
479. 

Bachelor, Nathaniel, Capt., 43, 
201, 223, 225, 226, 305, 306, 
His family, 75, 431, 479. Offi- 
ces held by, 118, 280. On com- 
mittees, 170, 198, 289, 304. 
Representative, 248, 249. Jus- 
tice, 252. 

Bachelor's Mills, 2, 11, 28, 288, 
391, 467. 

Bacon, WiUiam, 486. 

Bagley, Harriet, 513. 

Bailey, George, 249. 

Baker, Joseph and Samuel, Rev., 
219. 

Balkam, Uriah, Rev., and family, 
32, 215. 

Ball, Daniel, 455. 

Band, 326. 

Banister, 320. 

Bank-tax for schools, 311. 

Baptists and societies, 194, 195, 
197, 220. 

Barber, 506. 

Barbour, Elizabeth, 476. 

Barker, 84, 86, 308, 457, 483, 505. 

Barley, 105. 

Barnard, 75, 88, 120, 197, 226, 
280, 307, 308, 328, 442, 476, 
493, 505. 

Barns, built, 39, 41. Burnt, 43. 

Barrett, 74, 92, 113, 317, 320, 461, 
617. 

Barrett, Amos, Capt., 19, 129, 
154, 201, 237, 303. On com- 
mittees, 150, 163, 164, 166, 167, 
169, 170, 195, 303. In Concord 
battle, 328. Family of, 431. 
His houses burnt, 447. 

Barrett's Pond, 3. 

Barrett's Town, 68, 113, 276, 488. 

Barter, George, 445. 

Bartlett, 74, 120, 304, 306, 435, 
439, 463, 485, 488, 489, 499, 
504. 



Barton, 500. 

Bates, Nancy, 471. 

Baum, Col., 449. 

Baxter, F. W., Rev., 226, 305. 

Bayley, Kiah, Rev., 172, 178, 182, 

191. 
Beals, Samuel, 456. 
Bean, 225, 485, 502, 507. 
Beard, 506. 
Bears hunted and killed, 36, 395, 

502. 
Beauchamp, John, 22. 
Beavers, 411. 
Becket, 110, 249, 253. 
Bees, 418. 

Belden, Jonathan, Rev., 189, 208. 
Belknap, John, 389. 
Bell, the, 135, 226. 
Bemis, 74, 96. 
Benner, 349, 442. 
Bennet, 154, 201, 324, 486, 489. 
Bernard, Isaac, Dr., 294, 321. 
Beveridge, 81, 256, 454, 456. 
Bewitched horse, 228. 
Bickford, Sally, 506. 
Bigelow, Asaph, 455. 
Biguyduce, 47, 71, 258, 334. 
Billings, Caleb O., 441. 
Bills, 75, 96, 127, 349, 438, 508. 
Bird, Nancy, or Agnes, 467. 
Bishop, 436, 497. 
Blackbirds, 416. 
Black land, 98, 391. 
Blackington, 79, 122, 306, 513. 
Blacksmithing, early, 43, 56, 58, 

464. 
Blake, 462, 468, 482. 
Blake, Nathan, 113, 467. Offices 

held by, 118, 252. Motions 

made by, 165, 166, 169. On 

committees, 167-170, 192, 195, 

290, 302-304. Ilis complaint 

against Hills, 181. Hisfamily, 

432. 
Blake, Walter, and family, 75, 

86, 127, 128, 249, 292, 305, 307. 

On committees, 132, 156, 164, 

198. Justice, 253. 
Blanchard, 192, 339, 433. 
Blood, 95, 465, 470, 486, 493. 
Blunt, Ebenezer, in office, 63, 119, 

121,122,124,306. His famUy, 

76,87, 133, 433. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



521 



Blunt, Henry, and family, 76, 
223, 249, 250, 305, 433. As- 
sessor, 120, 121. On commit- 
tees, 133, 198, 292, 304. 

Boating, 277. 

Boggs, 14, 35, 452, 459, 470. 

Boggs, Calvin, and familv, 80, 
128, 308. 

Boggs, Life W., 76, 339, 380. 

Boggs, Samuel, 25, 386, 390, 411. 
Escapes from Indians, 26. 

Boggs, William, 76, 120, 127, 
140, 195. 

Boggs's Landing, 30. 

Boody, Benjamin and Ann, 471. 

Books used in schools, 295, 309. 

Boomer, J. B., Rev., and Nancy 
M., 471. 

Booth, 76, 196, 449, 458. 

Bosworth, 146, 494. 

Boundaries, 1, 62. French and 
English, 22. 

Bowen, Ezra, and others, 42, 64, 
75, 117, 130, 143, 194, 195, 197, 
258, 259, 317, 434. 

Bowen, Isaac, Dr., and family, 
318, 322, 434. 

Bowes, 127, 317, 513. 

Bowker, S., Rev., and family, 82, 
128, 216, 251, 305. 

Bowker Brook, 3, 37, 401. 

Bowley, 134, 454, 467. 

Bowman, Lydia, 473. 

Boyd, 482. 

Boyden, Justus, 434. 

Boynton, William, 451. 

Brackett, 94, 322. 

Bradbury, J. W., Hon., 320. 

Bradford genealogy, 477. 

Bradstreet, 476, 50'5. 

Brass band, 326. 

Bray, S., Rev., 219, 474. 

Brazier, Susan, 487. 

Brack, 76, 444, 475. 

Brett, riinv. Rev., 219. 

Brick, 330,' 459. 

Bride's dowry, 53, 503. 

Bridges, 40, 61, 287. 

Briggs, 79, 177, 219, 458, 489. 

Bristol, 58, 433, 434, 469. 

Britton, James B., Rev., 316. 

Broad, 506. 

Brown, 75, 76, 83, 90, 94, 95, 127, 



196, 226, 252, 325, 364, 442, 
460, 484, 505, 509. 

Brown, John, Dr., 323, 460. 

Brown, John Carter, library of, 2. 

Brown, Jonathan, and family, 347, 
434. 

Browning, Charles L., Rev., 220. 

Bruce, Abigail, 94. 

Bryant, 76, 94, 133, 280, 306, 440, 
474. 

Bryant, Benjamin, Rev., andfimii- 
ly, 96, 220. 

Bryant, Joseph, and familv, 76, 
91, 307, 504. 

Bulfinch, John, 252, 304, 319. 

BuUen, 74, 223. 

Bump, 77, 196, 250, 306, 314, 487. 

Bunker Hill battle, 33, 328, 333. 

Bunting, 140, 236, 304, 347. 

Burbank, Sarah, 514. 

Burgess, Peter, Rev., 220. Fami- 
ly of, 434. 

Burgoyne's surrender, 42, 43, 329. 

Burials, 135. 

Burkett, 75, 83, 84, 112, 226, 327, 
515. 

Burns, 76, 90, 91, 94, 226, 251, 
307, 442, 444, 469, 479, 487. 

Burroughs, 82. 

Burton, 85, 251, 483. 

Burton, Benjamin, Col., 38, 41, 
335. 

Burying-grounds, 18, 19, 130. 

Butler, 75, 79, 80, 86, 90, 127, 
474, 508. 

Butler, Christopher, 67, 145, 146, 
148. 151, 152, 164, 291. In 
office, 119, 126, 127, 129. Me- 
thodist, 194, 196. His family, 
435. 

Butler, E. N., family of, 90. 

Butler, George W., and family, 
86, 127, 437. 

Butler, Gorham, and family, 74, 
79, 194, 196, 435. 

Butler, Gorham, and family, 78, 
432, 435, 447. 

Butler, Jedidah, 444. 

Butler, Jeruel, 87, 280, 438. 

Butler, John, 30, 144, 258, 259, 
288, 289, 419. With Dr. Tay- 
lor, 30, 32, 34. His marriage 
and family, 43, 64, 436. In 



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GENEKAL INDEX. 



office, 125, 12G, 129. Hun- 
ter, 397. 

Butler, John, 74, 194, 196, 217, 
306. His family, 74, 79, 435. 

Butler, John, 75, 4^7. 

Butler, John, family of, 78, 436. 

Butler, Joseph, 126, 194, 196. 
Family of, 436. 

Butler, Matthias, family of, 86. 

Butler, Phinehas, 25, 39, 258, 259, 
411, 425, 427. With Dr. Tay- 
lor, 30, 32, 34, 35. Kills a 
bear, 36. In the army, 41, 50, 
329. Settles in town, "50. His 
wife and family, 50, 437. 

Butler, Phinehas, and family, 75, 

86, 127, 129, 306, 308, 437, 
505. 

Butler, Thomas, and family, 76, 

87, 152, 194, 19G, 438, 440. - 
Butler, Waldron S., and family, 

87, 307, 438. 
Butters, 120, 127, 192, 194, 196, 

457, 511, 514. 
Buttman, Mary Jane, 507. 
Buxton, 321, 505. 
Buzzell, 197, 488. 



Camden, 1, 20, 21, 55, 343. 
Camp at South Union, 28, 31, 35, 

387, 411. 
Campbell, 364, 508. 
Camp-meetings, 219. 
Canals, 112. 
Cannon, 347. 

Canterbury, Wm. and Ruth, 497. 
Carkin, Isaac, 194, 196. 
Carriel, or Carroll, 90, 91, 94, 308, 

433. 
Carriel, Danford, family of, 91, 

439. 
Carriel, David, and family, 75, 

201, 439. 
Carriel, Jonathan, and family, 76, 

127, 133, 169, 177, 201, 212, 

302, 304, 439. 
Carriel, Jonathan, 76, 91, 118, 

201, 305, 439. 
Carriel, Stephen, and family, 90, 

280, 307, 440. lleprescnta- 

tive, 250. 
Carrigain, Philip, Dr., 321. 



Carrying-places, 391, 393. 

Carting goods to Boston, 112. 

Carver, Nathan, 194, 195, 197. 

Case, 119, 162, 440. 

Cashman, 3, 42, 164. 

Castinc, 334, 346. See Biguy- 

duce. 
Caswell, 445. 
Caswell, Judson, and family, 76, 

93, 307, 474. 

Caswell, William, and family, 84, 

94, 122, 128, 307, 473. 
Cat-and-clay chimneys, 55. 
Cattle, 140. 

Cat-vaughan, or Catamount, 408. 

Censuses, 73. 

Cents and dollars, 264. 

Chadwick, Emily, 444. 

Chaffin, 194, 196, 469. 

Chain on the North River, 328. 

Champlain explores the Penob- 
scot, 20. 

Chapman, 216, 327, 488, 495, 500. 

Charles I., places named by, 2, 21. 

Chase, 79, 111, 233, 347, 512,516. 

Cheney, Jonathan, Rev., 219. 

Child and Childs, 197, 464. 

Chimneys, 52, 55. 

Churches organized, 172, 188. 

Clark and Clarke, 76, 87, 129, 192, 
194, 196, 197, 209, 433, 440, 
460, 468, 490, 500. 

Clark, Asa, and family, 441. 

Clark, Benjamin, and family, 94, 
513. 

Clark, Nathan, and family, 95. 

Clark, Nathaniel, family of, 92, 
504. 

Clark, Walter W., family of, 93, 
308. 

Clary, 88, 466, 515. 

Clcaveland, 458. 

CUough, Jeremiah, 194. 

Clouse, 84, 443. 

Cloyce and Cloyes, 455, 475. 

Cobb, 76, 83, 127, 481. 

Cobb, Ebenezer, 75, 116, 139, 223, 
225, 226, 306, 307, 453. Fami- 
ly of, 75, 82, 83, 452. In office, 
124,126. Builds a town-house, 
141, 142. Licensed, 230. Jus- 
tice, 253. Lieutenant, 342, 371, 
372. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



523 



Cochran, Thomas, Rev., 170. 

Coffin, Uriah, 146, 441. 

Coggan, William, and others, 76, 

92, 119-121, 307, 308, 333, 445, 

510. 
Coggswell, 491. 
Colby, 438, 507. 
Cole, 90, 303, 367, 456, 478. 
CoUamore, 75, 93, 194, 196, 440, 

442, 458. 
Collectors, 123. 
College-graduates, 163, 167-170, 

318, 471, 479. 
Collier, 93, 482. 
Collins, 82, 135, 430, 437, 456. 
Collins, Zuinglius, and family, 

82, 117, 227, 447, 454. 
Colored persons, 96, 272, 484, 485. 
Comet, Wm. Dicke and the, 26. 
Comings. See Cummings. 
Commissioners, highway, 280. 
Common, the, 1, 19, 136. 
Concord and Lexington battle, 33, 

34, 328, 331, 332. 
Congress, votes for members of, 

239. 
Conklin, 465, 481. 
Constables, 121. 
Consumption, remedy for, 17. 
Cony, Daniel, 363. 
Cook, Dr., 323. Peggy, 507. 
Coolidge, Abraham, 330. 
Coombs, 56, 88, 92. 
Cooper, Sally, 76, 80. 
Copeland, 469, 481. 
Copp, Susan, 441. 
Copperas, 97. 
Corduroy roads, 277. 
Coroners, 254. 
Cotterell, 479. 

Councils, 177, 181, 205, 215, 216. 
Court-martials, 362,304, 366, 375, 

378. 
Covenant, 175. 
Cox, 91, 220, 449. 
Crabtree, 90,461. 
Craft, Samuel, and familv, 472. 
Cranberry Island, 330, 494. 
Crane, 470, 505. 
Crawford, 6, 28, 445. 
Crawford's Meadow and Pond 
and River, 3, 4, 6, 19, 334, 335, 
416, 424. 



Creed, 173. 

Cressey, Anna, 507. 

Croad, 501. 

Crockett, 2, 4, 5, 96, 489. 

Cromett, or Crommett, 83, 91, 

121, 490. 
Crooks, 455. 

Crosby, John and Polly, 499. 
Crowell, 82, 85, 453. 
Crows, 416. 
Croxford, Lydia, 452. 
Cummings, David, 54, 152, 223, 

306. Takes bread, 54. Familv 

of, 75, 96, 441. 
Cummings, George, and family, 

95, 223, 225, 226, 253, 307, 441. 
Cummings, Joseph G., and family, 

96, 441. 

Cummings, Richard, 38, 115, 152, 
195, 258, 259, 347. Settler, 38. 
His grain burnt, 44. His fami- 
ly, 64, 69, 441. Tanner, 110. 
In office, 123, 126, 127. His 
dog, 388, 394. Hunts, 400. 

Cummings, Samuel, family of, 83, 
308, 441. 

Cummings, Suell, and family, 75, 

88, 307, 442. 
Cunningham, 251, 442, 457. 
Currier, Sarah, 464. 

Curtis, 82, 88, 451, 466,493,512. 
Cushraan, 75, 88, 305, 443. 
Cut-downs, burning of, 98. 
Cutler, Manasseh, Rev., 170. 
Cutler, Nelson, 83, 224-226. Fa- 
mily of, 83, 320. In office, 121, 

122, 124, 280, 307. Licensed, 
230. Representative, 250. Jus- 
tice, 253, 254. Lawyer, 320. 
Captain, 377. 

Cutter, 216, 505. 
Cutting, Jane, 192, 209. 

D. 

Daggett, 50, 06, 176, 430, 433, 
438, 482, 508, 510, 516. 

Daggett, Aaron, and family, 66, 
443. 

Daggett, Brotherton, and family, 
66, 76, 94, 111, 133, 444. 

Daggett, Ebenezer, 158, 445. 

Daggett, Ebenezer, and family,75, 

89, 96, 445. 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



Daggett, Ebcnezer, Mrs., 65. Her 

letter, 70. Her family, 470. 
Daggett, Edmund, and lamily, 76, 

327, 446. 
Daggett, Elijah, Dr., and family, 

443. 
Daggett, John, of Attleborough, 

69, 471. 
Daggett, Jonathan, and family, 

129, 444. 
Daggett, Matthew, 443, 445. 
Daggett, Mayhew and Chloe, of 

Attleborough, 470. 
Daggett, Samuel, 75, 117, 120, 

127, 133, 168, 169, 267, 303. 

His bewitched horse, 228. In 

the Jersey prison-ship, 329. 

His family, 444. 
Daggett, Samuel, and family, 76, 

95, 122, 133, 307, 445. 
Daggett, Thomas, 66, 126, 144, 

145, 152, 158, 162, 163, 166, 

176, 445. 
Daggett, Thomas, 66, 129, 194, 

195, 197, 445. 
Daggett, AVilliam, and familj', 75, 

209, 307, 444. 
Dakin, Dr., 215. 
Dam, Nancy Nelson, 462. 
Daniels, F. A., and family, 80, 

308, 447. 
Daniels, Joseph, and family, 80, 

308, 447. 
Daniels, Milton, and family, 81, 

225, 307. 447. 
Daniels, Nathan, and family, 74, 

80, 154, 201, 446. In office, 
118, 120, 306, 307. 

Daniels, Nathan, 29. Family of, 

77, 78, 447. 
Daniels Brook, 3. 
Davis, 14, 79, 81, 82, 85, 93, 333, 

387, 430, 453, 454, 462, 472, 

488, 495, 505. 
Davis, Isaac, Capt., of Acton, 328. 
Davis, Jason, and family, 76, 80, 

81, 227, 280, 306, 308, 470. 
Davis, Mark, family of, 81, 447. 
Davis, Pond, and family, 91, 308. 
Davis, Sterling, and family, 76, 

114, 120, 127, 194, 195, 447. 
Davis, Sterling, and family, 80, 
81, 307, 448. 



Davis, Wilber, and family, 80| 
307, 448. 

Day, 74, 304-307, 432. 

Dean, 79, 438, 450, 500, 501. 

Dearborn, Henry, Gen., 73. 

Death, Caleb and Abigail, 476. 

Decker, Capt., 30. 

Decostcr, 88. 

Dedman, 441,514. 

Deed of land to Taylor, 32. 

Deer, 388, 389. 

Delusions, 227. 

Demerritt, Hannah, 437. 

Demuth, 84, 475. 

Devereux, Nathaniel, Rev., 219. 

Dicke, 6, 24, 26, 28, 59, 387. 

Dickey, 75, 84, 90, 95, 113, 464. 

Dike, 497, 498. — 

Dillingham, 465. 

Dix, Sallv, 476. 

Dodge, 320, 511. 

Dods, John Bovee, 75, 223, 304, 

Doe, Samuel, 249. 

Dogs and dogwhippers, 159, 387, 
392, 394, 403, 411. 

Dole, 34, 494. 

Dollars and cents, 264. 

Door [Dorr, or Duerr], 449. 

Dorman, 86, 254, 433. 

Doty, 485, 510. 

Dougherty, William, Dr., and fa- 
mily, 201, 321, 4G9. 

Douglas, Mass., 34, 48. 

Douglass, Hannah, 491. 

Dow. 77, 93. Key. Mr., 171. 
Sarah, 502. 

Dowry, bride's, 53, 503. 

Dows, Joseph, 330. 

Drake, Amos, and family, 78, 
250, 453. In office, 126, 304, 
305, 307. 
Drake, Jesse, and family, 74, 82, 

95, 196, 223, 306, 453,'493. 
Drake, John, and others, 74, 82, 

122, 123, 154, 194, 196, 223. 
Drummond, Alexander, 364. 
Drury and wife, 455. 
Ducks, 413. 
Dudley, Albion S., Rev., 224- 

226, 305. 
Dunbar, 482, 483. 
Dunham, 448. 
Dunning, John A., 376. 



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525 



Dunster, Henry, President, 389. 
Dunton, Chloe, Mrs., and family, 

25, 39, 82, 414, 427, 452, 488, 

489. 
Durgin, Joseph, 81. 
Button, Louisa, 491. 
Dwinell, Andrus, 435. 
Dyer, 127, 129, 141, 149, 159, 

194, 196, 448, 507- 

E. 

Eagles, 421. 

Eanies, Anna, 455. 

Eastman, 75, 84, 129, 154, 194, 

196, 227, 307, 317, 464, 466, 

471, 504, 507. 
Eaton, 24, 507. 
Ecclesiastical History, 161. 
Eddy, Caroline, 430. 
Educational History, 294. 
Eels, 421. 

Eley, Josiah, and family, 514. 
Elkins, John, 499. 
Elliott, Charles, 465. 
Ellis, 177, 209, 446, 482. 
Embargo, 232. 
Emerson, Noah, Rev., 204, 207, 

209. 
Emerton, 511. 
Emery, 320, 499. 
Emmons, Nathaniel, Rev., 57,190. 
Erskine, 434. 

Esensa, 194, 196, 228, 449. . 
Estabrook, J. H., Dr., 323. 
Esty, Reuben, 476. 
Evans, Enoch B., 95. 
Everett, Erastus D., and family, 

471. 
Everton, Zeph., 450. 
Eves, Emily, 466. 



Factories, 109. 

Fairbanks, 46, 79, 84, 325, 330, 

450, 452, 474, 476, 508, 516. 
Fairfield, Lois, 501. 
Fales, 32, 37, 38, 42, 195, 197, 281, 

451, 456, 459, 460, 479, 484, 487. 
Fanning, 505. 

Fargo, George W., Rev., 214. 
Farley, Joseph, 407. 
Farnham, Dudley, 87. 
Faux, 455. 

45 



Felt, Joseph B., Rev., 496, 497. 

Ferguson, Hannah, 433. 

Fessenden, S. C, Rev., 216, 217. 

Field, B. P., 319. 

Filer, 88. 

Finnegan, John, Rev., 219. 

Fires in the M'oods, 99. 

Fish, Susan, 458. 

Fish Wardens, 129, 420. Laws, 

418. Hawks, 421. 
Fisher, Eliza, 434. Rev. Jabez 

P., 168. Nancy, 453. Mary, 

459. Peter, 463. 
Fiske, Jemima, 432. 
Flagg, S. A., Rev., 220. 
Flanders, 507. 
Fletcher, 442, 465, 493. 
Flies, annoving, 56. 
Flint, 459, 497. 
Flitner, Isaac, Dr., 83, 305, 322, 

511. 
Flucker. Thos., 28, 29, 33, 50, 61. 
Fobes, Perez, Rev., 167, 169. 
Fogler, John, 77, 154, 201, 223. 

Ann, 79. Mary, 192. Miranda, 

483. 
Fogler, Charles, and family, 54, 

84, 227, 318, 439. In office, 

121, 122, 307. 
Follansbee, Leonard, 77, 306. 
Follet, Susanna, 497. 
Food, scarcity of, 44, 45, 54, 55, 

67. 
Foote, Col., 344. 
Fossett, 16, 84, 93, 94, 122, 458, 

495. 
Fossett, Henry, 16, 76, 93, 133, 

223, 305, 306. 
Fossetts' Mills, 3, 111, 256, 469. 
Foster, Edward, loyalist, 333. 
Foster, Robert, 77, 111, 154, 201, 

231, 237, 248, 249, 304, 305, 

333, 345. 
Foster, Robert N., 317. 
Fourth-of-July celebrations, 236. 
Fox, Mary Esther Jane, 461. 
Foxes, 408. 
Fox Islands, named by Pring, 20. 

Abandoned, 47, 487. 
Framingham, Mass., 109, 320, 321, 

456. 
Franklin, Mass., settlers from, 41, 

46, 50, 54, 430, 453, 460, 485. 



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Frary, Jeanette Kingsley, 4G1. 

Frazer, 501. 

French, James, 320. Polly, 502. 
Polly, 503. Daniel and Sarah, 
606. 

French war expected, 336. 

Freshets, 9, 

Frogs, 12. 

Fruit, 107. 

Frye, Benj., and family, 93. 

Fuller, 220, 221, 470. Albert, 
and family, 89. Amelia, 84. 
Edmund, and family, 505. Es- 
ther, 470. Henry D., and fam- 
ily, 80. Isaac, 308,441. James, 
and Givens, 442. John, 339, 
378. Jonathan, 505. Rhoda, 
91. Rosanna, 87. Samuel, and 
family, 76, 91. Samuel C, 308. 
Sarah, 469. Simon, 76, 127, 
193, 306. Susannah, 433. 

Funerals, 130, 135, 231. 

Furbush, Keziah, 474. 

G. 

Gage, 506. 

Gallop, 78, 253, 435. 

Gannett, Benj. and Deborah, 478. 

Gardiner, Robert H., 424. 

Gardner, 76, 80, 305, 306, 447. 

Gary, George, Rev., 219. 

Gay, 459, 460, 477. Abiel and 
family, 74, 135, 223, 306, 451. 
David, 74, 436. Elijah, 74, 
223,451. Elizabeth, 85. James, 
in the army, 347, 451. John C, 
and others, 82. Jonah, and 
familv, 65, 71, 101, 451. Mar- 
tha H., 82. Marv, 194, 195, 
197. Mary F., 82. Richard, 
223, 452. Willard, 76. 

George, 466, 503. 

Getchell, 506. 

Ghentncr, Reuben, 445. 

Gibbs, Daniel, 434. John, 455. 

Gilchrist, Eliza, 512. 

Gillett, E., Rev., 177, 182, 215. 

Gillmor, David, 54. 

Gillmor, David, and familv, 129, 
136, 138, 149-152, 328, 338, 452. 

Gillmor, Marcus, and family, 74, 
326, 342, 424, 454. 

Gillmor, Millard, 339, 464. 



Gillmor, Robert, 491. 

Gillmor, Rufus, 54, 65, 116, 137, 
138, 147, 152, 154, 201, 225, 
226, 237, 347, 364. His fami- 
ly, 74, 82, 453. Offices held by, 
118, 122,123,129,131. On com- 
mittees, 146, 149, 151, 164, 288. 
To purchase ammunition, 337. 
Military officer, 339. Buys beef, 
346. Has tame cubs, 397. Takes 
fish, 420. 

Gillmor, Rufus, 339, 453. 

Oilman, 87, 501. 

Gilmore, Jonathan, 168. 

Giraldman, Margaret, 432. 

Glass, 509. 

Gleason, Aaron, 197, 456. 

Glcason, Calvin, and others, 76, 
95, 120, 127, 132, 133.222,250, 
253, 306, 308, 441, 455. 

Gleason, John, Col., and fanulv, 
177, 209, 329, 455. John, of 
Thomaston, 62. 

Gleason, Joseph, 28, 223, 227, 308, 
First settlement near, 31, 39. 
Family of, 85, 90, 456. 

Gleason, Joseph M., family of, 
94, 455. In office, 120-122, 
124, 280. 

Gleason, Micajah and Polly, and 
family, 77, 154, 201, 306, 324, 
455. ' His fulling-mill, 109. 
Offices held by, 118, 203. On 
committees, 134, 292, 304. Mili- 
tary, 340. 

Gleason, Nathan M., and family, 
92, 455. 

Gleason, AVm., 77, 132, 225, 226, 
306, 307. Censuses taken by, 
77. Family of, 85, 456. His fac- 
tory, 109. In office, 121, 122. 
Justice, 253, 254. On fish, 420, 
422, 423. 

Goodridgc, 501. 

Goodspeed, Rebecca, 440. 

Goodwin, 254, 446. 

Gordon, 91, 128, 404, 430. 

Gordon, William, cited, 23. 

Gore, Thomas, Dr., 304, 322. 

Gough, Athelinda, 434. 

Gould, 79, 364, 497. 

Gove, 92, 503. 

Governors, votes for, 232, 242. 



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Go wen, Asa, and farallv, 93, 504. 
Benjamin, 307, 473, 517. Cy- 
rus, 121. Elizabeth H., 94. 
John, 7(3, 93, 120, 234, 280, 30G. 
John H., and family, 308, 504. 
Nathaniel B., 94. Rebecca H., 
93, 209. William H. and Lou- 
isa A., 81, 454. 

Graduates. See College-gradu- 
ates. - 

Grafton, 196, 339, 347, 442, 509, 
516. 

Grain, 30, 3a, 105. 

Grant, Elizabeth, 505. 

Graves, Bathsheba, 437. 

Gray, Marj', 436. 

Greeley, 219, 505, 509. 

Greene, David, 33. 

Greene, Joshua S., and family, 82, 
251, 256, 305. His high-school, 
316. 

Grinnell, Bailey, and family, 75, 
126, 152, 194, 196, 457. 

Grinnell, Hannah, 465. 

Grinnell, James, and family, 75, 
86, 227, 307, 458. 

Grinnell, Mace S., and family, 196, 
457. 

Grinnell,Philip, and wife,133,457. 

Grinnell, Richard, 129, 194, 196, 
329, 

Grinnell, Royal, 55, 68, 129, 194, 
196, 276, 329, 510. His fami- 
ly, 56, 64, 75, 458. Takes sal- 
mon, 420. 

Grist-mills, 41, 55. 

Groton, 378, 443. 

Guild, Joseph, 65, 117, 145, 267, 
459, 481. 

Guns, on setting, 395. 

Gurnev, Kingman, 465. 

Gushee, 165, 443, 453, 489. 

H. 

Hadley, 434, 506. 

Hagar, Ezekiel, and othei's, 77, 

129, 327, 453. Hunts, 397. 
Hagar, John, and fivmily, 89, 308. 
Hagar, Reuben, and familjs 90, 

227, 469. 
Hagar, Samuel, 77, 305-307, 495. 
Hagar, Sewell, and family, 89, 

305, 307. 



Hagar, Thomas, and others, 90. 

Hahn, 479. 

Hail, 11. 

Hall, 76, 307, 515. 

Hamlin, 215, 250, 470. 

Hammond, Dimmis, 485. 

Handay [Hendee?], 83. 

Hanson, 321, 478, 479, 497, 500. 

Harding, Daniel F., and family, 
74, 78, 177, 227, 318, 432. In 
office, 126, 127, 206, 304, 306. 
Candidate for representative, 
249, 250. Justice, 253, 254. 
Lawyer, 319. 

Harding, Elisha, Dr., 74, 223-225, 
227, 304, 305, 307, 380, 452. 
Senator, 247. Road commission- 
er, 280. Lecturer, 316. Physi- 
cian, 322, 324. At the muster, 
a56, 360. His family, 463. 

Harding, Phillips C, 77, 135, 223, 
227, 250, 270. Family of, 77, 
85. In office, 118-120, 306. 
Justice, 254. 

Hardy, Seeth, 500. 

Harriman, 86, 509. 

Harris genealogy, 482. 

Harris, from England, 483. 

Harris, Elizabeth, 488. 

Harris, Obadiah, and family, 75, 
87, 127, 128, 225, 250,482. 

Harris, Thaddeus William, on in- 
sects, 56. 

Hart, 77, 84, 85, 129, 430, 479. 

Hart, Fisher, 26, 77, 83, 154, 201, 
223, 225, 227, 305-307, 463. 

Hart, John F., and family, 26, 29, 
65, 77, 85, 306, 308, 327, 423, 
459. His dogs, 411. 

Hart, Miriam, Mrs., 148, 459. 
Caught in a bear-trap, 405. 

Hart, Stephen, escapes from In- 
dians, 26. 

Hart, William, Lieut., 14, 65, 66, 
101, 129, 201, 338, 412, 448, 513. 
His family, 77, 85, 459. En- 
lists men for the French war, 
336. 

Hartford, 447. 

Harthhorn and Hathorne, 435, 
468. 

Harvard University, 20, 64, 389. 

Harwood, 488, 508. 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



Haskell, 79, 83, 122, 466. 

Hastings, 81, 467. 

Hatch, George, 444. 

Hathaway, Elizabeth, 438. 

Hathorne or Harthhorn, 435, 468. 

Haverhill, Mass., 498, 503. 

Hawes, 464, 482. 

Hawes, Abijah, Deacon, 41, 121, 
127, 152, 176, 201, 210, 211, 
259. Settles, 41. His family, 
64, 75, 459. On committees, 
143, 162, 168. In the army, 328. 

Hawes, Charles A., and family, 
78, 122, 463, 511. 

Hawes, Galen, and family, 306, 
317, 462. 

Hawes, Herman, 8, 47, 62, 201, 
223, 249. His family, 75, 96, 
463. Offices held by, 118, 120, 
122, 124, 280, 305, 306. On 
committees, 198, 292. Military 
officer, 340. On eagles and 
fishhawks, 421. 

Hawes, Madison, cited, 219, 459. 
Family of, 462. 

Hawes, Matthias, 7, 152, 305. 
His account-book cited, 7, 50, 
51, 58, 107, 161. His barn 
struck by lightning, 15. Land 
bought by, 42. His settlement, 
46. Marriage, 51. Log-house, 
51. His family, 64, 75, 460. 
Offices held by, 118, 119, 126, 
129. On committees, 130, 143, 
164, 290, 302, 303. Methodist, 
194,196,218. Exposure of, 273. 
In the revolutionary army, 328. 

Hawes, Matthias, Mrs., 51, 55, 67, 
460. Her dowry, 53. Visiting, 
278, 

Hawes, Moses, 25, 152, 157, 258, 
259, 294, 325. Settles, 47. 
Town-officer, 60, 61, 117, 118, 
119, 121, 122, 129. On com- 
mittees, 60, 143, 144, 164, 231, 
268, 302, 303. His family, 64, 
462. In the army, 328. 

Hawes, Moses, and family, 87, 
121, 463. 

Hawes, Noyes P., 7, 304, 315, 
317. His notices of the town 
cited, 45, 74, 103, 107, 130,309. 
His family, 462. 



Hawes, Otis, and family, 88, 250, 

251, 307, 317. 
Hawes, Silas, and family, 84, 462. 
Hawes, Steplien S., and familj', 

38, 96, 120, 121, 225, 227, 251, 

307, 352, 463, 514. 

Hawes, Whiting, and family, 42, 
96, 201, 306, 317, 460. 

Hawes, William G., and family, 
96, 119, 121, 225, 226, 307, 463, 
493. 

Hayden, Angela, 457. 

Heald, Abigail, 430. 

Healey, Sally, 435. 

Hearses, 135. 

Heaton, Isaac, 248, 249. 

Hedding, Elijah, Bishop, 466. 

Heisler, John, and family, 80. 

Hemenway, 76, 79, 127,"l77, 195, 
197, 306, 433, 456, 513. 

Henderson, Gavinus, 225, 322. 

Hewes, Solomon, 76, 127, 194, 
196. 

Hewitt, Hannah, 463. 

Heywood, Mary, 505. 

Hibbard, C, and family, 92, 307, 
513. 

Hichborn, Charles, 75, 223. 

Higgins, Joshua, Rev., 220. 

High-schools, 315. 

Highways, 61, 273, 440. Survey- 
ors, 279. Compensation for work, 
282. Breaking, in winter, 284. 

Hill, Mary, 457. 

Hilliard, 503. 

Hillman, Samuel, Rev., 219. 

Hills, 85, 96, 127, 128, 464, 471. 

Hills, Benj. B., and family, 78. 

Hills, Cyrus, Dr., 322, 464. 

Hills, Edward, and family, 83, 
122, 254, 255, 305, 453. 

Hills, Isaac, 112, 124, 128, 196, 
306, 307, 317. 464, 515. 

Hills, Jabez Fisher, 321, 464. 

Hills, Joel, and family, 317, 464. 

Hills, Josiah, and family, 75, 84, 
464. 

Hills, Nathan, and family, 75, 84, 
194, 196, 223, 225, 230, 290, 
292, 464, 490, 515. In office, 
119, 120, 122, 124, 280, 306- 

308. On committees, 132, 156. 
Vinal, 307, 315. 



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529 



Hills, Reuben, 75, 134, 19i, 19G, 
288, 289, 291, 464. 

Hills, Reuben, and family, 75, 
194, 196, 223, 317, 464. 

Hills, Samuel, 8, 152, 209, 289, 
321, 400. His journal, 8. In 
want, 55. Blacksmith, 56, 58, 
464. His arrival, 58. On com- 
mittees, 60, 136, 144, 162, 164, 
166, 231-233, 251, 267, 303, 304. 
His family, 64, 77, 464. In 
office, 119, 121, 123, 126, 127, 
129. His opposition to Mr. 
True, 172-214. Writes, for 
Esen^a, to Germany, 449. 

Hills, Samuel, and family, 75, 83, 
194, 196, 225, 226, 462, 464. 
Representative, 250. 

Hills, Sanford, and family, 77, 83, 
86, 96, 306, 464. 

Hills' Mills, 2, 101, 291, 420, 510. 

Hills Point, 58, 69, 388. 

Hilt, 4, 80, 467. 

Himes, 511. 

Hoar, Cyrena, 214. 

Hobart, Peter, Rev., and Jael, 478, 
479. 

Hobbs, Josiah, of Hope, 63. 

Hodge and Hodges, 320, 475, 500. 

Hogs and hogreeves, 136. 

Holbrook, Susanra, 476. 

Holman, Betsey Barr, 500. 

Holmes, 57, 64,464, 484,487, 517. 

Hook. Charles, 471. 

Hopkins, 163, 220, 254, 305. 

Hopkinson, Lydia, 499. 

Hopkinton, N.H., 107, 417, 495, 
503. 

Horse, bewitched, 228. 

House, 450, 513. 

Houses, first built, 35, 39. See 
Log-houses. 

Hovev, Isaac C, and family, 84, 
327, 432. 

How, Elizabeth, 455. 

Howard, 43, 76, 80, 89, 195, 479, 
495. 

Howland, S. M., and family, 85, 
128. 

Hovt, 502, 506. 

Hubbard, Daniel,33. Rev. R.,219. 

Hudson, 371. 

Hull, David, and family, 79. 
45* 



Humphrey and Humphreys, 164, 

219, 279, 376. 
Hunnewell, 77, 490. 
Hunt, 34, 430, 488, 490. 
Hunter, Lithgow, 318. 
Hunting, 386. Matches, 417. 
Hunting, Timothy, 472. 
Huse, Jonathan, Rev., 171, 206- 

208, 212. His letter, 171. 
Huse, Stephen, and family, 458. 

I. 

Ide, 469. 

Ilsley, Horatio, Rev., 215, 305. 

Incorporation of the town, 60. 

Indian doctor, 323. 

Indians, carried off by Wey- 
mouth, 2. Names given bv, 2, 
4, 21. Notices of, 23. Hart's 
and Boggs's escape from them, 
26. 

Infantry and officers, 338. At 
the muster, 355. 

Ingraham, John H., Rev., 207. 

Irish, Cornelius B., Rev., 46, 68, 
127, 194, 196, 218, 249, 250. Hia 
family, 75, 88, 465. 

Irish, Ichabod, and family, 67, 
195, 248, 268, 465. 

Irish, Ichabod, and famil}^ 76, 
466. 

Irish, Joseph, family of, 88, 466, 
In office, 127, 250, 251, 305, 308, 

Irish, Milton, in the Texan war, 
348. His family, 466. 

Iron- works. 111. 

Isense, John Andrew, 450. 



Jackson, 87, 446, 512. 

Jacobs, 201, 347. 

James, Mrs., doctress, 321. 

Jameson, Samuel, 75. Eliza B., 
83. Ellen, 87. Maria, 94. Si- 
lence, 437. Brice, 441. Lydia, 
445. Mary K., 457. Henry, 
and familv, 472. Deborah, 474. 
Priscilla, 482. 

Jefferson, Thomas, President, 232. 

Jellard, Betsey, 488. 

Jennison, Ebenezer, 62, 149, 294, 
325, 466. Offices held by, 
118-120, 123, 252, 303. 



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GENERAL INDEX. 



Jennison, Timothy L., Dr., 32. 

Jennison, William, Dr., and fami- 
ly, 47-0O, 61, 64, 27.5. 

Jewett, 219, 364, 375, 490, 503. 

Jews, 110. 

Johnson, Alfred, Rev., 170. 

Jones, Benjamin, llev., 219, 220. 

Jones, 250, 489. Benjamin L., 
327. Daniel, 495. Elizabeth, 
434. George 11., and family, 
85. Hannah, 449. Lucy L., 
78. Mary, 110. Mary, 481. 
Mary S., 470, 492. Melicent, 
512. Michael, 495. Sally, 434. 

Jones, Edward, and others, 110, 
111, 115, 466. Town-officer, 
117-119,123,126,127,129. On 
committees, 145, 163, 164, 195, 
231, 30 5-304. Pew-owner, 152, 
218. Methodist, 194, 196. lle- 
presentative, 247. Justice, 251, 
252. To purchase stores, 336. 

Jones, John, and family, 75, 82, 
308, 327, 416. 

Jones, John, family of, 93. 

Joy, Emery Franklin, 491. 

Judd, 454. 

Justices of the Peace, 251. 

K. 

Kahler, 128, 490. 

Kastner, 472. 

Keene, 84, 446. 

Kellar, 441, 492. See Kelloch. 

Kellerin, 459. 

Kelloch, Adam, 435. Alexander 
and Mary, 462. Eliza, 436. 
Elizabeth Libbey, 472. Lory, 
459. Margaret, 441. Rosanna, 
441. Silas, 453. William, 442. 

Kellogg, Ezra, Rev., 219, 220, 249. 

Kellogg, Samuel E,, 433. 

Kendrick, 469. 

Kennedy, Henry, 375. 

Kenniston, 504. 

Kieff, 90, 127, 194, 196, 466. 

Kilgore, Eveline, 430. 

Kimball, Daniel, and family, 500. 
George, 199, 237, 319. John 
and family, 86. Sarah, or Sally, 
444. 

Kinney, Harriet, 438. 

Kirkpatrick, Jane, 192. 



Knapp, 463. 

Knight and Knights, 488, 500. 

Knowlton, 93, 509. 

Knox, Henrv, Gen., 8, 113, 171, 

214, 266, 414. 
Kuhn, Jacob, 443. 



Labadea, 348, 349. 

Labor and money compared, 286. 

Lair or Lehr, 83, 444, 458. 

Lakin, 100, 279. 

Lamb, Elizabeth, 467. 

Lambert, Sarah, 500. 

Lambricht, Dr., 324. 

Lamson, Marj% 481. 

Lanfest, 87, 94. 

Law, 76, 77, 89, 90, 176, 209, 306, 
307, 442, 494. 

Lawrence, 76, 81, 126, 510. 

Lawyers, 318. 

Lea, Robert, 476. 

Leach, Ambrose, and family, 
78, 307. Samuel, and family, 
449. Waterman, 470. William 
A. J., 91. 

Leathers, Patty, 439. 

Leavitt, 127, 500. 

Le Brocke, Bathsheba, 478, 479. 

Le Doit, 197, 456, 466. 

Lee, Jesse, Rev., 217. 

Lehr or Lair, 83, 444, 458. 

Leland, 65, 67, 276, 456. 

Lennan, 216, 470. 

Lermond, 13, 82, 197, 308, 468, 
514. 

Lermond, Elbridgc, family of, 81, 
467. In office, 119, 121, 122, 
307. Senator, 247. Represen- 
tative, 251. 

Lermond, John, and family, 101, 
467. 

Lermond, John, 76, 114, 134, 
195, 223, 231, 305. Family of, 
70, 81, 467. Offices held by, 
118, 269, 280. On committees, 
203, 270, 292, 304. Represen- 
tative, 247. 

Lermond, John, and family, 81, 
227, 308, 467. 

Lermond, John W., and family, 
80, 307. 

Lermond, William, 13, 76, 195. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



531 



Lewis, US, 152, 219, 450, 467. 
Lexington fight. See Concord. 
Libbey, 87, 463, 468, 481. 
Libbev, Andrew, and family, 82, 

m', 305. 
Libbey, Wm., 75, 226, 305-307. 
Libraries, 317. 
Light, 443, 458. 
Light-infantry, 237, 340. 
Lightning, damage by, 13. 
Lime-casks, 102. 
Lincoln, 11, 16, 87, 430,490. 
Lindall, 61. 
Lindlev, John, and family, 87, 

280, "468. 
Lindlev, John W., 62, 201, 227, 
248. "Hisfamilv, 75, 88, 468. Of- 
fices held by, 1 18-120, 203. On 
committees", 134, 290, 304, 306. 
Justice, 253, 254. Military no- 
tices of, 340, 347. 
Linniken, 76, 85, 248, 485, 510. 
Linscott, 504. 
Litchfield, Benjamin, and family, 

47, 75, 88, 305, 307, 481. 
Litchfield, Zaccheus, and others, 

74, 127,306, 441, 472, 511. 
Lithgow, 59, 364. 
Little, John, 74, 84, 102, 111, 114, 
115, 131, 154, 201, 215, 304. 
Town-ofiicer, 117, 120, 126. 
Lm-holder, 158. Justice, 253. 
Little, John M., 84, 492. 
Littlehale, George S., and familjf, 

81, 473. 
Littlehale, James, 76, 196, 197, 

226. In office, 118, 120. 
Livermore, Abigail, 455. 
Locke, John, 64. 

Log-houses, built, 35, 39, 54. 
Described, 35, 40, 51, 55, 294. 
Crowded, 40. 
Long, John, Capt., 335. 
Looms, 52, 108. 
Loons, 415. 
Lord, 82, 500. 
Loring, Judith, 437. 
Lothrop, 81, 90, 458. 
Loup-ccrvier, 412. 
Loyalists, 333, 334. 
Lucas, 75. 87. 91, 191, 458, 473. 
Luce, Abigail, 479. Edmund, 
195, 497. George, and family, 



95. Jeremiah, 196, 4G8. Jo- 
seph and Lydia, 435. Lot, 516. 
Moses, and familv, 89, 510. 
Prince, 127, 436, 4"68. Rebec- 
ca, 445. Remember, 89. Wil- 
liam S., 307. 

Luce, Seth, and familv, 67, 76, 
126, 145, 152, 169, 'l76, 201, 
209, 468, 489. 

Luce, Thaddeus, and family, 76, 
90, 127, 128, 194, 196, 306, 308, 
456, 468. 

Ludwig, William, Col., 353. 

Lumber, Eliony, 459, 460. 

Lummus, Elizabeth, 491. 

Lunt, 480. 

Lvceum, 316. 

Lyon, Maria, 460. R. E., 227. 

M. 

McAllister, 96, 493. 
McClellan, John, 471. 
McClvntock, Robert, 318. 
McCurdy, 84, 159, 249, 449, 469. 
McDowell, 170, 248, 250, 482, 492. 
McGray, William, Rev., 219. 
McGre"gor, 334. 
McGuier, Robert, and family, 29, 

78, 308, 470. 
Mclntyre, 30, 256, 257. 
McKinney, Caroline, 95. 
McLean, 11, 92, 163, 377. 
McLellan, Nancy, 481. 
McPheters, 87. 
Maddocks, 75, 87, 113, 196, 328, 

483, 510. 
Maidman, Martha, 446. 
Maine, sejiaration of, 231. 
Malcom, James, 27. 
Mallard, Edmund, 111, 198, 232, 

304, 325, 340, 347. 
Mann, Beriah, 460. 
Mansfield, Daniel H., 450. 
March, 117, 161, 166-168, 176, 

186, 202, 252, 303. 
Marriages, 158. 
Marsh, Jeremiah, Rev., 219. 
Marshall, Emily, 444. 
Martha's Vineyard, 66, 67, 516. 
Martin, Adami! 75, 196, 402, 481. 

Betsey, 444, 485. Frances, 455, 

Isloy,'and family, 88, 120, 128, 

308, 481. Leander, 512. Mar- 



532 



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garct, 436. Marv,493. Samuel, 
58, 401. 

Mason, Juhn, 4.59. 

Mass. Provincial Congress, 34. 

Matthews, 436, 489, 513. 

Maxcy, Benjamin, and his family, 
65, 69, 469. 

Maxcj', Hervey, and family, 70, 
154, 194, 19S, 341, 405, 471. 

Maxcy, Joseph, 65, 66, 69, 116, 
293, 405. Offices held by, 1 18, 
119. On committees, 144, 149, 
170, 264, 302, 303. Military 
officer, 338. His family, 469. 

Maxcv, Josiah, 65, 194, 405. 
Offi'ces held by, 117, 120, 129. 
On committees, 163, 251, 303, 
304. Family, 470. 

Maxcy, Josiah A., 80. 

Maxcy, Sally. See Daggett, Ebe- 
nezer, Mrs. 

Maxcv, Ward, and family, 223, 
372', 470, 492. 

Maxfield, 75, 127, 194, 196, 510. 

May, Dorothy, 478. 

Mayhew, 438. 

Mavnard, Jonathan, 455. 

Medomac River, 1, 3, 62, 390, 407. 

Meduncook, 4. 

Meeting-houses, 139, 143, 215, 
218, 221, 226. 

Megunticoock, 4. 

Meredith, N.H., 502, 503. 

Mero, Amariah, 54, 144, 147, 152, 
201, 278, 412, 485. Ilis familv, 
54, 64, 75, 471. Offices held 
by, 117, 118, 121-123, 129, 159. 
On committees, 131, 136, 145, 
149, 150, 251, 264, 288, 290, 
292. Agent to court, 201, 336. 
In the army, 329. Takes fish, 
420. 

Mero, Hermon, and family, 87, 
306, 472, 492. 

Mero, John, 291, 491. 

Mero, Santbrd, 94. 

Mero, Spencer, 75, 120, 225, 227, 
30^, 307. Family of. 88, 471. 
Selectman, 118. Military offi- 
cer, 312. 

Mero, Susan, Mrs., 37, 40, 177, 
278, 398, 427, 471, 494. 

Merritield, Asaph, 476. 



Merrill, J. G., Rev., 216. 

Merritt, Timothy, Rev., 219. 

Merry, Prudence, 467. 

Mesarvy and Meservey, 29, 404, 
487, 494. 

Messer, Alice, 494. 

Messer, Asa, and family, 76, 472. 
Seizes a fox, 410. 

Messer, Asa, and familv, 83, 225, 
254, 305, 403, 473. 

Messer, Ebenezer S., family of, 
94, 473. 

Messer, Minot, family of, 94, 473. 

Messer, Parker, fiimily of, 90, 473. 

Messer, Thomas, and family, 76, 
196, 473. 

Metcalf, 85, 93, 322, 328, 463, 491. 

Methodists and Meeting-house, 
116, 194, 196, 217. 

Miles, Nathan, Capt., 455. 

Military History, 327. 

Mill Farm, 5, 55. First settle- 
ment there, 28. 

Miller, Abijah, 467. Alvitia C, 
431. Betsey, 448. Charies, 
and family, 81, 225. George, 
93. Godfrey and family, 514. 
Hannah, 512. Horace, and fa- 
mily, 81, 459. Joanna, 452. 
Johnson, 83. Joseph, and fa- 
mily, 76,81, 154, 196, 305, 306, 
307, 408. Margaret and Sa- 
lome, 445. Nancy, 447. Noah, 
346. Oliver, 334. Seth and 
family, 88, 512. Sarah Catha- 
rine, 501. 

Miller's Brook, 3. Landing, 30. 
Rockv l*oint, 26. 

Jilills, 2] 41, 55, 101. 

Mills, Eineline Amanda, 514. 

Minerals, 97. 

Minks, 412. 

Minott, 431. 

Mirick, 498. 

Mitchell, 154. A., and family, 445, 
474. Christiana, 89. Rev. Da- 
vid M., 190, 207. Henrv, 89. 
Jabez N., and family, 122", 123, 
474. Jane W., 475. Jeremiah, 
and familv, 76, 123, 129, 177, 
201, 209, 474. Jeremiah W., 94. 
Rev. M., 220. Mary and Mer- 
cy, 177, 209. Rachel, 76, 474. 



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500 
00 



Mitchell, Thomas, Thomas, jiin., 
and others, 76, 127, 131, 133, 
164, 167, 168. 176, 177, 201, 
212, 249, 250. 304-306, 474. 
In office, 118, 120, 122-124, 253. 

Mitchell, Thomas A., 76, 317, 474. 

Money and labor compared, 286. 

Monhegan, 2. 

Montgomery, 69, 70, 257. 

Moody, 94, 465, 492, 516. 

Moore, Tryphena and Albert D., 
81. 

Moose, 31, 388, 389, 396. 

More, Bailey, 120, 339, 433. 

Morrill, 220, 479. 

Morse, Abner, Rev., 477. 

Morse, Asa, and family, 47, 308, 
481. Barnard, and fomily, 317, 
479. Calvin, and familv, 129, 
177, 201, 475. Catherine, 457. 
George W., and family, 65, 78, 
225, 480. James, 455. James 
B. and Mary A., 85. Jedidiah, 
and family, 88, 481. Jeremiah, 
455. Jonathan, and familj', 76, 
133, 306, 475. Lavinia, 516. 

Morse, Joseph, and family, 57, 
76, 118; 127, 199, 249, 292, 305, 
306, 340, 455, 476. 

Morse, Josliua, and families, 76, 
83, 226, 307, 308, 457. 

Morse, Levi, 64, 126, 129, 201, 
227, 303, 432. His family, 74, 
476. In the armj', 329. 

Morse, Levi, 65. Family of, 78, 
480. 

Morse, Micajah, G., family of, 84. 

Morse, Moses. 14, 201, 305, 451. 
Family of, 77, 78, 477. 

Morse, Obadiah, and family, 14, 
57, 75, 194, 196, 480. 

Morse, SValter, and family, 317, 
464, 478. 

Morse, William B., and family, 
327, 480., 

Morton, 76, 95,* 455," 481." 

Mosqiiitos, 56. 

Moss, as a guide, 273. 

Moulton, Batt, 498. 

Mount Pleasant, 1, 20. 

Mowrj', B. R., and family, 74, 84, 
111, 126, 511. 

Muddy Pond, 5, 402, 411. 



Murphy, Charles, 81. 

Murray, 194. 475, 502. 

Muscongus Patent, 22. 

Muscongus River, 406. 

Music, 325. At the muster, 359. 

Musquash. 412. 

Musters, military, 352, At Wal- 
doborough, 354. At Warren, 
371. At McLean's Mills, 377. 
Description of, 385. 

Muzzey, 461. 

N. 

Nash, Mary Ann, 442. 

Nason, Abram, 488. 

Needham, Thomas and Ruth, 497. 

Neptune, Governor of the Penob- 
scot Indians, 2, 5. 

Nevans. 505. 

Newbit, 14, 334, 435, 443, 482, 
488, 510, 511. 

Novvcomb, 80. 

Newhall, James, 251, 482. Jo- 
nathan, and familv, 115, 192, 
195, 302, 481. Roderic G., 93. 
William, 248, 249. 

Nichols, John S.. and family, 486. 

Nicholson, 158, 176, 192, 347. 

Nolen, Patrick, 510. 

Non-resident proprietors, 61, 266, 

Norwood, 76, 93, 440. 

Noyes, 79, 436, 448, 489. 

Nurse, Mehetabel, 475. 

Nye, Cvrus Crocker, and fami- 
ly. 75, 483. Edward T., 483. 
Stillman, and family, 87, 482. 
Thomas, and family, 23, 75, 
129, 198, 482. Thomas C, and 
family of, 86, 483. 

O. 

Oakes, 92, 94, 129, 444, 475, 

483. 
Oath for town-officers, 116. 
Odlin, Elisha and Mary, 501. 
Olney, 272, 484. 
O'Meira, 95, 96. 
O'Neil, John. 435. 
Orchards, 107. 
Ordway, 507. 
Overlock, Sally, 450. 
Owen, Susan 13., 316. 
Owl's Head, 20, 21. 



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Oxton, William, 92, 

P. 

Packard, 517. Benjamin, 3.5, 38, 

39. Joanna, 438. Ileuben, 76. 
Packard, Hezekiah, Rev., 170, 

206. Mr. Huse's letter to him, 

171. 
Packard, ^larlboro', and their fa- 
milies, 75. 88, 118, 193-195, 

197, 227, 280, 301, 306, 307. 
Page, 90, 4 30, 454, 469. 
Palmer, 480, 512. 
Paper-mills, 109. 
Pardoe, John, and family, 85, 111. 
Parker, 472. Rev. Freeman, 170, 

214. 
Parks, 351, 509. 
Partridge, 50, 57, 64, 130, 404, 

464, 484. 
Patch, Daniel, 434. 
Patten, Hugh, Capt., 364. 
Patterson, 499, 506. 
Paupers, 270. 
Payne, Elizabeth, 431. 
Payson, Jesso W., and family, 83, 

122, 225, 255, 327, 463. 
Pavson, John, 74, 225, 226, 389. 

His familv, 80, 446. In office, 

118, 280. 306. 
Payson, Madan K., and family, 

95, 327, 464. 
Payson, Nathan D., and family, 

78, 327. 
Pavson, Samuel and Sarah, 51, 

460. 
Payson, Eunice, 450. 
Peabodv, 80, 84, 197, 443, 460, 

466, 481, 484, 485, 515, 517. 
Peace. 346. 
Peaches, 107. 
Pcale, Elizabeth, 498. 
Pearce or Pearse, 490. 
Pearson, Rachel, 474. 
Pease, 16, 63, 90, 93, 410, 432, 

437, 448, 466, 468, 505, 508. 
Peck, Capron, 471. 
Pelton, Moses, 249-251. 
Pendleton, Abby, 441. 
Penny, William, and family, 473. 
Penobscot, 20, 334. Explored by 

Champlain, 20. See Biguy- 

ducc. 



Pentecost Harbor, 2. i 

Perham, Samuel, and family, 442. ^^ 

Perkins, 220. 485, 502. 

Perry, 330, 347, 436, 455. 

Pettengill Stream, 2, 391. 

Pevee [Peavey ?], Jacob, 474. 

I'hilbrook, 89, 465, 504. 

Phippen, 500, 507. 

Phipps, 330. 

Physicians, 320. 

Pickerel, 423. 

Pickering, 447, 470. 

Picket, Anna, 500. 

Pickworth, 497. 

Pigeons, 413. 

Pike, 319. 

Pilsbury, 76, 127. 

Pinkham, 93. 

Piper, 456. 

Pitcairn, 332. 

Pitcher, 85. 

Pitkin, J. B., Rev., 315. 

Pitman, 95, 339. 

Pitts, Abner, 74. 

Plantation organization, 59. 

Plums, 107. 

Politics, 230. 

Pomerov, 476. 

Pond, 446, 460, 463, 484. 

Ponds in Union, 4. 

Poor, Betsev, 478. 

Pope, 111, ne, 195, 232, 233, 304. 

Popham, (ieorgc, 2, 20. 

Population, 73. 

Porterficld, 44. 

Post, 78, 85, 307. 

Post-offices, 115, 254. 

Potatoes, 106. 

Potter, Mary, 431. 

Pound, 140. 

Powder and Powder-house, 153, 

337. 
Pratt. 193, 195, 305, 485, 510. 
Preaching, the first, 162. 
Preble, Martha, 450. 
Prescott, Rufus, 83. 
Preston, John, 493. 
Priest, Jolin Baxter, 470. 
Prince* 216, 271, 464, 485. 
Pring, Martin, Capt., at Fox 

Islands. 20. 
Prior, 476, 514. 
Proctor, John, family of, 92. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



535 



Publishments, 158. 
Putnam, town of, 62. 

Q. 

Quakers, 67, 192, 195. 

Quantabacook, 389, 392. 

Quicfgle, 76, 79, 293, 304, 485, 
488. 

R. 

Raccoons, 411. 

Rackliffe [Radcliffe ?], Isaac, 90. 

Rains, 9. 

Raisings, 39, 147. 

Raizor, Dolly, 474. 

Ransom, Olivia, 487. 

Rawson, Avery, Col., 353, 357, 
361, 365, 369. 

Read, 505. 

Reed, 34, 50, 101, 134, 266, 432, 
454, 471. 

Remely, Matthias, Journal of, 24. 

Revolution, incidents in the, 258, 
334. 

Revolutionary soldiers, 41, 327. 

Rice, 96, 225, 227, 342, 455. 

Rice, Elisha E., and family, 122, 
127, 254, 319, 320. 

Rice, Franklin, family of, 92, 492. 

Rice, Isaac, family of, 506. 

Rice, James, 114, 129, 177, 201, 
204, 209, 210. His family, 320. 

Rice, Nathan D., 46, 141. 191, 
196, 218, 306, 442. Family of, 
75, 90, 320. In office, 122, 
124, 128, 129, 253, 254, 305. 

Rice, Noah, 14, 75, 201,280, 291, 
304, 306, 307, 479, 480. Mili- 
tary officer, 338, 339. At the 
muster, 356, 360, 374. Re- 
elected captain, 374. Court- 
martialled, 375. 

Rice, Noah S., and family, 86, 225, 
479. 

Rice, Richard D., and family, 320. 

Rich, 76, 220-222, 446. 

Richards, 74, 510. 

Richardson, John W. and Abi- 
gail, 462. 

Ricker, 192, 219. 

Riddel, and family, 163. 

Rifle Company, and officers, 341, 
351. At the muster, 355. Dis- 
banded, 377. 



Ring, Jacob, 127, 194, 195, 197. 

Ripley, 88, 89, 347, 439,440, 443, 
445, 474, 508. 

Ripley, Ezra, Rev., 169, 189. 

Rising, 79, 439. 

Rivers, 1. 

Roads, 61. See Highways. 

Roakes, 334. Robert and John, 
16. Marcus, 78. James, and 
family, 93. Sarah and E. P., 93. 
Margaret, 434. Daniel, 437. 

Robbins genealogy, 486. 

Robbins, 76, 79, 80, 84, 92, 95, 
96, 262, 339, 374, 380,445,452, 
489. 

Robbins, Augustus C, 253, 318, 
319. Cited, 315. Information 
from, 425. His family, 493. 

Robbins, Bela, 47, 64, 75, 127, 
145, 194, 196, 302. In the 
army, 330. Deer-reeve, 389. 
His family, 486. 

Robbins, Cyrus, and family, 76, 
90, 91, 280, 307, 339. 

Robbins, David, 37, 130, 152, 154, 
201, 209, 258, 259, 279, 403, 
484. An early settler, 38, 39. 
Distressed for food, 45. His 
family, 75, 488. In office, 119, 
121, "123, 127, 129, 159. On 
committees, 130, 168, 170, 290. 
Church-member, 177. Hunter, 
387, 397. Pigeon-catcher, 414. 

Robbins, David, and familj-, 75, 
96, 201, 223, 305-308, 489. 

Robbins, Ebenezer, 38, 330, 494. 

Robbins, Ebenezer, and others, 
47, 64, 75, 80, 87, 145, 146, 196, 
258, 259, 303, 347, 445, 469, 
475, 487. 

Robbins, Jacob, 331, 334, 494. 

Robbins, Jason, and others, 50, 
75, 95, 226, 306-308, 400, 488, 
491. 

Robbins, " Aunt Mima," 176, 
321, 493. 

Robbins, Jessa, 25, 37-39, 47, 50, 
54, 69, 126, 129, 152, 154, 159, 
201, 258, 259, 331, 337, 425. 
On going to mill, 56. His 
family, 64, 75, 95, 490. A 
hunter, 390, 396, 408. Oldest 
person in town, 427. 



536 



GENERAL INDEX. 



llobbins, Jesse, and family, 226, 

227,491. 
Robbins, John C, and family, 75, 

122, 124, 30G, 490. His mili- 
tary performances at musters, 
358 370. 

Robbins, John P., 42, 201, 225, 
227, 400. Family of, 75, 95, 
491. Military officer, 339. At 
the muster, 355, 356. Court- 
martialled, 366. Proposition to 
re-elect him, 373. 

Robbins, Joseph, and family, 76, 
489. 

Robbins Josiah, 7, 131, 146, 152, 
176, 274, 413, 420. Early settler, 
54. His family, 57, 64, 65, 176, 
491. In office, 117, 119, 123, 
129. On committees, 136, 143- 
145, 150, 162, 166, 167, 198, 
267, 290. In the army, 330. 

Robbins, Lewis, and family, 75, 
83, 292, 493. 

Robbins, Nathan B., and family, 
83, 254, 493. 

Robbins, Nathaniel, 56, 152, 154, 
201, 226, 279, 416, 419, 467. 
On black Hies, 56. Storekeep- 
er, HI, 112, 114. Moderator, 
116. In office, 117, 118, 120, 

123, 126, 129, 252-254. Monu- 
ment to, 132. Takes jobs, 155, 
291. On committees, 170, 192, 
199, 232, 233, 288, 289, 302, 
304. Of the legislature, 247- 
249, A hunter, 400, 407. 
Catches pigeons, 414. Infor- 
mation from, 425. His family, 
491. 

Robbins, Nathaniel, and family, 
79, 226, 307, 415, 492. 

Robbins, Oliver, and others, 58, 
436, 437. 

Robbins, Philip, 7, 25, 59, 114, 
115, 130, 152, 258, 259. 275, 
397, 420. Builds, 40. His fa- 
mily, 64, 487, 493, 504. Raises 
rye,' 105. In office, 117, 129. 
On committees, 143-147, 162, 
163, 198, 267. First preaching 
at his house, 162. Licensed, 230. 
A^ent, 257. In the revolution, 
33I, 334, 335. Hunts, 394. 



Robbins, Willard, 54, 63, 225, 

226, 307. Family of, 84, 492. 

In office, 119, 121, 254, 280. 

Burying-ground and, 131, 132. 
Robbins Neck, 24, 318. Taken 

possession of, 28. Settled, 54. 

Moose and bears on the, 392, 

401. 
Robbins's Point, 130, 388. 
Robertson, Paulina Pottle, 441. 
Robinson. 75, 95, 306, 320, 437, 

442, 444, 448, 450, 488, 501, 

503, 511. 
Rogers, 129, 293, 494, 501. 
Rogue's March, 359, 305. 
Rolfo, 450. 
Rollins, 80, 82, 96. 
Ropes, John, 499. 
Rosier's account of Weymouth's 

voyage, 2, 3, 20. 
Round Pond, 5. Beaver-dam at, 

411. Meadows, 45, 387. 
Rowell, Ruth, 436. 
Ruggles, John, 364. 
Russ, Jane Houston, 436. 
Russell, 48, 459. 
Rust, 248. 

Ryan, Daniel R., and family, 85. 
Rye, 7, 30, 35, 39, 105. 



Sables, 393, 412. 

Sagadahoc, 2, 20. 

St. Clair, 80, 127. 

St. George's Island Harbor, 2. 

St. George's River, 1, 19, 105. 

Proposed as a boundary, 22. 
Salmon, 419. 
Sambo, the dog, 403. 
Sampson, 320. Deb., 478. 
Sanford, 512. 
Sargent, 127, 317, 507. 
Sargus, 4S2. 
Savage, 320. 

Sawin, Phares and Mary, 476. 
Saw-mills, 41, 101. 
Sawyer, 177, 182, 498, 501. 
Sayward, 78, 88, 305, 451, 495. 
Sfhenck, Capt., 449. 
Schools, 294. Districts, 302. 

Houses, 303. Committees, 303. 

Agents, 305. Children, 308. 

Money, 310. State-grants for, 



GENERAL INDEX. 



537 



311. High schools, 315. For 

writing, S15. 
Scott, 182, 4G7. 
Searles, Stephen, 30. 
Seaton, James and Abigail, 502. 
Seavey, David, and wife, 481. 
Segocket, the river, 1, 2, 20. 
Seiders, Henry, 38. Family of, 96. 
Selectmen, 117. 
Senators, 247. 
Sennott, Francis, 88. 
Setting guns for bears, 395. 
Seven Brook, 3, 19. 
Seven-tree Pond, 5. Persons 

drowned in, G9. Bear in, 397. 

Loons in, 415. Eagles there,421. 
Severance, Severing, or Sevrance, 

194, 196, 483, 515. 

Sewall, and the Hills' party, 172, 

177. 
Seymour, E,i : , 3. 
Shattuck, 479, 480, 494. 
Shaw, 457, 499, 511. 
Shepard, 76, 89, 90, 92, 95, 176, 

195, 201, 209, 280, 292, 448, 
451, 471, 494. 

Shepard, Chloe, 451. Eunice W., 
471. 

Shepard, Prof., 216. 

Shepherd or Shepard, Wm., 75, 
128, 249, 250. Justice, 253. 
Lieutenant, 342. 

Shepherd, of Stratham, 501. 

Sherburne, Mass., 64, 65. 

Sherman, 475, 510. 

Sherror or Sherrod, 444. 

Shibles, James, 75. 

Shingles, 100. 

Shorey, 506. 

Sibley genealogy, 495. 

Sibley, Jacob, 16, 195, 197, 30G. 
Struck by lightning, 16. Fa- 
mUy of, 76, 87, 504. 

Sibley, John L., 318, 409, 497. 

Siblej% Jonathan, Dr., 9, 107, 314, 
412, 413, 439, 453. Cited, 9, 
11, 13. Family of, 75, 84, 134, 
470,495. Town-clerk, 117. On 
committees, 198, 199, 303, 304. 
Justice, 252, 253. His lyceum- 
lectures, 316, 426. Physician, 
321, 324. 

Sidelinger, 77, 88, 89, 306-308. 
46 



Sikes, O., Rev., and family, 214, 

304. 
Silloway, George, 75, 84, 464. 
Simmons, 75, 83, 87, 93, 94, 120, 

194, 195, 197, 306, 443, 454, 

455, 463, 472, 481, 504. 
Simulium molestum, 56. 
Simulium nocivum, 57. 
Sinclair, James, 76, 197. 
Singer, Jane, 437. 
Singing-schools, 325. 
Skidmore, 93, 251, 280, 306-308. 
Skinner, 76, 81, 339, 380. 
Sleds, 278. 
Sleeper, Albert, 438. 
Small, 307, 497. 
Smelts, 422. 
Smith, 95, 129, 320, 436, 491, 

493 499. 
Smith, Rev., 207, 215, 219. 
Smith, John, Capt., explores the 

coast, 2. His books and map, 

2, 20. His attempt to form a 

colony, 21. 
Smith, S. E., Governor, 156, 375. 
Snell, 126, 157, 194, 196, 506. 
Snow, 431, 452, 508. 
Somes, 485, 486. 
Southworth, Alice, 478, 479. 
Spalding and Spaulding, 434, 516. 
Spear, 81, 201 [?], 436, 457, 513. 
Speed, Benjamin, 100. 
Spencer, Mass., 111. 
Spinning-wheels, 108. 
Spooner, Reliance, 457. 
Spurr, Samuel, 196, 201 [?]. 
Standish, Eliza, 513. 
Stanley, John, 450. 
Stanwood, 511. 
Staples, Mariah, 471. 
Starr, Rev. Mr., 325. 
Starrett, 114, 192, 209, 304, 448, 

480. 
Staunton, Paul, and family, 503. 
Stearns, Charles, 84. 
Sterling, 83, 308, 489. 
Sterling, in Warren, 24, 27. 
Stetson, 86, 445, 483. 
Stevens, 76, 83, 90, 93, 95, 307, 

308, 502, 503, 512. 
Stewart, Holmes, 508. 
Stewart, L D., Rev., 500, 502, 506. 
Stewart, O. O., 87, 128, 491, 508. 



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Stewart, Timothy, 76, 152, 194, 
196, 412. Family of, 87, 508. 
In office. 120, 129, 136,252,253. 

Stewart, W. D., family of, 87, 508. 

Stimson and Stimpson, 75, 219. 

Stinson, 506. 

Stirling, Lord, 27. 

Stirlington, 27. A plantation, 59. 

Stoddard, Abby Maria S., 442. 

Stone, Allen, and family, 75, 508. 
Caroline F., 78. Eben, 341, 
609. Jonas, 347, 509. Micali, 
456. Rachel, 76. Eufus and 
Silvia G., 94. 

Stone, Samuel, 76, 223, 250, 251. 
Family of, 76, 94, 509. Offices 
held hj, 118, 120, 132, 256, 
280, 306, 308, 341. 

Stone, Waldron, and family, 119, 
136, 152, 303, 433, 508. 

Storer, Horatio Robinson, 419. 

Stores, 111. 

Stoiighton, Mass., settlers &om, 
38, 54. 

Strachey manuscript, 2, 20. 

Stratham, N. H., 440, 490, 498. 

Stratton, 477, 506. 

Stuart, Anna, 501. 

Stubbs, 127, 194, 196, 347, 430. 

Suchfort, 11, 43, 44, 92,419,514. 

Sullivan, James, Governor, 2, 7. 

Sumner, 86, 448. 

Sunnybec Pond, 1, 4, 43, 424. 

Superstitions, 227. 

Surplus revenue, 269. 

Surveyors of highways, 279. 

Sutton, Mass., 439, 498. 

Swain, John and Abigail, 499. 

Swan, 77, 483. 

Sweetser, Olive, 468. 

Swivel, 347. 

Symonds, 600. 



Tanneries, 110. 

Taxes, 256. Petitions to the Le- 
gislature respecting, 257, 262. 
In other towns, 260. Tables 
of, 261, 262, 281. Paid in pro- 
duce, 261, 310. Time for pay- 
ing, 265. Reed's case, 266. 
Highway, 280. For schools, 310. 

Taxes, parish or ministerial, 164, 



165, 193. Remission of, 145, 

146, 193-197. 
Tavlor, 78, 91, 92, 219, 447, 467, 

470. I 

Taylor, J., Dr., 29, 101, 266, 436. j 

Purchases the township, 29,61. ' 

His arrival, 30. Deed to, 32. 
- His life, character, and familj', 

34, 48. Purchases made of, 

36, 42, 45, 50. His trade and 

quarrel with Jennison, 47. His 

death, 48. His conveyance to 

Reed, 50. 
Taylortown, 28. Organization of, 

59. 
Temperance, 230. 
Tenney, 75, 502. 
Tew, Elethan, 482. 
Texas and Texan War, 348, 441. 
Thatcher, Ebonezer, 214. 
Thayer, 128, 454. 
Thing, Nancy, 499. 
Thomas, "Waterman, 63. Emery, 

and family, 81. James, 90. 

Mary, 451. Catherine and 

Mary, 457. 
Thomaston, 1, 2, 347. 
Thompson, 75, 76, 81, 86, 89, 92, 

122, 127, 194, 196, 305-307, 

320, 392, 443, 454, 465, 509, 

510, 513. 
Thorndike, 77, 82, 154, 227, 459, 

491, 492. 
Thurrell, Patience, 501. 
Thurston, 216, 305. 
Thurston, Nahum, 50, 66, 75, 

307. Family of, 95, 133, 483, 

484. 
Thurston, Philo, and family, 67, 

75, 85, 91, 227, 306, 449, 489. 

Military notice of, 339, 377. 
Thwing, James, Rev., 220. Jo- 

siah, 453. 
Tibbets and Tibbetts, 486, 600. 
Tifft, 517. 
Tilson, 448. 
Timber, 97. 
Tinkham, 479. 
Tithingmen, 126. 
Titus, 75, 91, 128, 129, 152, 194, 

196, 223, 278, 510. ^ 

Tobey, Cecilia and George, 442. ^^ 
Tobey, John, Capt., 67, 152, 201, 



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539 



228, 281, 292,401,402. Family 
of, 76, 95, 133, 177, 512. As- 
sessor, 120. 

Tobey, Nathaniel, and family, 76, 
223, 306, 307, 339, 512. 

Tolman, 79, 434, 438. 

Tombs, 134. 

Toothaker, 438. 

Tories, 333, 334. 

Town histories, 2, 24. 

Town-house, 141. 

Town-lines perambulated, 62. 

Town-meetings, 114. 

Townsend, 76, 94, 95. 

Trade, 111. 

Trask, 500. 

Travelling, early, 257, 273, 277. 

Treasurers, 126. 

Trees, felling of, 98. 

Tripp, Charles, 90. 

Trout, 423. 

True, Ezekiel, of Montville, 106. 

True, Henry, Rev., 17, 249, 326, 
344. Notices deaths, 17. Fa- 
mily of, 75, 169, 432. Offices 
held by, 117, 253, 304. Settled 
as a clergyman, 169. Oppo- 
sition to him, 170, 177. Dis- 
missed, 203, 204, 208. 

True, H. Rev., Methodist, 219. 

True, Henry A., Dr., 25, 316, 318, 
322, 432. Cited, 25, 493. 

Tuck, 88, 90. 

Tucker,47, 129, 192, 194, 195, 197. 

Tuner, the dog, 387. 

Turner, 364, 367, 498. 

Twining, Mary, 452. 

Twins, exemption from taxes for, 
262. 

Tyler, 431, 517. 

U. 

Ulmer, Sally, Catherine, and 
Elizabeth, 437. Dr. Charles, 
452. James A., 57, 439, 481. 

Underwood, Joshua, 455. 

Universalists, 222. 

Upham, 76, 93, 94, 306, 444, 480. 

Urine doctor, 324. 

Urquhart, 161. 

V. 

Valpey, 499. 

Vaughan or Vaughn, Joseph, 29, 



74, 112, 139, 154, 201, 289, 291, 

305, 307, 469. Family of, 78. 
Vaughan, Joseph, and family, 85, 

111, 120, 307. 
Vaughan, Stetson, and family, 

456. 
Vaughan, William, family of, 78. 
Vaughan's Iron Works, 111. 
Vaughn for Vaughan, 305. 
Vinal, Phebe, 473. 
Visiting by early settlers, 277. 
Vose, Elijah, and family, 83, 325, 

432. In office, 121, 126. On 

committees, 132, 305. Justice, 

254. Lawyer, 319. 
Vose, Joanna E., 432. 

W. 

Wade, 75, 95, 306, 320, 445, 504. 

Wadsworth, Peleg, Gen., 258, 
335. 

Walcott, Jona., and family, 497. 

Walcott, Manning, family of, 96, 
514. 

Walcott, Pente, and family, 76, 
304, 473, 513. 

Walcott, Spencer, and family, 74, 
86, 492, 513. In office, 120, 
122, 123, 126, 127, 129, 305. 
Baptist, 193, 195, 197. Votes, 
247. 

Walcott, Spencer, and family, 87, 
226, 307, 514. 

AValdo, 6, 33. 

Waldo patent, 22. 

Waldoborough, 1, 62. Military 
difficulty with, 350. 

Walker, Abel, 76, 127-129, 194, 
195, 197, 306. Family of, 79, 
470. / 

Walker, Amos, 74, 127, 306, 307, 
459. Family of, 82, 447. Of 
the Hill's party, 177, 209. 

Walker, Asa, 308, 514. Benja- 
min and family, 76, 86, 127. 
Daniel and family, 76, 91, 127, 
194, 209-212, 307, 514. John 
and family, 76, 91, 127, 305- 
307, 514. Dr. John B., 323. 
Mercy, 476. Nathan and 
others, 128, 514. Silas and fa- 
mily, 76, 79. 

Walpole, Mass., settlers from, 36. 



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Walton, J. H., and family, 4G0. 

War of 1812, 3i3. 

Ward, 476, 499. 

Ware, Jason, 15, 114, 250, 264, 
275,328. Struck by lightning, 
15. Buys land, 42. Settles, 46, 
5 1 . His family, 64,75,511,515. 
Offices held by, 117, 119, 121, 
126, 127, 304. Methodist, 194, 
196,218. A hunter, 403. His 
dog Sambo, 403. 

Ware, Vinal, 46, 75, 198, 307, 
411. Family of, 90, 515. 

Ware, Warren, 248. 

Warning out of town, 270. 

Warren, Eaton's History of, 24. 
Controversy with, 256. 

Warren, Cyrus, Rev., 220. 

AVashington, town of, 1, 100. 
First team to, 279. 

Waters, 325, 443. 

Weasel, 412. 

Weaver, Polly, 487. 

Webb, 69, 268, 456, 499, 500, 516. 

Webster, 81, 220, 305, 454, 512. 

Wedding, the first, 49. 

AVeeks 490. 

Wellington, 127, 168, 177, 328, 
332, 433, 493. 

Wellman, 69, 82. 

Wells, Sarah, 498, 501. 

Wentworth, Lemuel, 14, IJ, 333. 
Joshua W., and family, 80. 
Warren, 83. Mary, 87. Rev. 
Daniel, 219. Freelove, 447. 
Lewis, 451. 

West, George, 115, 126, 149, 152, 
288, 401, 441, 467. On com- 
mittees, 145, 146. His family, 
516. 

West, George W., 129, 195-197, 
222, 516. 

Weston, 219, 445. 

Wctherbee, 482, 509. 

Weymouth, George, Capt., 2, 20. 

Weymouth, Timothy, 50S. 

Wheaton, Mason, Col., 45, 47, 49, 
51, 60, 66, 251, 275, 484. 

Whcdon, 76. 

Whipple, 49. 



Whitcomb, 465. 

White, 78. 219, 454. 

White, William, writes a petition, 
233. His Fourth-of-July Ora- 
tion, 236. Postmaster, 255. On 
a committee, 304. Lawyer, 318. 

White Hills visible, 20. 

Whiting, 236. Thurston, and 
family, 79, 122, 227, 439. B. G. 
and Nancy, 85. Nathan, 122. 
John, 197", 253. Hervey, 452. 

Whitney, 79, 86, 127, 128, 197, 
444, 4'76. 

Whittemore, 85, 327. 

Whittier, 226, 470. 

Wight, 129, 461, 516. 

Wilder, Lydia, 506. 

Wiley, 443, 489. 

Williams, John, and family, 85. 
Martha, 176, 192. Capt. Na- 
than, 340. Sarah Elizabeth, 
and others, 431. John, 456. 
Lucy, 468. Roger, 482. Eli- 
jah, Elizabeth, and Eunice, 485. 

Williamson, 219, 472. 

Wing, 444. 

Wingate, 77, 83, 95, 197, 512. 

Winslow, 33, 471, 488, 489. 

Witchcraft, 228. 

Witham, 514. 

Witt, William, 249, 251. 

Wolves and wolf-hunt, 406. 

Woodcock, 114, 126, 129, 130, 
144, 162, 302, 490, 516. 

WoodhuU, R., Rev., 216, 217. 

Woodman, Cliarlotte, 434. 

Woodward, Nathan, 46. 

Worth, 457. 

Wright, Thos., 30, 34. Eliab, 460. 

Writing-school, 315. 

Wyman, 30,517. 

Y. 

Yellalcc, Robert, Rev., 219. 

York, Thomas and Mahala, 493. 

Young, 74, 79, 86, 92, 127, 194, 
196, 250, 251, 491. 

Young, Christopher, 76, 225. Fa- 
mily of, 82, 454. Li office, 120, 
122, 251, 306-308. 



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